When we first
arrived in Huelva my roommate Alisha turned us all onto this new social media
website called Pinterest. It took us
all of 2 minutes to understand and 2 minutes and 3 seconds for us to become completely obsessed.
Pinterest opened up
a whole new realm of possibilities for us.
We could go on #pinterestinspired culinary adventures in the kitchen, we could plan our
future homes, weddings, holidays, etc., We could ogle people's superior fashion
choices and wish they were our own!
Rarely would a day
go by that someone wouldn't exclaim, "Look what I just found on
Pinterest!" or "Ooh, that looks delicious, where'd you find the
recipe?" The obvious and excited response would be declared before
the question was even finished, "Pinterest!" with a face that
said, "Come on, did you even have to ask?"
But most
importantly, Pinterest gave us something to do with our abundance of spare time
and limited funds while we settled in and waited to be paid: DECORATE OUR APARTMENT!
I'm a fan of the
color white...With white you can incorporate ANY color into your home décor color scheme.
With all of our walls completely whitewashed we needed to liven the place up without
spending a lot of money, because let's face it, we were leaving in 8 months and
the thought of purchasing things we wouldn't want to part with was just too
depressing and unnecessary. So, we decided a bit of DIY-action was in
order--we hopped on Pinterest and got down with our crafty selves.
POR EJEMPLO:
The HUGE white wall above our beige couch went from DRAB to #ABFAB in the time it took to make 7 tissue paper flowers. Beware: Your hands may turn pink in the process.
Our foyer's new take on cardboard cutouts: Real picture frames too heavy to hang without hammering in a nail? Reuse old boxes and draw up some frames, go NOT TOO CRAZY with an Exact-o knife and VOILA! Free picture frames with no need for nails because they're so light.
Candle holder, Shmandle boulder? Our EXTREMELY HEALTHY love of chickpeas worked to our DIY benefit--we used the old jars and made some classy twine and lace tealight holders.
Hooray!! Some pops of color for my room! I adapted this great (and really simple) idea for use on some of our recycling. My accent colors? Plum, Light Green, Taupe & Gold
(The flower is courtesy of one of my students.)
I wanted to add some texture to my empty walls, and was intrigued by a pinwheel wall I saw on none other than Pinterest. I liked the idea of flowers more, so I started looking and came across THIS idea and decided to get started. I added some motivational quotes to add a bit more pizzazz.
And, every girl needs a functional way to organize her jewelry...but I didn't have enough to warrant a jewelry box and it would have been a waste of space and money. But guess what? You can bet your bottom dollar there's a pin for that!
