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Published Works

Novels, memoirs and more.

Inspired Spaces

Design consultation to help you discover spaces with tailored touches to fit your style, personality and passion.

Inspired Solutions

Comprehensive consulting services tailored to meet the unique needs of individuals and organizations.

Meet Amy
Amy Mangan is a writer whose work has been published in Salon, Southern Living, Better Homes and Gardens’ Creative Home and Southern Accents. Her columns have appeared in numerous publications and she is the author of This Side Up: The Road to a Renovated Life, Accent Pieces: Collected Writings and Moments that Decorate Our Lives, Dining Room Dispatches: A Year of Curated Musings on Life and Home, and The History Lesson.

Inspired Spaces

I believe serenity can be found in every nook and corner of a home. From a well-designed living room to a simple table arrangement, beauty can be created anywhere. I also believe your home should be a reflection of you, not me. That’s why I help clients discover spaces that have tailored touches which fits their style, personality and passion. I’d love to work with you in a way that fulfills your dwelling desires.

Inspired Solutions

Coaching is a transformative journey to unlock your potential and drive lasting change. I provide the high-level insights and practical skills you need to build a toolkit for success. By integrating adaptive strategies with deep experience, I am able to help you navigate shifting needs and deliver adaptive strategies, skill development and impact-driven solutions that truly matter.

Published Works

Dining Room Dispatches

A Year of Curated Musings on Life and Home

“These monthly passages are my way of honoring the beautiful nuances of the way we spend our lives. The way we wake up, work, play, hope and dream. It’s my tribute to the right now and the right around the corner. To the goodness of a day well spent and times we’re ready to close the curtains ready for a new morning.” —Amy

The History Lesson

Brimming with humor and intrigue with a vivid cast of characters, The History Lesson frames universal lessons of grief, loyalty, and perseverance into one history professor’s endeavor to reconcile the past with her future.

Accent Pieces

Collected Writings and Moments that Decorate Our Lives

Accent Pieces is a personal homage to creating the life you want right where you are. Amy’s collection of essays makes sense of life, home, love, heartache, and friendships, all while sharing a decorating tip or two.

This Side Up

The Road to a Renovated Life

A home and garden editor’s story of a life constantly under construction, none by design. Written with candor, humor, and grace, Amy shares her own home tour, but this one deftly sheds light on job loss, financial shame, home displacement, marital discord, illness, and caregiving. Faced with one crisis after the next, Amy discovers how to cope, hope, and rebuild, finding a new way home to a stronger way of life.
Amy’s work has appeared in numerous local and national publications.