October, 2011 | Pinterest Addict

Pinning away – Halloween

October 30, 2011 by A Pinterest Addict 7 Comments

As I've mentioned before, I love Pinterest. For those of you that don't know the wonder and joy of Pinterest, it's a virtual cork board of sorts. For years, when I found something I found interesting online, I would bookmark it, and then promptly forget about it. Now, I can save all everything to my Pinterest boards and it's there for quick access when I am ready to start my projects. What I love even more is that I can see what other people are finding. I can't begin to tell you how much this … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays, Pins I tried Tagged With: DIY, Halloween, pinterest

Thrift shop beauty

October 29, 2011 by A Pinterest Addict 8 Comments

There is nothing I like more than to save money. It makes me a little giddy when I find a sweet deal on something I need, as opposed to just something I want. Today, I went to Faith Farm to find a bedside table for my son's room. No luck at all. But I did find some lanterns with potential, and they were an additional 50% off their $5 and $10 posted prices. Good stuff, but nothing post-worthy. I decided to call it a day, and as I always do, I did a final walk through before I left. As I headed to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Furniture, house, Treasures found Tagged With: bedroom, down chairs, Faith Farm, redecorate

Light Fixture Makeovers and Replacements

October 18, 2011 by A Pinterest Addict 6 Comments

When we first looked at our new house, I loved the natural light that filled it. What I didn't like were all the light fixtures. Every one of them were builder-grade, and the cheapest ones at that. There were "pimple" light globes in the bathrooms, hallways and even our bedroom. Every single one of the bathrooms had these light bars above the sink. And the fans on the porch were literally shaped like domes, their blades drooping. I wish I had pictures of them, but it was one of the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, house Tagged With: house, lighting, makeover, pinterest

It almost makes me want to do laundry…

October 15, 2011 by A Pinterest Addict 7 Comments

So, the laundry room re-do is done!! In case you don't remember, because it was really not memorable at all, this is what it looked like last week. Boring. Bland. A little depressing. But now, after many days of work, and lots of energy spent, this is our new laundry room! We replaced the old washer and dryer, and the new ones were my jumping off point for all the color choices. I was able to find an "oops" paint at Home Depot that worked perfectly with the dark teal. Have I said yet that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: house Tagged With: home, laundry, makeover, pinterest

Easy Halloween decorations

October 12, 2011 by A Pinterest Addict 7 Comments

While looking for Fall decoration ideas, I found this on Pinterest. While I don't eat much candy corn, decorating with it is fabulous! (Visit Woman's Day for more ideas on decorating with candy corn.) I loved them because they didn't scream "HALLOWEEN!!" at you, so you could use them for all of Fall. Perfect for me because I am not someone who will change decorations too frequently. The only problem was that I wasn't going to pay $40 for the large hurricane glass, or even $25 for the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Holidays Tagged With: decorating, Halloween, home, pinterest

My current project – the laundry room

October 10, 2011 by A Pinterest Addict Leave a Comment

Currently, I've been working on our laundry room. When we moved here, it was one of the first things I wanted to do, but it kept getting put off because of the nine hundred other things that took priority over it, like getting the water system working. This is the laundry room "before". Like all the other rooms in the house, except for the kids's bedrooms, it was painted a depressing cream. The entire house was painted, from baseboards to ceilings, a dirty, dingy cream color that … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Before & After, house Tagged With: house, laundry room, makeover, pinterest, updates

Bathroom update

October 9, 2011 by A Pinterest Addict 2 Comments

As much as I hate to admit it, I am not the most creative designer on the planet. I AM pretty good at taking an idea and making changes to it so that it works for me. When I first started reading design/craft/home making blogs, Just a Girl's blog was one of the first I started stalking, I mean following, and I fell in love with her bathroom renovation. (photo courtesy of Justagirlblog.com) When we moved into the new house, I knew I wanted to do something similar … [Read more...]

Filed Under: house Tagged With: bathroom, makeover, paint, pinterest

New Life for an Old Chair

October 9, 2011 by A Pinterest Addict 2 Comments

I love thrift stores, and as I read through many of my favorite blogs, I see that I am not alone. After seeing some of the treasures that other's have found, I find myself wishing that I lived closer to this or that place/blogger so I too could find something just as fabulous. As for me, my favorite place is Faith Farm. On the back end, it's a facility that offers a free 9 month drug and alcohol addiction recovery program that has helped 37,000 people to recover from their addictions. The … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Furniture, house Tagged With: chair, furniture, re-paint

The new house

October 9, 2011 by A Pinterest Addict 1 Comment

I love to re-invent things. Whether it be an ugly chair, or a desk that has seen better days. Which is why, when we were looking for a new house, I didn't shy away from the ones that weren't "pretty". My husband wanted a house with more than a quarter of an acre, and in this area of South Florida, it's not a common thing. We wanted to stay in the area because we didn't want to move the kids out of their schools, and it's close proximity to my husband's workplace. For more than a year, we looked … [Read more...]

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Just another day in the life of a Pinterest Addict

October 8, 2011 by A Pinterest Addict Leave a Comment

Before Pinterest, my internet life consisted of email, news websites, google, PostSecret, Facebook and finding photography websites. I knew that blogs existed, but never really found any that were interesting to me long-term. Not that I put much energy into finding them, because what experience I did have with them was limited to friend's blogs, and with the exception of one (Goodbye Whoopie Pie) they always seemed to peter-out pretty quick. (this was me...) After Pinterest, I feel like I've … [Read more...]