I went to my parents house last week to visit and we got to talking about decorating and how times are changing. My mom showed me a huge folder filled with cut outs from when they bought their current house. She would read magazine after magazine and tear out "ideas" and file them in a folder. I was laughing because this is something you would never see now. Now it's all about technology, a ton of magazines are electronic and rather than searching through magazines for ideas, we search through Internet sites. I had to agree with her about one thing, there is nothing like flipping through a good magazine, no Nook, Kindle, iPad or other tablet can compete with that!
After I left their house I got to thinking about technology. We have so many options out there and I haven't even explored them! Sure I read blogs, but that's really the extent of it; I'm not old by any means but the technology these days is almost
scary. (Yes, I work in technology sales, ha go figure!)
With that said, I decided to take my first step toward becoming more "technologically inclined". No, I didn't join Twitter, I'm not sure I will ever be able to get there! :) I requested a membership to
Pinterest. And about 5 minutes after I requested the membership I had an invite in my mailbox (E-mailbox that is!)
I didn't know what I was missing!! I can't quite tell you how to use Pinterest but I can tell you it is filled,
filled with inspiration! Within in minutes I got totally distracted with a "pin" to
The Urban Barn. This is one of the coolest sites I've ever seen and I can't believe it exists AND it's free!
This tool allows you to design your own room. Again, I just found this today so I don't know all of the functionality included. What I do know is that I was able to recreate our living/dining room area with the correct dimensions to make sure everything I've been buying fits in the room!
Awesome, I am beyond excited! If you know me, you know I'm a planner and this is right up my alley!
