I like that idea!

Since my sweet DD got me hooked on Pinterest, I've been inspired to make/copy cat a number of things I've seen there. But, then again, isn't that what those kinds of sites are for, to inspire us with ideas?

Here's the garden chandelier I copied using an old chandy that I bought for next to nothing at a consignment shop and some garden lights:

This for my front portal, although I can't find the photo I took of the copy I made, darn it:
I made this for the inside of my front door last Spring. It's almost time to pull it out again:

And, these tall candle centerpieces (x3) in dollar store vases that I've made two Christmases in a row. Quick, easy, and they look so fresh and pretty.

I'm almost afraid to browse through Pinterest these days, as I always find something I want to make (LOL)!

These mirrors I saw (in 2010?) In a GWer's bedroom over night stands IIRC. I have them over my FP.

I copied the rug Turquoise Rose had in her LR .... with the actual rug. :D

I have another one. A while back, my brother gifted me with what turned out to be a very valuable 10,000 year old spearhead. After I had it appraised, and a custom frame built for it, and then hung it in our front foyer, the painting across from it looked all wrong. It didn't go with my beautiful spearhead at all! Nothing we owned did. (Sorry for the crummy photo. There are so many windows and skylights in this house that it's hard to get a pic that's not reflecting things. This is laid out on a towel and just reflecting the ceiling):

Anyhoo, I needed something to replace it, but after spending a lot on the custom framing, appraisal, engraved brass plaque, etc., I was looking for an inexpensive-but-good option. Somewhere on Pinterest, I saw an idea to have an online stock photograph enlarged and printed out at a good photo print place and then frame it. This, as opposed to printing it out on your own computer, so that it would have a more professional look to it. I found a wonderful photo of this cave painting and did just that. The mat and frame came from a big box store and cost less than $20 total. The 5x7" reprint was not expensive. And so I got, IMO, a very nice piece of art to hang directly across from my spearhead. We get a lot of compliments from visitors on them both.

Sorry, I had to pull it off the wall and prop it up against my family room fireplace in order to get a halfway decent pic of it. The wall it hangs on is just a narrow one between an adobe archway and the door to our study. The piece is about 11x14" now and it exactly the right size for it..

I did a copy of this bar when setting up our bar in the dining room.

What kind of bottles are those? Just decorative? Does stuff last in them? They seem too narrow to be wine decanters. I have a wine one that looks like that but have never seen others. They are cool!

Those look to be liquor bottles, Pink. I have several Waterford similar to them and that's what they're used for. But, because they're lead crystal, we don't keep liquor in them long term, but just for parties and gatherings. Very pretty and elegant, Walnut Creek!!! I have that same ice bucket.

It's SW Comfort Gray - a chameleon shade that sometimes reads soft green, sometimes more toward blue. It's muted, but no one thinks gray when they see it. Here's a shot in another light

I don't call it copying, I call it inspiration. Here was the inspiration for my library.

And here is the reality.

Still want to get that brass fender...

Annie, I like yours even more than the inspiration picture.

Thanks, amck!

I agree amck, Annie did a great job!

Oh, guilty as charged. When we were finishing our basement, I was overwhelmed at the possibilities - starting from scratch, open to any style/color/whatever (the rest of the house is colonial farmhouse so I am kind of limited in the styles of things I can incorporate). We were roaming Ikea one day and saw this display room:

We liked the dark purple paint, the golden colored floor, the gray sofas, and the cabinetry used for the tv area. So we pretty much copied the entire thing right down to the exact layout of the entertainment center. We used a Karlstad sectional instead of the two Ektorps, put doors on the entertainment center, and laid down carpet instead of hardwood. But it was a blatant rip off -- and we love it! (The color is actually closer to the one in the ikea room than it looks - my flash in the basement makes it look much brighter and grape-ier than it actually is.)

Ikea has since dismantled our inspiration room and replaced it with something else -- it still makes me sad to walk by that area, LOL!

Yes, we will go with inspiration!!!

I guess that's why I still come here after all these years, for inspiration.

I love getting glimpses of how others make their homes "them"

So, I have another inspiration from Aktillery's rug. On another thread she had linked a suggestion rug from esalerugs. I was looking for a 6x9 for in front of fireplace. Had been trying to find vintage Persian rugs, but they were all several hundred & up. It's going to get burns & it already has! But for $99-- I'm ordering another for a back up. And got some runners for the kitchen. And found a 10.5 x 16.5 very reasonably.