Have you ever looked at a mess for so long that it just became part of your life? You are not happy with it, but it has just kind of settled there? That is how I have felt about my family blog, Humphries Nation, for around a year now.

I even spoke at EVO this year with my blog not being what I wanted it to be. Ugh.

There are some changes being made with Jula Studio and I just felt changing the look of my personal blog needed to be one of those changes. Kind of like when you cannot work until your room is clean.

So here is the lowdown on Humphries Nation:

 

Before…

Platform:: Blogger to Self Hosted WordPress

Humphries Nation was originally on Blogger and lived there for a year or so. In December of 2009, it was moved to self-hosted WordPress. The previous design was done on Thesis. It had different backgrounds, but has had a white background for a couple of years. I like the clean look.

 

Theme:: Thesis

I really liked Thesis when I started doing web design and loved the user friendliness of it. I wanted to have a low maintenance site so I could really use it to learn for other projects.

 

After…

Platform: Self-hosted WordPress

Theme:: Luscious by StudioPress {on Genesis Framework}

I knew when I changed my design I would go with StudioPress and leave Thesis. The problem? I could not decide which one to use. I have worked with several themes but ultimately decided on Luscious. I have not worked with the theme before and wanted to have another StudioPress theme under my belt.

 

Color Inspiration:: Pinterest Pin

I have a board on Pinterest for some website inspiration for colors. This one has been popping out at me for months. I loved the color combo of the blues and grays.