2017 Year in Review {My Top 10 Best Posts of 2017}

2017 is in the history books, and it was a doozy of a year.

Thankfully, for me personally, it was not as bad as 2016, and for that I am grateful. This could be known as the year I got my sanity back after temporarily losing it for a few years. I bought myself a little jon boat with a trolling motor and have gotten back to fishing, which I LOVE with all my heart, so that has been really great for my mental health. We cancelled our cable and actively avoided getting sucked into the echo chambers of political news and world events. I’ve read a whole lotta books and tried to stay focused on what matters the most. It’s been a good year.

Garrett started 4th grade this year and has a WONDERFUL teacher who has helped him to really love school again.  I’m so grateful to Mrs. Young, his teacher, for helping him to find self-confidence and maturity this school year.  She’s been a gift.  Caroline is still in the sweet little preschool where both of my kids have attended since they were six months old.  We love all the teachers there and I’ve also been blessed to find an awesome nanny named Brittany who has saved my sanity quite a bit this year.

So, with the help of God and these great folks, 2017 has been a much better year than the last. Let’s say a big prayer that 2018 will be better than both combined!

My friend Cami over at Tidbits invited me to join in this fun “Best of” post for a 2017 year in review, and I was happy to play along.  Every time I write one of these Year in Review posts I’m usually surprised by which posts got the most pageviews for the year. I was totally expecting my attic renovation to be number one, but it was not (although it did make the top 10 more than once).

Come along and see which were my best posts of 2017…

#10 How to refinish an old wooden deck. Thank you, Rustoleum, for bringing my crappy old deck back to life.  We are now four months into this deck and it’s still looking great even after being covered in a few inches of ice during that freak snow storm a few weeks back. It is a pleasure to look out my backdoor nowadays. Here’s the amazing before and after:

#9 Delivery Driver Porch Snack Printable.  This idea is SUCH a hit at Christmas time when the packages start rolling in.  Thanks to my friend Carla for coming up with it!

#8 We need to talk about this new Magnolia Line at Target.  Y’all.  Folks seriously like to talk about anything Joanna Gaines touches.  She’s instant blog traffic. It’s amazing.

#7 Welcome Fall Home Tour– The Fall and Spring Home tours are so popular. I need to never stop doing these posts.

#6 Craft Room Organization Ideas. Amazingly, almost a year later, this little corner of my office has stayed semi-organized.

#5 Spring Home Tour Blog Hop.  The Spring and Fall home tours are always, always, always a big hit! I love doing them and y’all love reading about them, so expect more to come.

#4 The Attic Makeover Full Room Tour.  This room is my most favorite room I have ever designed.  As I sit here typing this post, looking around at all my favorite things on the shelves of my beautiful attic office, I’m thankful to have been given a chance to make my vision come to life. It’s my happy place.

#3 The Attic Book Nook. Yep, this is the post I thought would be at #1, but it’s only #3!  This little nook has brought HOURS of peaceful reading time for Garrett. There are nights I find him curled up in this nook, sound asleep with a book on his chest.  He loves it, and I love that I’ve created a place in our home that he will remember forever as a soft place to land.

#2 Design Ideas from the 2016 Parade of Homes.  I swear man, these Parade posts have made my Top 10 list ever since I started doing them a few years ago.  They are Pinterest GOLD.

And finally!  The #1 pageviewed post of the year goes to the Painted Basement Ceiling Remodel. Yes! This was a shocker to me as well!  The basement got more views than the attic this year? Wha?!!  I love both of these parts of the house and I’m so glad we transformed them both into some beautiful, useable spaces this year.

So, there ya go! The top 10 most popular posts (by pageviews) for 2017.

If you want to see LOTS MORE epic home and DIY trendiness, head over to see the rest of my blog friend’s Top 10 posts. Click on the links below for loads of inspiration.

TIDBITS | Finding Silver Pennies | Stacy Risenmay | Julie Blanner | Live Laugh Rowe

Maison De Pax | House by Hoff | Town and Country Living | Summer Adams | Unskinny Boppy

Zevy Joy | Decor Gold Designs | A Burst of Beautiful | Shabbyfufu | Seeking Lavendar Lane

Nina Hendrick Design Co. | Shades of Blue Interiors | Bless’er House | ZDesign at Home | Life on Virginia Street

The Wicker House | Cherished Bliss | Nesting with Grace | Place of my Taste | Simply Designing

AKA Design | Rooms FOR Rent | So Much Better with Age | French Country Cottage | Thistlewood Farms

Designthusiasm | Love Grows Wild | The Happy Housie

PS- I have been doing this blogging thing for quite a while now, so it’s always interesting to see what is revealed by the Google Analytics.  I have these “Best of” archives dating back to 2010!

That’s SEVEN full years of my best posts, all in one spot. It’s fun to go back and look to see how much things have changed and how much my decorating style or photography had improved.

If you are bored and wanna go back through my archives, here ya go….

2016 Year in Review

2015 Year in Review

2014 Best posts of 2014

2013 Project Wrap-Up

2012 Year in Decorating Review

2011 Year in Decorating Review

2010 Year in Decorating Review