How do you like the new place? I was feeling kind of cramped in the old laurelstreet.wordpress.com, so a few months ago I started to slowly pack things up for the big move to LaurelStreetBlog.com. I underestimated the amount of heavy lifting and schlepping, but the good new is today’s moving day!
Scrapbook fodder.
I only spent one half of one Saturday morning designing the old site (that’s not a lot of time)… and since my old condo board (I mean Wordpress.com) had all these crazy restrictions on what I could and couldn’t do with the design of my own blog, plus there were about to press me for more maintenance fees – well, see Fig. A.
Figure A
So I’m inviting you all over for coffee and cake at the new place immediately. Old bookmarks will still take you here, but if you follow along with me on an RSS feed, I hope you’ll update it to my new FeedBurner address. Just click here to add Laurel Street to your RSS reader du jour (I still use Google. They own me.)
There’s still a few boxes here and there, but the door is aways open – come on over!
Welcome to the somewhat decorative blog! It's all about cooking, gardening, design and DIY in, out and around our 150+ year old cottage in New Orleans. Since the house always has something going on with it (or falling off of it) I'm blessed with a never-ending supply of Web content to share. Have fun!
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oh my goodness….it looks fabulous. I love what you’ve done with the place!
Thanks J – your new blog header is pretty spif yourself!
Your new web home looks fabulous. I didn’t realise wordpress charged maintenance fees…You may as well have your own domain if that’s the case.
They nickel & dime you to death! You have to pay extra to not have them display their ads on your site. An extra fee if you want to customize their default templates… I’m not complaining too much about them though – I don’t get errors with WP like I did with Blogger…
Looks great. Love your new blog home and your real home as well!
Thanks Stacy – I’ve enjoyed keep track of all your projects too!
Looking fabulous! Could you be a doll and heat up that fireplace from your previous post, my feet are a bit chilled.
Oh, and is my blog not one of your daily reads? I’m shocked, shocked I say!
Alycia – you are a dutiful daily read! I said I hadn’t finished unpacking all the boxes – I think you’re in the living room somewhere
Okay, good to know
love the new place — especially the picture of your home on the right!
now where’s the cake and coffee?
kelly
Your new look is absolutely fabulous and I’d expect nothing less. Great taste and style exists on Laurel Street.
Thanks Julie! What a great thing to say (from one of my favorite designers!)
Yes, while I love that wordpress keeps the neighborhood looking pretty, their HOA rules are ridunkulous.
Enjoy your new neighbors. I heard they party a lot.
I LOVE CAKE! Love the new digs too ; ) Trina
Since it’s Mardi Gras time in New Orleans, we’ll make it a King Cake!
Congratulations, everything looks great!
Nathan, I LOVE LOVE LOVE the reno! : )
Thanks JJ – look forward to hearing more from you about Blissdom!
Well I don’t know what it looked like before…but this is great! Looking forward to many visits.
Don’t know what the old place looked like…but this is wonderful!
congrats! – looks terrific!
Love the new look. Having just completed my blog several weeks ago, I completely understand and appreciate the heavy lifting involved!
I just checked it out Susie – it looks great! Count on me to follow along.
Congratulations, Nathan, I love what you’ve done with the place!
I made the same move from wordpress.com last year and it was painful but worth it. It looks great.
Nate I love, love, love your new look! Of course the content & the lovely Owner haven’t changed, phew & much wiping of brow.
Millie ^_^
I love your new layout it reminds me of your cottage and your style! Continued success!