Facebook memories tells me I’ve been using Pinterest for 11 years! I remember the first renovation project I did using Pinterest and how life changing it was (well, you know what I mean). It is so much easier to plan a project than the old-fashioned way – clipping from magazines, doodles on scrap paper, relying on my brain to remember products and colors.
Here’s How I Do It Using Pinterest
1)Log into Pinterest and create a board specific for the project (obvious step, I know). If your partner or designer is also on Pinterest, you can share your board with them.
2)Search Pinterest for ideas. For example, for a bathroom redesign, I would search “bathroom remodel” or “farmhouse bathroom.”
3 )Start pinning away. I usually start this process a few months before we know we’re going to be starting a renovation. I don’t get too fussy with what I’m pinning – if it’s a design I like or something specific within the design, I pin it.
4)Evaluate your pins. Once I have a bunch of stuff pinned, I look at the board holistically to see any themes that might emerge in terms of style or color, ie: all these kitchens have wood cabinets. Then, John and I go through the board together so he can veto anything that he doesn’t like and we can talk about the project plan I have in mind. This is where I might suggest something completely different in terms of structure or what he might have in mind. It gets us on the same page before I start sourcing products.
5)Edit your board. Anything that we decided against or won’t work, I delete from the board or move to another board (some things are just too good to give up on). I may have to search again if there’s something new that came up in the conversation with John.
6)Source products. Once we have a pretty good idea of what we want the project to look like, I begin sourcing products. For example, I may love a bathroom tile I pinned, but it’s way out of our price range or simply not available. Then I can decide if it’s worth splurging or if I need to find something similar.
7)Pin products to make shopping and ordering easier. If I find the products I want, I pin those to the board too. Sometimes this involves creating my own pins.
The first project I used Pinterest was for the bathroom in our Cape and I’ve used it for every project since. Thanks, Pinterest!