The Tale of the New Year's #Fail

I must admit, like many of you out there, I've vowed to lose some weight in the new year... My pants are a bit snug and I'm not buying a bigger size. Ha!

Check out these statistics on holidays and weight gain/loss... What have you resolved to do in 2012? Still sticking with it 7 days in?

 

So long 2011! Hello New Year!

2011 was a banner year here on the blog and there's no one to thank but you loyal readers out there in blog-reading land.

AHH! What is this, Halloween?! Scary! 

There were definitely some ups and downs this year and I've been called everything from smart, witty and good looking(well, maybe not) to shill and time-waster for posts you may or may not have read here in 2011. After all, there were 218 posts in 2011 and it wouldn't be difficult to miss a couple!

So I thought it would be fun to recap some of the most read and popular posts on the blog last year. Without further adieu...

The year started off with a bang. When Trends Attack! Granite Tile Counters ended up being the most search engine referred post EVER on the blog. I don't think too many DIY-friendly folks found me too entertaining... the comments were AWESOME!

After that, Stop Spreading Germs taught us to sneeze in the back-pockets of coworkers. No sense in getting folks sick...

Pirates landed on the blog with When "Go to Your Room" isn't Punishment and showed just how innovative design has become even in kid's bedrooms.

In another set of inspiring photos, Your Wallpaper Will Never Be This Cool took wall coverings and lighting to an entirely different level.

You'll see some changes on the blog this year, and some things will stay the same. Don't expect me to start liking granite tile counters anytime soon.

If you have something you'd like to see on the blog please feel free to shoot me a message and let me know. Want to do a guest post? I'd be game for that, too!

All the best wishes for you in 2012! Thanks again and keep reading!

Cupboards Blog 2010: Looking Back, and Forward!

Seriously, where did 2010 go?

It seems like just yesterday that we were watching the ball drop on New Year's Eve on 2009 and here we are in 2011! Today I did a quick glance back at the blog- considering that I didn't really start blogging regularly until end of May, it's been a really enjoyable experience(and neat to see how it's evolved in such a short period).

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There are plenty of people to thank(and not enough room here to do so) for the encouragement and inspiration it took to get me in to the blogosphere- Most everyone knows that I don't really like the idea of an "online life" and it was/is a big deal for me to get in to this great big deal. It's been awesomely rewarding and I've "met" lots of new folks that add to my world(after all, isn't that what we want?).

So as a look back, here are a few of my favorite posts. If you read them the first time, thanks! If you didn't, it's time that you did.

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Movin' to Moomin Valley - Designers draw inspiration from everywhere and everything. The designer of a set of children's spaces, Maria Yasko, used a children's book series as a guide. 

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Son, Were You Born in a Barn? - Barn doors took center stage. Now they're not just on the barn but in our homes, promoting the cozy feel of simpler times.

There Once Was a Woman Who Bathed in a Shoe - Maybe the most unique part of Cupboards' blog year was the birth and growth of Let's Blog Off. Now a bi-weekly come together of bloggers from all-over, the blog-off was born from a giant bathtub, shaped like a stiletto shoe. Could there have been anything better?

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Pantone-ing the Kitchen - Honeysuckle Inspiration - There are plenty of people who are upset that Pantone left turquoise behind and forged ahead with something quite pinkish. What would it look like in the kitchen? Might not be what you would expect!

Friday Find - Blue Bell Creameries - Our favorite Cupboards field trip(Can you believe this is 2 blocks from our shop?!) Something everyone in America should do... spend the 50 cents and have a scoop of famous Blue Bell ice cream right in their parlor! 

Blueberry Cheesecake Ice Cream - In case you can't make it to your favorite ice cream parlor, you can make one of my recipes at home. Low-fat? What's that? 

Bake-N-Blog - Holiday Edition - Yep, I can cook(or watch my sister the actual professional chef cook). So what if it's me and a bunch of women making cookies and sharing about it... You wish you had mad skills like these. 

So I ran to the loo... - It wouldn't be my blog without some potty talk. From urinals to toilets that have sinks built in to them. We've covered a lot. 

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Colorfully Steppin' - Not everyone can pull of interior walls with wild colors, but everyone can fall down stairs painted turquoise! I love seeing unique spaces with tons of character- the often over-looked staircase gets a makeover.

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Thanks again to everyone for making our 2010 so rockin' awesome. Look forward to more cool posts and having you back at our little corner of the interwebs.

Happy New Year!