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How to Decorate with Casual Elegance: The Top 10 Posts of 2018

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In this post: If you love to decorate with casual elegance, these top 10 posts of the year will inspire you with tips and ideas for decorating in this style.⇒

 How to Decorate with Casual Elegance: The Top 10 Posts of the Year

The start of a new year is always a great time to look back and take stock. What better way to assess where you are and then look ahead? This past year was a year of changes, some personal and some professional. In terms of my home, it was a year of making sweeping updates yet without changing a whole lot of furniture. I will summarize the before and afters in a future post, but suffice it to say, my home looks quite different yet I didn’t spend a fortune. There was one large renovation to the master bath, but mostly everything else was done with paint and accessories. Today I’m joining with a great group of bloggers to take a brief look at the past year and share some of the highlights with you, specifically our Top 10 Posts of 2018. These are not necessarily our favorite posts but the posts that were actually the most popular on our blogs. Be sure to check out all the other bloggers, linked at the bottom of this post. Following are the Top 10 Posts of 2018 from Designthusiasm. To see each full post, just click on the title or the image.

1. How I Transformed My Dining Room without Replacing the Furniture

How I Transformed My Dining Room without Replacing the Furniture

2. Organizing Hacks: 12 Things You Wont Find in My Home

Organizing Hacks | 12 Things You Won't Find in My Home - designthusiasm.com

3. Storage Solutions: 8 Surprising Places That I Store Things 

Storage Solutions: 8 Surprising Places That I Store Things

4. 10 Ways to Save Money When Decorating with French Country Decor

French decor real and faux - designthusiasm.com

5. How I Modernized My French Style Living Room without Changing the Furniture

How I Modernized My French Style Living Room with 4 Simple Updates

6. How to Add Rustic Romance to Your Valentine’s Day Table Setting

Rustic Romance: A Valentine’s Day Table Setting - designthusiasm.com

7. Master Bathroom Reveal: New Bathroom Makeover Before and After

Master Bathroom Reveal: New Bathroom Makeover Before and After Details

8. Fall Decor Ideas: 5 Quick Ways to Bring Fall Into Your Family Room

Fall Decor Ideas: 5 Quick Steps to Bring Fall Into Your Living Room

9. Outdoor Living Spaces: Updating The Patio With Summer Color

Outdoor living spaces summer color - designthusiasm.com

10. Master Bedroom Ideas: 7 Tips for Creating a Dreamy Updated Retreat

Master Bedroom Ideas: 10 Tips for Creating a Dreamy Updated Retreat - designthusiasm.com

I’m so excited about the year to come! There are still plenty of updates to work on in my home (I’m looking at you bedrooms!), but I also see this year as the year of getting organized. In the past I’ve always been extremely organized, but lately the clutter has started to collect and it’s time to get my decluttering groove back. I also plan to direct my efforts into ensuring our home works for us and is properly set up for enjoying and entertaining. Wishing you all the best for 2019!!

How to Decorate with Casual Elegance: The Top 10 Posts of the Year

Please join me in visiting the following bloggers Top 10 posts of 2018 to see the best of the best in home decor!

Top DIY posts in 2018

TIDBITS | Miss Mustard Seed | Farmhouse on Boone | Maison De Pax | A Burst of Beautiful

Top DIY posts in 2018

Simply Designing | Bless’er House | Taryn Whiteaker Designs | Designthusiasm | Unskinny Boppy

Top DIY posts in 2018

Live Laugh Rowe | Kendra John Designs | House by Hoff | So Much Better With Age | Life On Virginia Street

Top DIY posts in 2018

ZDesign At Home | Town and Country Living | Shabbyfufu | Happy Happy Nester | Stacy Risenmay

Top DIY posts in 2018

Cherished bliss | Clean and Scentsible | anderson + grant | The Happy Housie | Summer Adams

Top DIY posts in 2018

Decor Gold Designs | Maison de Cinq | Seeking Lavender Lane

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  1. Alex Robert says

    Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 6:16 am

    Amazing tips my friend, these small changes add more beauty to your home. Thanks for sharing 🙂

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  2. Kathryn Griffin says

    Thursday, January 3, 2019 at 8:13 am

    Such amazing spaces! Love your home, Lory! Happy New Year! Toodles, Kathryn @TheDedicatedHouse

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