The Most Useful Home Design App For Planning Out The Space In A Room
in Bathrooms, Flooring, Furniture, Kitchen, Other, Paint Colors, Remodeling & Home Improvement Projects
An app so fun, you’ll become addicted to it? So fun, you’re kids will want to play too? That’s our experience with Home Design 3D by Live Cad for iPad and iPhone.
Create a room to your specific dimensions and add furniture, fixtures, colors, textures, and materials. Click 3D for a better perspective of what the room will be like. Change materials and colors. Adjust the dimensions of the furniture or built-ins. You can even upload photos.
At $6 for iPad and less for iPhone, this home design app won’t break your budget. We think you’ll save a lot of money by making changes on your app, before you start your project.
Visualizing new furniture, new paint colors, or a remodeled kitchen or bathroom is tough. Have you ever picked out something that did not work when you got it home?
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New Hardwood Flooring, Beadboard Walls, & Coffered Ceilings Transform A Space
in Dining Rooms, Entry Rooms, Flooring, Lighting, Living Rooms, Remodeling & Home Improvement Projects
We talked about our project transforming an old apartment building into a beautiful sorority several months ago. Now we have before and after photos that show our dramatic improvements.
We concentrated on upgrading the surfaces to completely change the appearance of the interior rooms. Here are three changes we made to the building’s surfaces that yielded huge results.
1. We removed the old carpeting/linoleum and installed engineered hardwood floors.
2. We opened up the entry and framed out the entry and hallway walls with beadboard.
3. We gave the dining room charm and personality with a custom coffered ceiling and drop pendant lighting.
Now enjoy our dramatic before and after photos! You can click on any of the pictures to see it in a larger screen. The first set of photos show the difference made with engineered hardwood floors and the beadboard walls in the hallway.
This second grouping of photos shows how we opened up the entry and framed it with beadboard.
The dining area was dramatically improved with coffered ceilings, pendant lighting, and engineered hardwood flooring.
Upgrading to better flooring is something that can dramatically improve most homes. Do you have flooring that you’d like to change? Go to our Facebook page and take our poll on your favorite flooring. While you’re there, we hope you’ll click the “like” button. We ask our readers to continue the conversation from our blog on our Facebook page.
Has January Left You Feeling Blue? Furniture, Rugs, Lamps, Tiles, and Accessories To Update Your Home.
The excitement of the holidays is over and all we can think of is blue, our color inspiration for January.
Blue, by itself, is serene and restful. But pair this neutral with any other color for exciting results. The possibilities are endless.
So think about adding some blue to your rooms. Come see our picks from Barclay Butera, Edward Ferrell + Lewis Mittman, Ralph Lauren Home, Circa Lighting, Farrow and Ball, Oomph Online, Serena and Lily, and others.
Whether you’re looking for furniture, rugs, lighting, accessories, or tile, we’ve picked the best in blue to update your home this month.
The Best Online Photo Galleries For Interior Design Inspiration
in Bathrooms, Craft Rooms, Decks & Patios, Dining Rooms, Entry Rooms, Family Rooms, Fireplaces, Guest Bedrooms, Home Offices, Kitchen, Libraries, Living Rooms, Master Bedrooms, Media Rooms, Mud Rooms, Remodeling & Home Improvement Projects, Studies
Do you have some things you’d like to accomplish around your home this year? Large projects can feel overwhelming. Breaking them down into smaller steps helps.
One of our favorite first steps is to look at inspirational photos that relate to your project. It’s a low-cost way to make sure you’ll like the look before buying anything.
For instance, if you were thinking about painting your cabinets blue, wouldn’t it be great to see this photo first to make sure you like the look?
This photo was found on Houzz, one of our favorite inspirational photo galleries.
We love online photo galleries because they allow users to search by category, tag and save photos, or print pictures.
Check out some of our favorite “go-to” inspirational photo galleries. You may become addicted to them.
1. Houzz.com
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