Happy New Year and welcome to 2013.  January is traditionally the time to review the year just finished and look ahead to the future. We know it can be overwhelming to browse through our vast archive of articles (and sometimes the search function doesn’t work as well as it could), so here’s a little help – I’m sharing what was popular last year.  Hope you enjoy this walk down memory lane and maybe find a post or two that you missed.

Top 10 Posts of 2012

Our top 10 posts for the year cover a wide variety of topics – everything from color to room arranging to DIY projects.

#10 - Painted Ceilings:  We shared some thoughts on when to paint a ceiling and how to figure out what color to paint it…..

Painted ceiling - designed by Alicia B Designs

 

#9 - Hallway Decorating Ideas:  I collected ten excellent ideas of what to do with your hallway.

#8 – L Shaped Room:  Cindy shares some tips and ideas of how to arrange furniture in an “L” shaped room.

 

#7 – Easy, Exciting, Exclusive:  I shared a post filled with easy DIY ideas to make your own personalized wall art.

DIY art project from BHG.com

#6 – Display Kids’ Art:  This post is a collection of several ideas about how to get your child’s artwork off the refrigerator door and displayed attractively.

#5 – Paint Bathroom Tile:  Answering a reader’s question, Cindy provides in depth information about how to paint ceramic tile.

#4 – Cork Floors:  Part of our Thumbs Up/ Thumbs Down series, we discuss the pros and cons of using cork flooring.

Photo via Trendir.com

#2 – Rectangular Room Arranging:  Cindy shares tips, help and ideas for arranging different rooms in your home that have a rectangular shape.

Top Post of 2012:

Do Gray and Brown Work Together?  We have many posts about color but this post continues to garner lots of interest.  Apparently many people are uncertain about how to make these two colors work together – but you can, and successfully.

Photo via House and Home, Canadian

Looking Ahead

As we start 2013, it will be our fourth year of offering home decorating advice, suggestions, and tips to our readers. Cindy and I take great pride in providing current, instructional information to help all of you create the homes of your dreams.  We’ve seen the blog grow from  a little start up project to a site that reaches over 1,000,000 views a year.

Our plans for 2013 are still developing, but you can be sure we’re going to continue offering lots of decorating info and tips throughout the year.  We’ll have give-aways, a new e-book, and are working on some other ideas that may come to fruition.

Thank you for continuing to read and support YDH.  If you have a topic you’d like covered, a question, or a suggestion to help make this site better, we’d love to hear from you.  Email your suggestions to solutions@yourdecoratinghotline.com.

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