Shannon Ables

Founder & Author of Simply Luxurious Living

  • home
  • About
  • The Books
    • Events
  • Blog
  • podcast
    • The Simple Sophisticate
  • Courses
  • Cooking Show
    • Recipes
    • The Simply Luxurious Kitchen
  • TSLL Shop
  • Contact
    • Media Room
You are here: Home / Home page / Home Page Content

Home Page Content

September 29, 2014 by Shannon Ables

What does living simply luxuriously look like?

Shannon defines it succinctly in her mission statement which kickstarted her lifestyle blog, The Simply Luxurious Life:

The simply luxurious life is something I believe every one of us can attain if indeed we are seeking quality over quantity, sensibility rather than frivolity, personal style instead of trendy fashions and a truly fulfilling life instead of being led around by the nose, thereby creating a life of true contentment.

Shannon Ables is the founder and editor of the internationally recognized lifestyle blog The Simply Luxurious Life (est.  2009) which inspired her first book Choosing The Simply Luxurious Life: A Modern Woman’s Guide (2014). In 2018, she published her second book  Living The Simply Luxurious Life: Making Your Everydays Extraordinary and Discovering Your Best Self, and in 2022, her third book became a #1 New Release and #1 Bestseller in France Travel, The Road to Le Papillon: Daily Meditations on True Contentment.

Shannon also shares inspiration and tips on how to curate your very own simply luxurious life on her podcast The Simple Sophisticate which airs on the first and third Wednesday of each month, pairing intelligent living with signature style.

Inspired by her love of France and a seasonal, yet simple (and always delicious) approach to cooking, premiering each September is her cooking show The Simply Luxurious Kitchen which premiered in 2018.

And as the British culture and everyday pastimes of savoring a Cuppa and pottering in the garden have long captured her penchant for enjoying everyday moments and Mother Nature, TSLL’s Annual British Week takes place on the blog the third full week in May (est. 2019), and for Francophiles, the second week in August marks TSLL’s Annual French Week (est. 2016), the two most beloved times of year on the blog for readers.

Filed Under: Home page

« Slide 4
Slide3 »
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • Pinterest
  • Twitter

TSLL Latest Book:

The Road to Le Papillon: Daily Meditations on True Contentment
494 pages
$27.95-$36
Hardback, Paperback, eBook, Audible
Released March 22, 2022

Newsletter Signup!

Latest Tweets Latest Tweets

    RSS The Simply Luxurious Life blog posts

    • This & That: November 7, 2025
    • 413: 13 Ways to Finesse the Art of Spending Money
    • Apple Cider Baked Donuts/Bundt Cake, petit plaisir #413
    • Celebrate Being Extraordinary at the Ordinary: How to Elevate the Everyday
    • TSLL’s Annual Francophile & Anglophile Holiday Gift Guide (+15 Advent Calendars), 2025

    From Instagram

    A delicious and cozy evening in. Find the recipe f A delicious and cozy evening in. Find the recipe for this classic Chocolat Chaud adapted from The Ritz Paris on TSLL and in the Intro to French Cooking: Everyday Deliciousness course.

#tsllrecipe #chocolate #chocolat #frenchcooking#tslllepapillon #tsllsimpleluxuries #tsllfrancophilefind
    Where does courage come from? What good news to kn Where does courage come from? What good news to know the energy source is already within each us, we only need to spark it. One way we can do that is to be fully present in the moment, heed our curiosity and observe others who are engaged in what we long to figure out to do for ourselves. Inspired, not envious. We begin to realize while our journey will be unique, sometimes we need a reminder, a nudge, that we too can be brave. 

An excerpt from the November 1st entry, titled "The Courage to Create Your Life" found in the November chapter, "Explore and Discover Yourself and the World" in #tsll3rdbook The Road to Le Papillon: Daily Meditations on True Contentment

Where to pick up your copy:
➡️ hardback, paperback, ebook, audio - wherever you shop for your favorite books (Amazon, Audible, Apple Books, Google Books, etc.)

➡️ signed copies, shop directly on TSLL blog (link in profile)

➡️ signed copies for Bendite locals (in-person or online) - @roundaboutbooks , signed copies for Wallowa County locals - @bookloftoforegon 

#tsllquotables 

illustration created by @sarahloeckerart exclusively for TSLL
    Happy first Friday in November and with its arriva Happy first Friday in November and with its arrival, so too, as ever with each Friday’s hello, a new This & That is up on the blog! 

Here is what is waiting for you to explore — What wonderful films this week – some premiering worldwide, others just beginning with premieres in the UK, and all highly praised. Of course, we also have oodles of books – a favorite Queen-led cozy mystery series returns, peeks into famous diaries for daily inspiration, a much-applauded new historical fiction novel set in wartime Britain, which also involves Paris (as it’s in the title, after all), and timeless clothing finds at great prices. Still, there is more!
    A new episode of @thesimplesophisticatepodcast is A new episode of @thesimplesophisticatepodcast is now available and we're talking about money 💲💶💷 . Episode #413 presumes basic money management and takes it to the next level ➡️ 13 Ways to Finesse the Art of Spending Money. Because personal finance is far more personal than we tend to put into practice.

    Copyright © 2025 · Shannon Ables