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American Cozy: Hygge-Inspired Ways to Create Comfort & Happiness
The wildly popular phenomenon of hygge gets a warm American twist with this gifty, illustrated guide from bestselling Danish-American author Stephanie Pedersen.
With their overscheduled lifestyles, Americans can’t always find time for the people and things they love. Enter American Cozy, which uses the Danish phenomenon of hygge—comfort, togetherness, and well-being—to bring coziness and ease to readers’ homes, work, and lives. Filled with charming four-color illustrations, it explores organization and home décor, entertaining, cooking, creating a happier, more productive work life, de-cluttering, and slowing down.
With their overscheduled lifestyles, Americans can’t always find time for the people and things they love. Enter American Cozy, which uses the Danish phenomenon of hygge—comfort, togetherness, and well-being—to bring coziness and ease to readers’ homes, work, and lives. Filled with charming four-color illustrations, it explores organization and home décor, entertaining, cooking, creating a happier, more productive work life, de-cluttering, and slowing down.
224 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 7, 2020
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57 books16 followersStephanie Pedersen is a superfood author, food educator, corporate speaker and multi-media host.
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January 28, 2021
Hygge has taken the world by storm, and I love it. I'm third generation Swedish, and fika was a big thing for my grandparents (a concept closely married to hygge).
While this book had some helpful tips, some of it was impractical. Candles, blankets, mindfulness... this book has that, but also recommendations like raising ceilings so rooms are less oppressive and mounting all your lamps on walls so the room is less cluttered. Which just made me feel stressed about the money I don't have to correctly hygge-fy my house...which is the opposite of what this concept is about.
It was meh for me.
I'd rate this book a G.
While this book had some helpful tips, some of it was impractical. Candles, blankets, mindfulness... this book has that, but also recommendations like raising ceilings so rooms are less oppressive and mounting all your lamps on walls so the room is less cluttered. Which just made me feel stressed about the money I don't have to correctly hygge-fy my house...which is the opposite of what this concept is about.
It was meh for me.
I'd rate this book a G.
April 14, 2019
I found this book to be unfocused and lacking in depth. It neither fully embraced the Danish concept of hygge nor truly defined an American alternative. Much of the information was annoyingly self-help-ish. The practical, lifestyle advice offered was sparse, undeveloped, and dogmatic. And the conclusions drawn from "research" were reaching at best. Not worth spending time with.
April 9, 2021
I adore the danish concept of hygge, so I was intrigued to see how this book would incorporate elements of hygge through American culture. I had envisioned the author pulling from our own American ways of togetherness and comfort, from summer barbecues to cozy family traditions during the holidays. There was so much potential to expand the idea of hygge into our own American traditions and adding our own take on it, but this read more as... just copying from hygge altogether and slapping "American" in front of it. The author herself has danish family members, as well as danish friends, and basically references hygge all throughout the book. So in that way, it doesn't feel like its own creation.
If anything, the author takes the danish concept of hygge and completely takes it to the extreme—which is very typically American. Like, the concept of hygge is actually relatively loose, and there are a lot of different ways to do "hygge." But the author takes all of the soft edges out of hygge and turns it into this insanely detailed, strict rulebook of what you should and should not do to achieve hygge. And honestly, it gets pretty ridiculous, to the point where the author seems to dictate how one should live their life, how they should have their home, what color their walls should be, how many different colored-walls should be in your home, and so on. At certain points this read like a homeowners manual and at other times read like a snobby, minimalist interior design magazine. Let's go through some of these rules together:
—Don't have clutter
—Don't use coupons to get a discount. It'll only encourage you to buy more stuff
—Don't buy stuff in bulk.
—Do away with throw pillows
—Choose furniture in the same color. Different-colored furniture is only going to look disorienting
—Never paint your walls grey.
—Don't use runners or rugs in your hallways
—Limit art and picture frames to one side of a hallway, leaving the other wall clean
—Avoid painting your bathroom taupe, deep blue, maroon, or lavender.
—Keep books with spines facing out
And perhaps one of the most ridiculous rules I came across: "Consider safety over privacy. If you have a row of hedges that could be a place for animals or unsavory visitors to hide, consider replacing it with a lower row of flowers or herbs." Uh... what?! Like, what the hell does a tall hedge have to do with hygge and coziness?! This is just you telling me how to have my yard! Was this book written by the HOA?? "Oh, you know those tall hedges... they're dangerous. There might be raccoons hiding in them. Let's take them down and put daffodils there instead..." SAID NO ONE.
I'm... not sure what I gathered from this book, honestly. 99% of it just seemed to be telling you how to have your home and live your life and blew the original concept of hygge way out of proportion until it no longer resembled it by the end. I also just wish this book would've tried to exist as its own thing and pull from American culture and traditions. This was basically just "Hey, the danes have this thing called hygge, let's try it" and wasn't really original in that regard. The one thing I will say is that I do appreciate the element of mindfulness that the author incorporates to help us in dealing with America's culture of hyperproductivity and overworking. That was nice.
If anything, the author takes the danish concept of hygge and completely takes it to the extreme—which is very typically American. Like, the concept of hygge is actually relatively loose, and there are a lot of different ways to do "hygge." But the author takes all of the soft edges out of hygge and turns it into this insanely detailed, strict rulebook of what you should and should not do to achieve hygge. And honestly, it gets pretty ridiculous, to the point where the author seems to dictate how one should live their life, how they should have their home, what color their walls should be, how many different colored-walls should be in your home, and so on. At certain points this read like a homeowners manual and at other times read like a snobby, minimalist interior design magazine. Let's go through some of these rules together:
—Don't have clutter
—Don't use coupons to get a discount. It'll only encourage you to buy more stuff
—Don't buy stuff in bulk.
—Do away with throw pillows
—Choose furniture in the same color. Different-colored furniture is only going to look disorienting
—Never paint your walls grey.
—Don't use runners or rugs in your hallways
—Limit art and picture frames to one side of a hallway, leaving the other wall clean
—Avoid painting your bathroom taupe, deep blue, maroon, or lavender.
—Keep books with spines facing out
And perhaps one of the most ridiculous rules I came across: "Consider safety over privacy. If you have a row of hedges that could be a place for animals or unsavory visitors to hide, consider replacing it with a lower row of flowers or herbs." Uh... what?! Like, what the hell does a tall hedge have to do with hygge and coziness?! This is just you telling me how to have my yard! Was this book written by the HOA?? "Oh, you know those tall hedges... they're dangerous. There might be raccoons hiding in them. Let's take them down and put daffodils there instead..." SAID NO ONE.
I'm... not sure what I gathered from this book, honestly. 99% of it just seemed to be telling you how to have your home and live your life and blew the original concept of hygge way out of proportion until it no longer resembled it by the end. I also just wish this book would've tried to exist as its own thing and pull from American culture and traditions. This was basically just "Hey, the danes have this thing called hygge, let's try it" and wasn't really original in that regard. The one thing I will say is that I do appreciate the element of mindfulness that the author incorporates to help us in dealing with America's culture of hyperproductivity and overworking. That was nice.
January 30, 2020
I feel like either the author doesn’t understand hygge or an attempt at Americanizing it ruins the concept, because this was not hyggelig.
Some of the science just presented as fact is shaky at best, there’s an odd personal vendetta against the color gray, and most of the book was aimed at the upper middle class (hire help. Use a clothes rental service. Choose specific types of dinnerware, because for some reason, your forks must be this way to have a hygge kitchen.”
I’m going to stick with the Danish concept
Some of the science just presented as fact is shaky at best, there’s an odd personal vendetta against the color gray, and most of the book was aimed at the upper middle class (hire help. Use a clothes rental service. Choose specific types of dinnerware, because for some reason, your forks must be this way to have a hygge kitchen.”
I’m going to stick with the Danish concept
December 3, 2018
Quick read about how the Danes are happy and how we could be happier too if we cleaned the house more (a little everyday) and stopped worrying about how to buy everything on the face of the earth. Really bummed that I have to clean my house more to be happy.
November 17, 2018
It was good, but I didn’t love-love it. I have been exploring Hygge for a couple of years and was excited to find “an American version”, but her concepts didn’t seem all that new, and with a lot of focus on minimalism. I did rather enjoy her chapter on Cozy Entertaining: Tapping Into Togetherness.
February 1, 2022
1.5 stars. Ok, this kind of cozy is just wayyyy too strict, too rule-based, and just too much damn work. This book is much more of a cleaning and home organizing manifesto, and it is full of really rigid home decorating rules (no grey, EVER, apparently). It puts so much pressure on you to look a certain way, and to make your house look a certain way, to fit the author's idea of a cozy aesthetic, but having to work that hard for it in such narrowly prescribed ways to give the appearance of coziness on the outside cannot, in my opinion, be very conducive to real coziness on the inside.The writer took a fairly simple concept and turned it into an unnecessarily big and fussy production, and nothing about this book or the lifestyle it promotes feels relaxing or cozy at all. Reading this book felt like a chore, and I fully admit I skimmed through a lot of it because it was so tedious and dull, and I ended up DNFing toward the end. Much of the content seems either irrelevant or way too micromanaged to feel cozy, but it does have a cute cover. If this is American hygge, I'll just stick to the Danish version.
October 3, 2021
This book didn’t do it for me. In the back of my head I kept comparing it to “The Little Book of Hygge” by Meik Wiking, which is a superior book. This book, “American Cozy,” is adorable. It’s colorful and has comforting pictures and quotes throughout. But reading the book didn’t make my feel cozy. It was a lot of helpful tips and tricks, very focused on minimalism and simplifying your hectic life. Which can be helpful for some people. But I thought the whole point was to make your life cozy as it is, not to change everything about your life to try and achieve cozy.
I dunno. I just remember reading “The Little Book of Hygge” and coming out of it with a warm, cozy feeling in my heart and a yearning for my mother-in-law’s home during the holidays. I came out of “American Cozy” feeling like I ought to throw away half my stuff and repaint my walls, which sounds exhausting, expensive, and stressful.
2/5 stars. Did not like. Didn’t hate it, but I also really didn’t like it and I would hesitate recommending it.
I dunno. I just remember reading “The Little Book of Hygge” and coming out of it with a warm, cozy feeling in my heart and a yearning for my mother-in-law’s home during the holidays. I came out of “American Cozy” feeling like I ought to throw away half my stuff and repaint my walls, which sounds exhausting, expensive, and stressful.
2/5 stars. Did not like. Didn’t hate it, but I also really didn’t like it and I would hesitate recommending it.
April 24, 2021
I have to admit immediately that the bibliography of other works by the author at the front of the book gave me zero confidence starting out; anyone who uses "superfood" unironically post 2010 instantly can't be trusted in my eyes and should be socially ostracized as both a shill and a snake; self professed "superfood author and food educator" my arse, honestly.
The book starts out ok enough, though, despite all of this nonsense. It almost gives me a little bit of hope... Of course, the author is obsessed with the Hygge trend- which I should have expected given the title of the book and the section I found it in. But at least they tried to spin it to fit Americana, though. That's a new take, I'll admit- and one I'd almost like to actually read... I just wish this book was actually any good at all. Sadly, it's not.
"The life-affirming power of comfort" is a phrase I can't take seriously... Not for any particular reason. But for some reason it just makes me laugh. It's the concept of "choosing our emotions" that she launches into immediately afterwards, though, that really gets my goat and makes me gag... What it confirms is exactly what I feared looking at the author's bibliography of work at the beginning of the book: This book is going nowhere good.
Time and time again I've extolled the problems with the concept of "controlling your emotions" and how that is, scientifically speaking, absolutely not how emotions will ever work no matter how much we scrunch up our noses, stick out our tongues, and say "yeah huh!" like petulant children. And believing it is has never done anything but harm us and stunt our intellectual and emotional growth, creating further problems for us down the line (as reality detachment and blatantly ignoring real professionals is wont to do)... The fact that her tips for "choosing happiness" essentially boil down to "shut up and be grateful"- and "put down your phone"- is truly the icing on the cake of shitty life advice from a person wholly unqualified to be giving it in the fist place.
I'm only on Chapter Two and so far all I've read is tripe. And so at this point I decided to close the book for good; what's here already is shallow and damaging more than it is genuinely helpful, and whatever decent advice that may potentially be offered somewhere further within is overshadowed by the incredible idiocy the author has exhibited to me from the very first page. And frankly I have neither the energy nor the care to sus out what few actually decent nuggets of good may exist- if any good does at all (and judging by the other reviews here, there isn't; it doesn't seem to get better at all from where I left off- only much, much worse).
Frankly, if you want "Scandinavian flavored self help", you're far better off just reading The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments. In fact, Mrs. Pedersen should really stick to just being a "corporate speaker and multi-media host", and maybe leave the writing (about Hygge especially) to by Meik Wiking... An actual Scandinavian with actual qualifications far more pertinent to writing on not only any of the "self help" aspects this author idiotically tried to shove into this book- but also the aspects of his own culture and heritage. Especially as the very man who popularized it in the first place.
At the very least it's far better written, and the advice is much more interesting, than anything Mrs. Pedersen's managed to write.
The book starts out ok enough, though, despite all of this nonsense. It almost gives me a little bit of hope... Of course, the author is obsessed with the Hygge trend- which I should have expected given the title of the book and the section I found it in. But at least they tried to spin it to fit Americana, though. That's a new take, I'll admit- and one I'd almost like to actually read... I just wish this book was actually any good at all. Sadly, it's not.
"The life-affirming power of comfort" is a phrase I can't take seriously... Not for any particular reason. But for some reason it just makes me laugh. It's the concept of "choosing our emotions" that she launches into immediately afterwards, though, that really gets my goat and makes me gag... What it confirms is exactly what I feared looking at the author's bibliography of work at the beginning of the book: This book is going nowhere good.
Time and time again I've extolled the problems with the concept of "controlling your emotions" and how that is, scientifically speaking, absolutely not how emotions will ever work no matter how much we scrunch up our noses, stick out our tongues, and say "yeah huh!" like petulant children. And believing it is has never done anything but harm us and stunt our intellectual and emotional growth, creating further problems for us down the line (as reality detachment and blatantly ignoring real professionals is wont to do)... The fact that her tips for "choosing happiness" essentially boil down to "shut up and be grateful"- and "put down your phone"- is truly the icing on the cake of shitty life advice from a person wholly unqualified to be giving it in the fist place.
I'm only on Chapter Two and so far all I've read is tripe. And so at this point I decided to close the book for good; what's here already is shallow and damaging more than it is genuinely helpful, and whatever decent advice that may potentially be offered somewhere further within is overshadowed by the incredible idiocy the author has exhibited to me from the very first page. And frankly I have neither the energy nor the care to sus out what few actually decent nuggets of good may exist- if any good does at all (and judging by the other reviews here, there isn't; it doesn't seem to get better at all from where I left off- only much, much worse).
Frankly, if you want "Scandinavian flavored self help", you're far better off just reading The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments. In fact, Mrs. Pedersen should really stick to just being a "corporate speaker and multi-media host", and maybe leave the writing (about Hygge especially) to by Meik Wiking... An actual Scandinavian with actual qualifications far more pertinent to writing on not only any of the "self help" aspects this author idiotically tried to shove into this book- but also the aspects of his own culture and heritage. Especially as the very man who popularized it in the first place.
At the very least it's far better written, and the advice is much more interesting, than anything Mrs. Pedersen's managed to write.
June 15, 2022
What a frustrating, shallow, unhelpful little book. While there are some tiny nuggets of wisdom and mindfulness in these pages, most of the content just feels impractical and incredibly pretentious.
Does a room in your house feel cramped? Duh - just have your ceiling raised!
Are you stressed and overworked? Convince your employer to switch to a 32 hour work week, silly!
I know life is busy and people don't feel like they have time to connect anymore. Here, have a recipe for chicken that takes three hours to make
Are you too tired to do all the house chores? lol just have your kids do them, dumdum! Oh, and only use homemade cleaners while you're at it!
I went into this book expecting something with an understanding of both Danish and American culture and some clever ways to bring a more calm and mindful lifestyle into the inherent hustle and bustle of the average American lifestyle. Instead it felt like the author was saying "you should just be Danish instead lol, but since you can't idk I guess buy candles and go for walks more"
And don't even get me started on the author's assumptions that everyone has a certain family structure, a certain work environment, lives in walkable areas, has loads of money lying around, etc.
The extra star is only for the tiny bits that actually made me think about something differently.
But honestly, don't waste your time.
Does a room in your house feel cramped? Duh - just have your ceiling raised!
Are you stressed and overworked? Convince your employer to switch to a 32 hour work week, silly!
I know life is busy and people don't feel like they have time to connect anymore. Here, have a recipe for chicken that takes three hours to make
Are you too tired to do all the house chores? lol just have your kids do them, dumdum! Oh, and only use homemade cleaners while you're at it!
I went into this book expecting something with an understanding of both Danish and American culture and some clever ways to bring a more calm and mindful lifestyle into the inherent hustle and bustle of the average American lifestyle. Instead it felt like the author was saying "you should just be Danish instead lol, but since you can't idk I guess buy candles and go for walks more"
And don't even get me started on the author's assumptions that everyone has a certain family structure, a certain work environment, lives in walkable areas, has loads of money lying around, etc.
The extra star is only for the tiny bits that actually made me think about something differently.
But honestly, don't waste your time.
February 25, 2019
Fair warning, I did not read "The Little Book of Hygge" so I can't make a fair comparison (though I'm picking it up next as a direct result of reading this American version). That said, this book seems to highlight worst case scenarios of particular organizational (or not) schemes and habits and then suggests we do the exact opposite. I am a well organized and clean person so I did not find much new or surprising information in here and I think for people who struggle in those areas this title could be fairly overwhelming. As a friend rightly pointed out, most of what's in this book is very subjective and culture based. What makes one person stressed and unhappy may make another perfectly content. We ought to remember that with any book of this nature. "American Cozy" certainly points out every nook and cranny that you may not have considered before, and the illustrations and quotes are cute, but remember that the arguments in here really could go either way.
January 2, 2020
Not designed for someone who lives in the UK. I found myself laughing out loud when she dismissed the humble doormat as useless clutter. Even in London it’s a necessity to keep the mud out.
Very clearly has a woman with husband and children in mind. No suggestions for the single or those in non traditional families. Or those who have little control over their work shifts and can’t negotiate with their employers.
Also I couldn’t help but notice the callousness in some of the suggestions to make life less stressful. Eg your college roommate becomes belligerent when drunk, don’t invite her to your NYE cocktail party meet for coffee another day. There was no consideration of the hurt such exclusion might cause someone - my solution would probably be serve less alcohol and perhaps have a gentle talk with the friend about alcohol (at another time) in case they need help.
It was one of several instances where they way she recommended making your life calm and cozy was inherently selfish. In the long run guaranteed to alienate your friends.
Very clearly has a woman with husband and children in mind. No suggestions for the single or those in non traditional families. Or those who have little control over their work shifts and can’t negotiate with their employers.
Also I couldn’t help but notice the callousness in some of the suggestions to make life less stressful. Eg your college roommate becomes belligerent when drunk, don’t invite her to your NYE cocktail party meet for coffee another day. There was no consideration of the hurt such exclusion might cause someone - my solution would probably be serve less alcohol and perhaps have a gentle talk with the friend about alcohol (at another time) in case they need help.
It was one of several instances where they way she recommended making your life calm and cozy was inherently selfish. In the long run guaranteed to alienate your friends.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
February 11, 2024
Relyn Rating: 3.5
I liked this book well enough, but I recommend reading it in an actual book. Kindles are had to flip back and forth and you'll want to. There are some good ideas and lists in here.
I liked this book well enough, but I recommend reading it in an actual book. Kindles are had to flip back and forth and you'll want to. There are some good ideas and lists in here.
July 18, 2025
dnf pg 180. booooo. this book seems less like a book about hygge and more about pedersen’s personal opinions. i lost it when she said to remove fridge magnets and children’s artwork from the fridge but then a few pages later said she keeps a vase of her kitchen utensils on the kitchen counter instead of putting them away. other annoying ideas were to get rid of all the gray in your house, and to not buy in bulk.
i made the danish butter cookies in the book and i had to severely adjust the flour content because it was measured in cups and not grams. the first instruction was to preheat the oven when a later instruction was to chill the dough overnight 🤦♀️. am I supposed to keep my oven on all night, stephanie? did this book even have an editor?
i made the danish butter cookies in the book and i had to severely adjust the flour content because it was measured in cups and not grams. the first instruction was to preheat the oven when a later instruction was to chill the dough overnight 🤦♀️. am I supposed to keep my oven on all night, stephanie? did this book even have an editor?
February 26, 2022
I love the Danish concept of Hygge. This book is *not* it. It focuses on minimalism, spending money on ways to make your home pleasing to guest/outsiders, focusing on cleaning schedules, make up, and mentioned how stress leads to obesity more than once. It was American commercialism. Two stars because some of the cleaning recipes look good, just not what I want to read in a book about coziness and contentment.
October 11, 2021
Umm..I mainly found this book to be bossy haha. It was stressful being given all these expectations and boxes to check off and recipes to make in order to achieve HYGGE. There may be a handful of ideas I take away and implement into my life, but mainly I hope to never read another book with such a condescendingly didactic tone.
June 19, 2021
I found this author to be completely out of touch. I knew this to be the case when I read her suggestion that if your tallest friend couldn’t stand in your basement or attic, you should dig out the floor about a foot or raise the ceiling. Are you kidding?
March 14, 2021
This was surprisingly lovely.
November 11, 2024
Cute and I enjoyed the chapters about depression and how to make each moment count. The statistics were helpful too. But I thought this book was less "American Cozy" and more "How to be More Danish in America." I expected to see more of what makes Americans different in how we explore coziness.
January 9, 2024
About once a year I read a self help, hygge, improve your life and happiness sort of book it helps me focus on what’s important to me and inspires me to look around my home for what I can improve. My husband and kids probably get a little irritated because it usually means purge things I find unnecessary. It is generally for all of our sake but it in honesty it makes me feel lighter, relieved and calm so that’s what really matters. This book was one that made me look around and say “how can I make my life better?” And with all the craziness happening in the world right now it is exactly what I needed. Now I have a little more work to do but when we are able to have company at home again I can’t wait.
April 21, 2019
I found this gem while browsing through the world’s biggest bookstore - Powell’s last weekend. They had a section dedicated to minimalism and I found this book there. The title intrigued me and it was worth reading. The author tries to combine Hygge with minimalism while also describing how one can apply hygge while leading an American lifestyle. There were lot of interesting tips which I plan to make use of. Good book to read if you are interested in adopting a minimalistic lifestyle.
June 24, 2023
3.5 — although I enjoyed and would recommend, had to decrease score based on the overly pretentious bits of advice. Concept of hygge is an appealing one and the book has plenty of practical steps to easily implement for increasing cozy in one’s life. Preferred Lagom book over this one, but appreciated emphasis on removing clutter and other strategies to reduce stress / simplify life.
June 2, 2020
I've read several other 'hygge' books, and this one just didn't measure up. I disagreed with a lot of her ideas. They didn't translate well to American culture the way she presented it. I was left disappointed.
December 12, 2018
Very fitting for a North American lifestyle. It provided the reinforcements and validation I needed in initializing new positive habits.
September 27, 2020
Some good practical ideas for living a simpler/better life. Nothing ground breaking, but a good easy read with some good ideas.
January 9, 2022
I wanted to start the year off right by reading about how to create a calm and cozy life. ❣️
Goal accomplished.
Goal accomplished.
June 28, 2022
I have read a few different versions of "cozy" books, and this one if my favorite. It meshed Danish hygge, Kondo method for organization, feng shui, European work/life balance, American traditions and customs (i.e. tailgating) and still left room for personalized versions of "cozy". What I enjoy about it most are the adorable illustrations, recipes for simple meals, cleaning products and beauty products and the times that Pedersen provided specific tips for finding organization and calm. The overarching theme that cozy is not an atmosphere of environment but a mindset/choice we must constantly make resonated with me and felt more relatable than other versions of this topic. I found so many valuable takeaways and will buy this book to reference again and again.
February 23, 2020
I enjoyed this book. I have now read several books on the Danish concept of hygge and picked this one up since it seemed to have an American twist. As with the others I’ve read, I came away with the idea of “conscious coziness.” As I was reading, I was under a cozy blanket with a fire going and a dog curled up next to me. My house was picked up due to an earlier chapter on getting rid of clutter, and I was reminded to just pause and be conscious of the hygge-feel I had going on right at that moment.
October 19, 2018
This is very well written; the language is concise and warm, which I appreciated very much considering the subject matter. It is something of a primer. I would recommend this book to someone who is at the very beginning of a complete life overhaul. Her statistics and stories are compelling as well as transparent- there isn’t any skewing to be found, which is something I appreciate deeply.
Do the things she recommends; your life will be dramatically changed for the better. You may end up needing to do a great deal more research into some of the topics she talks about; for example, Americans struggle with work/life boundaries, so you may need more help in that area than this book offers.
All that said- solid good work that can inspire you to do better for yourself in terms of working to live instead of living to work.
Do the things she recommends; your life will be dramatically changed for the better. You may end up needing to do a great deal more research into some of the topics she talks about; for example, Americans struggle with work/life boundaries, so you may need more help in that area than this book offers.
All that said- solid good work that can inspire you to do better for yourself in terms of working to live instead of living to work.
January 15, 2019
This was an incredibly aesthetically pleasing book with lots of great ideas for implementing the Danish Hygge lifestyle. Pairs well with a hot cup of tea and a simple, organized home.
However I do feel the need to tell the author that if she really needs to have throw pillows on hand to cover up stains on her couch when company is over, she needs to get rid of her high-maintenance friends. I don’t think my friends even notice the stains on my couch, let alone care that they’re there...
However I do feel the need to tell the author that if she really needs to have throw pillows on hand to cover up stains on her couch when company is over, she needs to get rid of her high-maintenance friends. I don’t think my friends even notice the stains on my couch, let alone care that they’re there...
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