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One Overlooked Must-Have Tool that Every Home Buyer Should Use

Reblogger Blatt + Cutino
Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Realty CalBRE #01248430

Sandra, I love this relevant blog. So many people, including myself, use Pinterest in so many interesting ways. Pinterest and Real Estate are a match made heaven.  One of the best ways that Pinterest can help Buyers is the visual/color aspect. Many, Many people are not visual and can't picture their things in a vacant home. Buyers start your boards and bring your IPAD with you as you begin to look at homes..and have fun!

Original content by Sandra Graves

If you’re looking for a new home, or are considering a new home purchase sometime in the future, you’ve probably given some thought as to what type of home you would like, its features, the amenities, and all the wonderful things you could do once you’re moved in.

Home Design

Gathering all those great ideas, pictures, colors, and decor designs and keeping them organized can be a rather difficult task. You need a tool that will help you find and organize all of your selections.

Is there such a tool that can do all that? There is and it’s called Pinterest!  Just about everyone is familiar with Pinterest, or has at least heard of it; however, most people have never considered the many different ways it can be used in their daily lives. Pinterest is an exceptional avenue for creativity and design, while keeping everything neat and organized.

Five areas where Pinterest can help you create, design, and decorate your new dream home

  1. Find the perfect home style, select the desired architecture, choose your preferred floor plan, and collect inspiration for your creative interior and exterior designs.

  2. Select and coordinate your room-to-room color palettes.

  3. Gather and organize your interior decorating ideas.

  4. Design and implement an inviting outdoor living space for you and your family.

  5. Find and coordinate creative ideas for curb appeal.

How to use Pinterest to find and organize new ideas and designs
Pinterest has a wealth of information that will provide you with as many different ideas and designs that you could ever possibly imagine. Pinterest allows you to organize and coordinate those ideas as well.

  1. Sign up for Pinterest with a new account, or sign in to an existing account.

  2. Once you're logged in, create a new board. Or, create several new boards, one for each aspect of your goal, such as: floor plans, color palettes, interior decor, outdoor living space ideas, etc.

  3. Search for the keyword you want to start with. For example, enter the words “new home floor plans” in the Pinterest search box and Pinterest will pull up floor plan layouts, designs, and pictures from which you can choose.

  4. Pin the ideas you like to the board(s) you created. Select as many as you like, knowing that you can narrow down your ideas later by simply deleting the pins you no longer want.

  5. Once you have narrowed down each of your design areas, add them all to one board, which will give you the perfect visual of how you want your new dream home to look.

Use your new dream home Pinterest board as a guide to finding and selecting what you want in a new home, your color palette, your interior design and decor, and your outdoor living space. Your new house will be a place you will be happy to call home.