Blogiversary I: We’re Moving Forward

In one year, We’ve Covered A lot Land! In the year that we have been blogging, we have been pleasantly surprised how far we’ve gone! We also have some pretty good ideas of where we wanna go next too!

Here’s a few fun facts about A Design Story according to Google Analytics:

– We have reached over 125 countries/ territories {which we think is so funny since we haven’t even been to all of these places ourselves}

– We have been viewed on Mac, PC, Ipad, Iphone, Android, Blackberry, Ipod, Samsung, Windows, Linux, Unix, Playstation 3, Nintendo Wii & Symbian OS

– As far as recency {how long in between each visit} were are at 0 days… so you guys come often… THANK YOU

– We have reached every state in the United States of America

– In my home state of Virginia, we reached the following areas {in order of visits}:

Midlothian, Richmond, Mechanicsville ,Gloucester ,Hayes, Arlington, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach, Glen Allen, Charlottesville, Falls Church, Ashburn, Ft Myer, Fredericksburg , Roanoke, Lynchburg, Waynesboro, Ft Eustis ,Woodbridge, Herndon, Manassas, Reston, Chester, Springfield, Harrisonburg, Alexandria, Blacksburg, Farmville, Vienna, Leesburg, Chesterfield, Arcola, Burke, Sterling, Mount Vernon, Merrifield, Stafford, Centreville, Fairfax, Staunton, Winchester, Ashland ,West Mclean, Warrenton, Occoquan, Colonial Heights, King George, Quinton, Hopewell , Salem, Purcellville, Spotsylvania, New Kent, Mc Lean, Newport News, Dunn Loring, Poquoson, Annandale, Amelia Court House, Powhatan, Williamsburg, Hampton, Suffolk, Petersburg, Stephens City, Floyd, Bristow, Culpeper, Irvington, Grundy, Dumfries, Aldie, Chantilly, Richland’s ,Haymarket, Forest ,Fairfax Station ,Gainesville ,Mineral, Abingdon, Upperville, Danville, Cloverdale, Troy, Lovettsville, Lynchburg, Luray, Gloucester Point, Norfolk, Wirtz, Bristol, Radford, Palmyra, Lorton, Oakton, Vinton, Saluda, Front Royal, Marion, Ft Lee, Yorktown, Toano

– In the sunshine state {Florida,where we reside now}, we reached these areas {in order of visits}:

Sarasota, Daytona Beach, Tallahassee, Pembroke Pines, Jacksonville, Lutz, Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Ellenton, Bradenton, Cape Coral, Gainesville, Ormond Beach, Pensacola, Ft Lauderdale, Hialeah, Pompano Beach, Green Cove Springs, Osprey, Brandon, Palm Harbor, Winter Park, Goldenrod, Pinellas Park, Land o Lakes, Nokomis, Blountstown, Ft Myers, Palmetto, St Petersburg, Port Richey, Safety Harbor, Orange Park, Loxahatchee, Lakeland, Boca Raton, Weston, Maitland, Port Charlotte, Sun City, Ocala, North Palm Beach, Delray Beach, North Port, Windermere, Fernandina Beach, Dunedin, Port Saint Lucie, Sarasota, Panama City, Vero Beach, Stuart, Deerfield Beach, Casselberry, Thonotosassa, North Miami Beach, Lake Worth, Lake Placid, Lake Mary, St Augustine, Venice, Gibsonton, West Palm Beach, Kissimmee, Naples, Seminole, Opa Locka, Melbourne, Apopka, Spring Hill, Homosassa Springs, Bonita Springs, Clearwater, Jupiter, Pierson, Homestead, Ocoee, Destin, Largo, Altamonte Springs, Punta Gorda, Plant City, Oldsmar, New Port Richey, New Smyrna Beach, Niceville, Ponte Vedra Beach, Clermont, Cocoa, Milton, Broward County, Navarre, Freeport, Lynn Haven, Estero, Davenport, Elfers, Dania, Jacksonville Beach, Hollywood, Palatka, Valparaiso, Seffner, Deland, Key Biscayne, Neptune Beach, Key West, Englewood, Brevard Count ,Panama City Beach, Belleview, Miami Beach, Ft Walton Beach, Oviedo, Riverview, Palm City, Gulf Breeze, Marianna, Boynton Beach, Palm Coast, Crestview, Clarcona, Winter Springs, Winter Haven, Dover, Lady Lake, Hudson, Mount Pleasant, Orange City, Longboat Key, Monticello, Minneola, Patrick Afb, Tavares, Longwood, Lake City, Lake Helen, St Cloud, Inverness, Palm Bay, Sorrento, Rockledge, Grant, Placida, Lake Wales, Zephyrhills, Port Orange, Tarpon Springs, Satellite Beach, Wimauma, Belle Glade

As for the moving forward part…

A few months ago, a light bulb came on for us… {maybe a few}

{P.S. This Picture is from last September…. not exactly when we had the bright idea… but good enough}

This ol’ customized Studio Press Theme has gotten us through and we are thankful to the guy who made all of that possible {PharrOut}. We had a vision for our site originally and spoke to multiple designers {and BOY are we glad we chose who we did}. Now that things have progressed with our blog and e-décor shop, it is time to move on and say goodbye to this theme and this look.

We have a HUGE vision of where A Design Story {.} Com is headed and it is coming in just a short while. Yep, we are going for it. An entirely new design. We are serious. It will have a bit of what our ‘vision’ was at first combined with some really great ‘new’ features and a whole lot of exciting design elements. It is going to be dynamite. Just wait & see.

We Promise… It is gonna get even better…

In the meantime, we are going to continue rocking this theme & look while the other is being prepared. But we have kept this secret long enough… we had to tell you and what better way than the last day of the ol’ blogiversary! Hey, design is redesign & it is our time {I totally didn’t mean to rhyme}. But all joking aside, we are truly excited about the new site. It is going to be user friendly, awesome graphically & totally the right look for both A Design Story & I to show off our interior design talent and personality. I am so pumped!

I would love to tell you everything the website is going to do, how it is going to look & function… but what kind of surprise would that be? Not a good one! So, you’ll just have to wait & see!

Got questions, suggestions about what you would like to see? Please do tell. We are all ears…