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Celebrating Two Years

January 2, 2014 By Karen Cooper 10 Comments

Today marks the two-year blog-iversary of Dogs Don’t Eat Pizza. That’s right – I started this little blog two years ago today! To celebrate, I thought I would count down the 10 most popular projects of 2013 (as determined by you, my faithful readers!).

Ready for a trip down memory lane? Here goes! (You can find the links to the projects in the description or by clicking on the picture.)

10. Memo Board from Old Window

I took an old window I found at the curb and transformed it into a memo board/dry erase calendar.

memo board from old window - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

We still use it as our weekly memo board/calendar.

9. My Son’s Gym Floor Headboard

I found an old floor from a local gym at my favorite salvage warehouse and turned it into a headboard in my son’s sports-themed room:

finished gym headboard 1 - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

8. The Dining Room – Finally Done!

You all deserve a prize for reading all my posts about the changes made in our dining room! Finally, though, it’s done. Done. Done.

new dining room from living room - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

7. Adding a Pop of Color to Our Entry

A little paint and a new bench and our entry was transformed from blah to blue.

mirror rehung normal height - Finish It Friday - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

I’m always amazed with what a little paint can do.

6. Brighten Built-Ins with Fabric

This might have been my favorite project of the year, because it was pretty easy and pretty inexpensive but made a big impact in the room. I covered poster boards with fabric and attached them to the back of our built-in bookcases:

Built-Ins with Fabric Back - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

5. An Organized Pantry

I still think that turning our garage storage room into this pantry was the best idea I’ve ever, ever had. This post is all about how I organized it into zones.

Organized Pantry - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

4. Let There Be Light!

This is the most recent project at HQ – how I took down our plantation shutters and replaced them with curtains. It’s amazing the difference – so much more light in our family room!

finished with curtains - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

3. Guest Room Redo

In anticipation of a house full of guests, I cleaned up and redid the guest room to make it more guest-friendly (and pretty).

guest room redo - whole room - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

I recovered the headboard (here’s the first post about adding fabric to this headboard), added blankets and a heavier duvet to the bed, and organized my craft and work stuff to make the guest room a retreat for my guests.

2. Christmas in July

The second most popular post this year was the Christmas in July post. I wrote about and included pictures of some non-traditional Christmas trees. Non-tree trees, in fact.

Christmas in July - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

Drum roll please…the most popular post of 2013 was…

1. Curtain Call

Hands down, this was the most popular post of the year.

Curtain Call - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

How I took plain Ikea white curtains and added food-related words in different script to make unique curtains for our dining room (full disclosure: they are now in our breakfast room, but I still love them!).

close the curtains - first day of winter - Dogs Don't Eat Pizza

Thanks to Kelly at View Along the Way for featuring them in her curtain round-up post!

And there you have it – the most popular posts of 2013.

Thank you for taking time during 2013 to read about what’s going on at HQ. I promise more exciting projects in 2014!

What are some of those projects? Well, we have one big honkin’ project to do this summer, but it’s a surprise for my daughter’s birthday, so you have to promise not to tell her. Promise? M’kay.

We are moving my daughter’s bedroom to our room, moving the guest room to her room, and moving the master bedroom downstairs! Ack! It kind of gives me palpitations just thinking about this project, but it’s going to be fun. Here’s some of what it will entail:

1. Painting my daughter’s green room so that it’s more appropriate for a guest room and not a six-year-old obsessed with the color green.

2. Painting the current master bedroom so that it reflects a six-year-old obsessed with the color green.

3. Moving all the furniture and stuff.

4. Turning the current guest room into a true master bedroom/suite. This room is actually meant to be the master bedroom anyway, but we put the master upstairs because we didn’t want to schlep up and down the stairs when the kids were little and needed us. Now that they are older, it’s time to switch things up.

To turn the current guest room into a master retreat:

a.  I’m going to redesign the closet to be a master closet, rather than the storage room it currently is.

b. I’m going to repaint the bathroom.

c. I might try to change out the vanity, but that might require re-tiling, and I’m not sure I want to tackle that yet because it might lead to tearing the whole bathroom out (just being honest here), something we aren’t yet budgetarily prepared for!

d. Hang curtains (ugh – the dreaded curtain rod).

Wow- that’s a lot. But I can’t wait – it’s going to be so much fun to tackle!

OK, that’s a lot for this post. Again, thank you for taking time to read about the projects I tackle here. I am so grateful for you and your feedback, support, and love.

Happy New Year!

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    Sprucing Up the Window Memo Board

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About Karen Cooper

Hi! I'm Karen. I call myself a “recovering lawyer” - I traded in my power suits for power tools and a life of DIY adventures. Join me for DIY, home decorating, repurposing and upcycling, and organizing projects and tips as I transform a 1929 Tudor bungalow into our home. I believe in merging old and new to make a house a home.

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Comments

  1. Jennifer @ Brave New Home says

    January 2, 2014 at 10:52 am

    Congrats on your two year blog-aversary! That’s a lot of moving without actually…moving houses! Looking forward to following along. All the best in the new year, Karen!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      January 2, 2014 at 11:25 am

      Thanks, Jennifer! It should be…interesting! Happy New Year to you, too! All the best!

      Reply
  2. Sharon says

    January 2, 2014 at 6:18 pm

    Happy Anniversary, and Congratulations! Your blog is one of my favorites (and the reason whythe word, “motivation” is in my vocabulary! 🙂 Best Wishes to you!
    Love,
    Sharon

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      January 2, 2014 at 8:13 pm

      Thank you, Sharon! I appreciate that so much!! Best of everything to you! xoxo

      Reply
  3. Danielle says

    January 2, 2014 at 10:01 pm

    Congrats 2 years is very impressive! Loved looking through all your posts. I think the chevron backed bookcases are my favorite!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      January 2, 2014 at 10:22 pm

      Thanks, Danielle! It’s been a fun two years! Happy New Year!

      Reply
  4. Shanna Gilbert says

    January 2, 2014 at 10:02 pm

    Happy Blogiversary Karen! Your blog is always amazing and so are you!

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      January 2, 2014 at 10:23 pm

      Thank you, Shanna! Back atcha! xoxo Happy New Year!

      Reply
  5. The curtain guide says

    January 21, 2015 at 2:46 am

    This was an enjoyable read, cant wait to read some more!!!!

    http://thecurtainguide.com/

    Reply
    • Karen Cooper says

      January 21, 2015 at 7:24 am

      Great! Welcome!

      Reply

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