Free Apps to Help with Your Next Home Renovation
Spring is the time that many people begin to think of giving their home a freshen-up. Whether it be restyling a room or adding a completely new one. Most of us that are less than blessed with the natural creativity of an interior designer may need a little help with the inspiration or execution of our plans.
Luckily there are now some great free apps that you can use to help you with your home projects big or small.
Connect with a design professional on the Houzz app
This app is pretty large and even has its own website full of countless ideas and articles. Those who know about Houzz are well aware that it helps you to plan prepare and even find ideas for remodeling inside and outside of your house.
But the app also connects users to a network of home professionals as well as provides a marketplace of home decor products. You can create a saved ideas book and a 3-D virtual room staging. You could even have your interior design style interpreted based on photos in your idea books. This is one of the easiest ways to get in contact with a trusted professional to help you complete your project.
Play around with your own 3-D floor plans with Keyplan 3-D
You can find several floorplan creator apps for smartphones and tablets but few of them are completely free. The Keyplan 3-D app has a free app portion that allows you to measure out the boundaries of your room, insert furniture, and see how it might fit within a completed 3-D layout.
You can also go beyond just a layout with some in-app purchases or if you would like to make more in-depth home plans. It is a nice tool to help you decide if certain furniture would work and look right in your space.
If you want to try out virtual paint colors try Project Color by Home Depot
Using actual color and not just an everyday neutral shade is coming back in style. You can even get away with using it on a home that you plan to resell before you repaint. (Just make sure that you consult a real estate or decorating professional with your color choices if you plan to do this)
If you have a few color ideas in mind but are not quite sure how it would work with the rest of the items in your room or if the color would be good for the scale and size of your room you could simply take a picture and then insert the color you were thinking about.
You could even take a photo of a color you really love from an object like fabric or another home and insert it into the app to find a paint color that closely is almost identical matches to see how it would work in your space. The app also gives you the ability to play with full-color swatches of accent colors. You can also order paint samples with free delivery or purchase paint for in-store pick-up from the app.
Try out amateur interior design with DecorMatters
This app helps you to find inspiration and shopping options for decorating your spaces like an interior designer. It even turns it into fun by making things into a guided challenge giving you an opportunity to earn coins and badges. Use your own camera to capture a room that you want to makeover with augmented reality. This portion does however cost a monthly fee.
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