How do you keep your ideas organized?

[pixy0stix]

I'm sorry for blowing up the board. I can't help myself.

So we're going to have several things going at once, and I'm having a hard time figuring out how to stay organized. Did you have a notebook? Binder? Online document?

[shamrockshake]

pinterest for pictures and a smaller notebook that I keep in my purse for ideas/ sizes/ swatches

[magdala]

Gallon sized baggies with the paint sticks, fabric/carpet swatches and pictures of the existing pieces. I also kept a laminated index card with the room measurements and a measuring tape in each bag. These baggies live in my car where my 10 month old can't get them.

[2curlydogs]

Pinterest for inspriation

Wunderlist for actual To-Dos

Blog for recording work done, progress review, photos, etc.

Hard bound journal for garden plant notes

THIS for household improvements/notes.

[TBM]

May 21, 2015 10:48:26 GMT -5 magdala said:

Gallon sized baggies with the paint sticks, fabric/carpet swatches and pictures of the existing pieces. I also kept a laminated index card with the room measurements and a measuring tape in each bag. These baggies live in my car where my 10 month old can't get them.

This is such a good idea.  And if you keep them in your car they are always readily available when you are out shopping and need to check to see if something matches.   I used to do this, and somehow forgot about it in this house.

In this house our organization method for it all seems to be piles of stuff.  We keep folders of inspiration photos on my laptop.  Pinterest would be easier, but it just isn't my thing.

[demandypants]

I have a pinterest board for each room. As I narrow down my choices I delete the unwanted pins. Fwiw, I rarely find pins on pinterest. I like seeing all my stuff in one glance

[downtoearth]

I too pinterest. I have a main floor general pin folder, but then I also have a specific room as we go to actually do the work. I save everything from the faucet picture and pin to the paint chip colors, etc. there. I actually don't follow many people and look for ideas there, I more pin stuff from elsewhere, but every once and a while I get a gem from there (like the Novogratz's had these beautiful window dividers for a few days they were pinning).

I like that you can keep a lot of boards private also, so I have a lot of my before pictures of our house in the private boards.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I use google keep for lists, pinterest for stashing ideas, and a portable file box for moves. The box has a section for moving documentation, a section for information relating to selling the old house (or leaving a rental), a section on purchase/rent of the new house, and a section for each room of the new house, where I can drop photos and brochures and swatches and whatever. I also keep a printed out or hand drawn sketch of each room with dimensions of EVERYTHING. The box goes with me in the car when we move (as opposed to riding in the truck where it won't do me any good).

[cjeanette]

Pinterest

The note pages on the back of my EC planner (don't judge me!). I have it sorted by room.

[dr.girlfriend]

For my kitchen I did a Pinterest board (and later several specific Pinterest boards, like for lighting and countertops) as well as an Excel spreadsheet for costs.

[2curlydogs]

May 22, 2015 14:42:07 GMT -5 dr.girlfriend said:

For my kitchen I did a Pinterest board (and later several specific Pinterest boards, like for lighting and countertops) as well as an Excel spreadsheet for costs.

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAS. 

I have our master backyard plan all priced out on an excel spreadsheet. It lets me figure out what we're going to be able to afford to tackle next.