Pinterest Obsession

At first, I wasn't sure about this pinterest.com thing. What is it? Just like a picture and they save it for you? Okay, fine. See what other people like? I guess, could be interesting.

And then something happened. I realized that pinterest is akin to looking at magazines with my friends and exclaiming over all the stuff we like and then ripping out the pictures to save. Now that I've done. That I like.

And so I have been spending way too much leisure time browsing around the internet looking at floorplans and home blogs and furniture websites, just clicking my little "Pin It" button and writing a phrase or two about what's so great about this picture.

And here's where it gets gratifying - some stranger repins it. Which means I am not the only one who likes that thing, and how fun is it that some lady somewhere found something she liked on my board! Even better than that, a friend of mine repins it, and I think, "We have that in common!"

It feels very much like looking at wedding magazines in high school and preplanning the entire event. I have heard both of my 13 year old nieces do the same thing. Dreaming is fun.

The very best part, however, is that now I have an online file of all these home ideas that I love. Never to be misplaced. Never to forget what website I saw something at and try to find it again. And in order to include a picture on this post, here are a couple of things I've pinned: