January is definitely the month for the year’s-worth-of-blog-posts-roundup posts. For the most part, I enjoy browsing them, but the truth is that those of you who read this post most likely follow this blog in some way and have already seen those posts throughout the year. So I decided to create a Pinterest board of your favorite posts according to Google Analytics instead of doing a full-blown post. Just click here to see those!

Rather than recapping specific posts, I thought I would recap the blog as a whole. 2014 was a big year for the blog and I’m so happy with the direction it’s heading.

January – I was so honored to be nominated for my first blog award, the Liebster Award.

February – I was nominated for another award at Apartment Therapy, which pretty much made my year! The blog also got a complete overhaul and a fresh new look.

April – I introduced the first series on the blog, the Room by Room Recap. This series features a different room of the house and its renovation from start to finish.

May – This might not have been a big step for the blog, but for us it was huge…we finally moved into our forever dream home after a year of renovations!

June – My first sponsored post went live. For me this was just a peek into what this blog has the potential to become, and I liked what I saw!  Since then, I’ve worked with several brands including Sharpie, Walgreens, Kirkland’s, and Zillow.

August – I introduced another series on the blog, Interview With The Designer. This series gives you a glimpse into the lives and work of different designers.

September – It seems that just about every step this year has been a milestone for the blog, but reaching 40,000 monthly views was a pretty big one for me. I totally get that this is a humble brag, but I’m ok with it. I also get that numbers aren’t everything (trust me, I know) and I get that to some mega-bloggers, this is laughable. But it made me happy, and proud, and that’s ok, right?

November – The latest blog series, Historic Southern Homes, debuted this month. In this series, I introduce old southern homes that have a lot of charm and a lot of history.

This blog started with about 5 readers (all family members) and was really just meant to be an easy way for me to virtually scrapbook the whole restoration process. I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again…blogging has become my therapy. And at a time in my life where a lot seemed to be going wrong, it has been a much-needed outlet. It could all go away tomorrow, but I’m proud of what I’ve accomplished and how this blog has grown.

I’ve got some big goals for 2015. I’ve already got a few brand collaborations in the works, and there might be another series popping up soon.

So to those few of you who have stuck with me from the beginning, and to the rest of you that have joined in along the way, THANK YOU! I would still love this blog even if nobody ready it, but knowing that people do makes it all the more sweeter.

Cheers to 2015!