Pinterest? Pinterest!!

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I am crazy about this new website called Pinterest.com

It is an amazing tool to organize all the interesting images and ideas you find online. 

It allows you to save any image you see anywhere online and categorize it and save it for FUTURE reference. 

Pinterest.com is like a large catalog of inspiring photos that you can share with others.

It allows you to see what others are collecting as well.

Users are constantly adding new photos all day, every day so there is always SOMETHING NEW to see and fall in love with. 

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Some categories I have created include: 

- For the Home

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- Happily Ever After

- Making me Hungry

- Fabulous Vintage

- Great Ideas

and 

- Decorating with Estate Sale Treasures

for me it is:

JUST ONE BIG HAPPY PLACE!

I hope I don't sound like a commercial. This is not a paid advertisement. I just wanted to share with you this ADDICTING invention! 

possibilities are endless.....save your ideas.....

vacations. birthday parties. decorating. wedding. design. tutorials. garage sale finds.

Do you have a Pinterest.com account? [you must be 13 or older]

What do/would you use it for? [inappropriate content is prohibited]

http://pinterest.com/garagesalediary/

Metallic spray paint. Aluminum

For indoor & outdoor. For wood and metal. At Home Depot. This is fun stuff!
I bought this!!

At Home Depot. Did you know...

Water based poly in a spray can. This could be very handy.
(sorry - bad camera phone pic)

Before and After - Our Stairs

I have been inspired by Thrifty Decor Chick to redo our stairs. Our carpet needed to go! She gave us step by step instructions how to tear out the carpet and paint and stain the stairs! With the detail she provided I was determined to do it!

BEFORE

Removed all the carpet and hundreds of staples. Tearing it out felt so good! Filled some holes with wood filler. Sanded everything!

Applied 2 coats of stain and 1 coat of Minwax polyurethane.  (it needs another coat of polyurethane)

AFTER
Painted the risers, rails and trim white. I need to apply more white paint to the trim along the walls.  

This whole process took me about 7 days. I tried to paint or stain at night so it would have time to dry. I have another set of stairs that I need to do this to. It's tough when you MUST use the stairs while doing this process. AND I actually bought my electric sander at a garage sale for $5.

YAY!!!

Tools!

I just got a miter saw, jigsaw, leaf vacuum, extension cord reel and power tape measure for $46 !!! Now I am ready to do MORE home projects. I want to do moulding with my miter saw. Beadboard with my jigsaw. And now I can vacuum my driveway!!!!