Have you heard for Pinterest? I hadn't until a couple of weeks ago and I can't believe it took me so long to find out about it. If you're a facebook user you've probably seen pinterest posts on your friends feed. If you're like me, I skip over anything that looks remotely like an app or game and ignore it. Pinterest is a site that you won't want to ignore!
What it is...
Pinterest is like a filing cabinet only it's on-line and it's visually stunning. Remember the days when you were flipping through a magazine and found a design that you thought would be perfect for the bathroom remodel. You'd go find the scissors, cut the picture out and file it away in a drawer where you wouldn't lose it. Fast forward a year when you're bathroom remodel has been finished for ages and you try to find something in your junk drawer only to stumble on the picture that you cut out from the magazine and think....OH! I wished I could have remembered this! Or...in this generation we depend on google and search images of cool designs for an upcoming kitchen remodel. We see a counter top surface that we love and would like to incorporate into our remodel so we right-click, Save image and send it to ourselves in a e-mail.
Introducing...Pinterest.com. BINGO! Our lives are a whole lot easier now. I'm not sure why they require you to be "invited" by a current member to become a member but that's the first step. Find someone who is already on Pinterest and have them send you the invite. Once you receive it you can bookmark the "Pin It" tab and when you go to your bookmarks it will be there ready to use.
When you set up Pinterest you will be able to create Boards. These could be anything but for the sake of our company being a remodeling company we're going to say that you are remodeling your interior. The boards you set up could be Fireplace Design, Counter tops, Flooring etc. etc. How it works is you're searching the internet for ideas and inspiration and you see a particular fireplace brick you like. You go to your bookmarks, scroll down to the Pin It button and click on the picture that you'd like to go on your board. This way, as you're going through hundreds of designs and websites you'll have all of those ideas right at your finger tips on your Pinterest board without having to remember where you put it or filed it!
This is such a handy tool for not only remodeling ideas but for recipes, quotes you'd like to remember, fashion...photography etc. etc. The list could go on and on. If you're thinking of remodeling in the future it's a great starting point to gather your ideas and inspiration!
