Shut the Front Door

A friendly, approachable guide to solving the most common interior design issues, whether you rent or own. Perfect for the millennial with Champagne taste and a Diet Coke budget.

Nowadays, highly curated social media feeds can leave you feeling like you’ll need give up your life savings or knock down walls to have a home you love. But Chelsey Brown, owner of City Chic Decor, is here to show that with some creativity you can completely redesign any room in your house without declaring bankruptcy—and have fun while doing it.

Whether you want to turn your bedroom from dark and dreary to bright and beautiful or find more space in your kitchen to contain clutter, Shut the Front Door will explain how to solve your home’s most frustrating design problems. With easy-to-follow guidelines you’ll learn how to take your space from bleak to chic, from oh no to omg, or from cramped to cozy.

Shut the Front Door is filled with gorgeous rooms for inspiration, pro tips, easy DIYs, and more, so even if you’ve got Champagne tastes and a Diet Coke budget, you’ll be able to transform your house into the home of your dreams.

Author and TV personality Chelsey Brown started her blog, City Chic Decor when she realized how little information there was on decorating and designing rented spaces. She wanted to show the world that believed an owned space was the only true home that people can transform their rentals into their dream sanctuaries (without driving their landlords crazy!). Chelsey’s work has been featured in countless publications, print magazines, and on-air such as Today, the New York Post, CBS, ABC, NBC, BBC, Domino, MyDomaine, Apartment Therapy, The Kitchn, and more. After becoming a TV personality and speaking across the United States about turning rental spaces into dream homes, she won the Amara award for the best interior styling blog in 2020. Her oh-so-relatable humor and knowledge of interiors makes her a powerhouse figure in the world of decorating.