2014 Year In Review

Every year I do a little re-cap of the previous year's completed projects and events. It's a nice way to take stock of the past 12 months and breathe a sigh of contentment (or regret) before pressing on to the year ahead. (If you're interested, you can take a look back at

2013

2012

2011

and 

2010

.)

  This has been a year of superlatives - the best, the worst, the brightest, the darkest. And while the year was filled with goodness and some wonderful "firsts", this year also brought with it the death of my beloved brother. 

Thank you for being here, dear reader! I'm amazed that seven years later, La Maison Boheme is still going strong due to your readership and presence. Thank you and a very happy new year to you and yours. Here is my 2014 year in review in no particular order:

one

Revamped my master bedroom.

two

Planted a vegetable garden in my back yard.

six

My studio workspace was featured on

Comet Party

.

eight

Photos featured in

Cabin Life Magazine

.

nine

I started a monthly newsletter.

(Well, almost monthly. I've had a slow autumn.)

eighteen

Moved my art studio

from the converted garage to one of our bedrooms.

nineteen

A friend

built a chicken coop in my backyard

from 100 percent recycled materials.

twenty

And the most impactful piece of my year was

the sudden passing of my beloved brother

.

It might seen odd to include it here, but it seems to inform everything else.