Renovate, Restore & Resell: Pinterest - it's a beautiful thing!

For those of us that are limited in the memory department,

Pinterest is a beautiful thing.

For months now I have been able to gather ideas and inspiration from multiple online (and print) sources, and gather all of them on my...

Little House Ideas board.

I don't know how I would have gotten by without this wonderful resource.

In fact, you really could gather all kinds of ideas right off the Pinterest site - without ever venturing out into the wilderness of the WORLD WIDE WEB

(Funny ... Do you remember how they used to talk about that vast abyss on the news - and just the mention of it was confusing and intimidating? Oh my - what a difference 20 years has made. For better , or worse, things sure have changed! Pinterest is one of those positive changes for me. It sure made the slelctions process easier for this project. I think all builders would be silly not to use it for their clients)

The greatest part, for me, was that I could gather ideas - or style ideas- and save the images as reminders. Once I had the idea, I could scour the internet for an inexpensive way to accomplish the same look.

One of the great examples of this is the Boy's bathroom. I love the look of the Brockway sink, by Kohler - but that is going to have to wait. In the mean time - I was able to find a great alternative to the vanity lights shown with the sink.

I found these at the Lowes.com site.

I had a wonderful experience ordering from there. The site was down, so I had to call in to the 1-800 #

The gentleman I dealt with could not have been any nicer - or more helpful. I ordered (8) lights - knowing that I only needed (4), but wanting to see them in person before making a final decision.

They were delivered to my local Lowes in about 4 days (no shipping charge)

Here are a couple of the others that I ordered for the kitchen.

I love these too, but now that I have "lived" with them for a few days, I think they are too small for the island. We have plenty of other spots that I can use them around the house though - (mud room & at the top of the stairs would be a couple of the options)

The one thing that I would mention here is that all of the fixtures that I found were in the outdoor lighting section. So consider checking there - on any of the sites - to make sure that you are getting a chance to see all of the styles offered.

We are still shooting for that semi farmhouse/rustic (ish) look - so outdoor lighting works well.

I need to head off to the house to check in before work, but...before I go, I want to add a couple more pictures.

They put the bamboo in this week...