About Home Made Lovely

Since 2010, Home Made Lovely has helped women create homes they actually love living in…
homes that are calm, functional, and genuinely theirs.

Home Made Lovely began (as AKA Design) back in July 2010 as a way for co-founders Dean and Shannon Acheson to share their home renovations and ideas, shortly after they’d moved their young family into their second home – a little white, very run down, war-era bungalow in the suburbs.

They renovated and sold that house – which, much to their surprise, was featured on the television show Steven & Chris and in several print magazines – and then another before settling into their current home.

All three homes have been the backdrop for 100s of brand partnerships and DIY projects including Home Depot, Michael’s, Black & Decker, Frigidaire, Ninja, Panasonic, Pella and more.

white sided bungalow with black shutters and window boxes

Meet the Team

Shannon adjusting pillows on couch to illustrate how to decorate your home

Meet Shannon

Shannon Acheson is the main author, organizer and decorator at Home Made Lovely.

Since starting Home Made Lovely in 2010, Shannon has written two traditionally published books, Home Made Lovely and The Clutter Fix, and created the Home Made Lovely RESET Method. This five-step approach helps women declutter, organize, and build home systems that work in real life, one manageable space at a time. She also founded the Home Made Lovely RESET Club, where members put the method into practice with guided room plans and ongoing support.

Shannon lives in Durham Region, Ontario with her husband, Dean, and their three grown kiddos.

More About Shannon

Dean Acheson – Co-Founder, Handyman and Guy with All the Tools

While he works in a sheet metal shop by day, Dean is utterly invaluable to Home Made Lovely the rest of the time. His DIY project skills have been a major piece of Home Made Lovely’s success and heavily contributed to several of our projects being featured in magazines and on TV. He is a master of making Shannon’s visions come to life and is way better at “measuring twice and cutting once” than she is!