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Home decorating with UsedOttawa and Pinterest

Last week I wrote about some cool camping-related items from the UsedOttawa website. Well, I’m still browsing. It’s been non-stop really. As some of you might already know, my family is venturing into a big home renovation. I’ve given myself the title of “chief decorator and ideas person” and so I’ve been scouring UsedOttawa for some great finds for our home.

There are a few things on my wish list (like a great big stove, and a money tree) but right now I’m trying to focus on thrifty and cool bedroom furniture ideas for my tween daughters.

At the moment I’ve got my eye on beds like this one:

… and turning them into something that looks like this.

That link goes to a website called Pinterest. Are you a Pinterest user? Pinterest is my other addition (besides UsedOttawa of course). Pinterest is a virtual inspiration board, and the cool thing about it is its social-media type features. You can share your inspiration boards and peek at other people’s. It’s a neverending magazine, with no beginning, middle or end. It’s a buffet of eye candy, so trust me when I say that you can spend many hours submerged in there.

Want to see more of the kind of thing I’m loving on Pinterest? You can see some of my “boards” here. (Don’t say I didn’t warn you about Pinterest’s addictive qualities.)

So here’s my plan. I’m going to comb UsedOttawa for great stuff, and then use Pinterest to nail down some colour and fabric ideas for those UsedOttawa finds. It’s a match made in heaven.

Although Pinterest has thousands of great examples of design and bedroom decor, there are also lots of links to DIY tutorials like this one for distressing furniture. (Check out the after photo! I think that’s something that’s actually within my grasp.) Woot!

Tell me, where do you find inspiration to decorate? Is it in a magazine? A store? Or somewhere else? More importantly, are you on Pinterest and UsedOttawa? What kind of things are YOU looking for?

144 and 4 days old

4 days after Canada Day, it is customary to wish our southern neighbours a Happy Independence Day! It is also customary to note that we are now dead smack in the middle of summer! July is well underway and June is ancient history, so let us briefly relive it in case you missed anything!

The hottest of the hot on Twitter this month was this link I sent out from @MotherNatureNet about garbage ship setting sail. The people loved it:

We also encouraged the hatching of a plan, a garage sale-twitter plan. Let’s start using the hashtag #yyjGarageSale for garage sale listings in Victoria – easily expandable to your area. Winnipeg: #ywgGarageSale, Ottawa: #yowGarageSale. Genius, no? And don’t forget to advertise it on your local UsedXYZ.com, too!

On Facebook we were so excited to share just another one of Dan’s (our Victoria Angel) good deeds. He helped recently-widowed Fran sell some of her late-husband’s tools. You were all just as proud of him as we are, great work, Dan!

Other big news on Facebook was of course the building excitement…

…and the disappointing loss of the Stanley Cup for the Vancouver Canucks. The riots that followed…

… and the good people who helped clean up after them.

The Used Blog had its fair share of excitement as well, with lots of great posts like this one about Father’s Day, this one for deodorizing used furniture, and this story about a cherished found item. Perhaps our most popular post in June was all about one fun summer activity in particular, and just how great our sites are for finding the right equipment: Camping!

Let’s hope July is just as great as June was!

Oh, Canada!

Happy 144th Birthday, dearest Canada!

What you maybe didn’t know about UsedEverywhere.com is that we’re 100% Canadian owned and operated – and oh so proud of it! We really are Canada’s online classified site, from UsedVictoria.com to UsedMoncton.com, there are piles of awesome Canadian things to be found on our sites!

creative commons image courtesy of Paul Jerry

Whether you’re looking for Team Canada gear, Canadian claims to fame such as Trivial Pursuit, or a gorgeous Cedar canoe to use on your next trip (or maybe just keep in your house?), chances are you can find it on one of our Used sites!

creative commons image courtesy of SweetGirl©

Have a fantastic, safe and happy Canada Day, everyone!