Happy New Year, friends! I am so grateful to you all for being a part of my home in 2016. I pulled together some of my favorite posts from The Inspired Room this past year. It’s not easy to sum up twelve months when you write as much as I do, ha, but it’s always fun to look back and wrap up the year.
While clearly 2016 was a year of dreaming up possibilities and starting our house projects, 2017 will be about actually seeing those dreams, ideas and projects become reality (or at least enjoying the progress we’ve made!).
ENJOY!
A few favorite organizing posts from The Inspired Room in 2016:
How to Set Daily Routines that will Transform Your Life
Slide Out Kitchen Pantry Drawers {Inspiration}
How to Make Room for What You Love When Too Much Sparks Joy
Favorite home improvement projects & plans from 2016:
Before & after farmhouse-style hall makeover
Transforming our dated/mauve stone fireplace with chalk paint
Shiplap Wall: What to Use and FAQ
Painting our brick house white (and continuing on with our never-ending side yard project). I gave you a sneak peek of the progress of both in this post!
Creating our home office space (I’ll have a big progress post soon on our lower level!)
From demo day of our small galley kitchen to our kitchen design board and the plan for the mood of our kitchen and our plan for a window flush to the counter, we now have a nearly completed kitchen to share with you soon :)
Signature Style: My Dutch Door Plans — we now have TWO Dutch doors to show you :)
My daughters’ townhouse entry and hallway makeover
A few favorite decorating posts from The Inspired Room in 2016:
10 Easy Ways to Redecorate Your Home for Free
Kitchen Design Ideas: 8 Showstopping Elements
5 Ways to Update Your Kitchen (without a major remodel)
Farmhouse Style Hous Tour – The Street of Dreams
My Shop (Shop My House & Latest Decor Finds)
A few favorite family memories from 2016:
That Time We Almost Bought an Alpaca Farm
Creating a Life We Love (the story of why we moved to Seattle)
Our family vacation in Port Townsend
Meeting Leo, my daughter Kylee’s labradoodle puppy
Doodles at Home (Instagram account for all our pups)
A few favorite “Gather” posts from The Inspired Room in 2016:
Rattan and Bamboo Accent Furniture
Easy DIY Art and “Wallpaper” for Your Home
A few favorite posts from The Inspired Room in 2016:
Beauty Begins the Moment You Decide to Be Yourself
Seize the Moment, Change Your Life
The Most Important Thing You Need Before Remodeling
The Traps: Inspiration for Contentment
A Little Known Secret of Success {10 Things I Know}
My 2016 House Tours:
My new book releases in 2016:
Make Room for What You Love (Decluttering and Simplifying)
The Inspired Room Coloring Book (a home decor coloring book!)
Stay tuned for two more books I’ve been working on this year to be released in 2017! :)
Favorite healthy recipes & DIY scents featured in 2016:
Kale Salad with Roasted Delicata Squash & Maple Vinaigrette
Natural Home Scents and Favorite DIY Recipes
Favorite posts I contributed elsewhere:
How to Keep a Clean Enough House
Making Room for the Life We Want to Live
Whether you were here with me for the whole year or if you’ve just joined in, I am so grateful that you are a part of my life. I can’t wait for all that’s in store for 2017 and especially can’t wait to share our kitchen remodel and the other projects we’ve been working on. It should be a very exciting year!
We’ll kick off the first week in January with Hygge. I’m excited to talk about simplifying, organizing and being more mindful of our well-being as we nestle in to a cozy winter house < learn more about hygge in that post. See you in January!
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Happy New Year, Melissa! I can’t wait to see what you have in store for 2017. Blessings for you and your family.
Happy New Year Melissa!
Happy New Year! I love the painted nightstand post, somehow I missed reading that one back when you posted it. I love the color!
I just noticed your chandler, the blue and white one. May I ask, where did you get it? I am in love.
Thanks