I'm always scouring the internet for ideas and inspiration. When I came across something I loved and wanted to remember, I would always bookmark it for later. But even if I kept my bookmarks well organized (
which I've been slacking on lately), it was hard for me to remember which bookmarks were for what, and why I bookmarked them, without clicking on every single one. Then I found
Pinterest. What a fantastic site for visually oriented people like me! If you're not familiar with Pinterest, it's basically a way for you to create online bulletin boards to "pin" all of your bookmarks to. So I can see at a glance what I have "pinned", and therefore remember why I saved it, without having to actually open the link (
brilliant!).
After getting
my Pinterest account set up and familiarizing myself with how everything worked, I thought what better way to start collection inspiration for some of our home improvement and redecorating projects! The biggest project we have coming up will be to paint the exterior of our house. This is going to be a huge job, so I want to give a lot of thought to the color we choose. To get some ideas, I started out (
as I usually do) with a google image search. I found some houses similar to ours that I liked, and made a
pin board to collect them all in one spot, which makes it super easy to compare the different looks:
When I was doing the google image search, I also happened upon
this post, from another blogger who needs to paint her
old house too. She had a found this great tool from Sherwin-Williams where you can try out different colors on your house without getting out a paintbrush. It's called the color visualizer, and you can find it
here. I'll definitely be spending some time trying out colors on our house! In the meantime, I'll also be searching and pinning away, like
ideas for redecorating little g's bedroom, and
inspiration for our someday kitchen remodel (
it's never too early to start getting ideas, is it?).
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