The Internet is teeming with resources on how you can design a beautiful and functional home. These days, Google is your friend if you want to find some home renovation inspiration.
But where do you begin? Scouring through millions of search results can be time-consuming, so here’s our curated list of home design websites and apps to help you renovate your home:
Websites:
1. Houzz
It is the “Wikipedia of interiors” where you can find the largest online collection of home design and home improvement ideas. It features a huge photo database of different types of interior options.
Users can create an “ideabook”, where they save their favourite images for reference. If you have a specific kitchen design in mind, chances are you can find it here.
2. iCreatived
It is a blog that is dedicated to high-concept interiors, where “15 interesting floating staircases” and unusual steel chairs are held in quiet reverence. It features a lot of trendy, multipurpose furniture, such as the teardrop-shaped bookcase that doubles as a reading seat, adds to the general kookiness on display.
3. Airbnb Australia
If you want to check out how your neighbours design their homes, take a look at Airbnb. You can browse through properties and their photos to get superb interior inspiration.
This is a great resource if you are thinking of subletting your home at some point in the future.
4. Design Milk
This website features a wide-range of design focus areas including architecture, interior, fashion and technology. While it tackles a variety of design topics, it is still a good sourcebook for finding objects that could help you nail those finishing touches.
5. Ikeahackers
This is a fun blog that can show you how you can repurpose or remodel pieces of Ikea furniture into something more unique. Each suggestion comes with instructions as well as inspirational before-and-after shots.
6. Design Shuffle
This website is a visual feast of homes that have been transformed by the world’s leading architects and designers. If you want to see how design is done by the bigwigs, then this is the site for you
7. Pinterest
This is the go-to site/app for anyone who’s thinking of doing anything creative and artistic. This is a good resource for home design, home improvement and even gardening ideas as you can pin images to virtual boards for you to refer to later.
8. Design Inspiration
It is a design-savvy community where users share interiors inspiration, from room looks and architecture to typography and retro advertising. Just click to be sent updates on Facebook and Twitter.
9. Tumblr
Tumblr is a blog community where you can find a lot of inspiration for your next home design project. Use the search button to find what you are specifically looking for and you will definitely find it there.
10. Instagram
With 500 million active users daily, Instagram is bound to contain a lot of photos that are dedicated to home design. Browse through the hashtags and you will stumble upon some really interesting indie furniture stores as well as design inspo from all over the world.
11. The Design Files
This website has a separate section dedicated to Australian homes. From Australian architecture to interiors and art, The Design Files covers it all — and then some. Browse through it to find some ideas on how you can renovate your home.
12. Decorum
It is run by Sydney-based Jennifer French, who is an interior decorator and colour consultant who uses her blog as an outlet for everything dear to her — renovations, art, interior decorating, design, inspiration — it’s all there.
13. Elle Décor
A separate section from the fashion magazine Elle, this website has articles, photos, and quotes on home design ideas. If you don’t mid the ads, then this could be a great resource for you.
14. Paint Me White
It is a design blog that makes us want to paint everything white. This is a particularly good blog to visit if you love white and upcycling furniture. It shows ideas on how to turn old or unused items into something spectacular.
15. MK Home Design
We have to include us in the list because modesty aside, we do feature a lot of useful articles on architecture and home design. We don’t focus entirely on the artistic part of designing homes but we also give information on things like creating a floor plan and planning your second storey renovation.
Apps:
16. Home Design 3D
This is a free app to play around with home design on your phone or tablet. You can render it in 3D and show it to your home designer to get his or her professional feedback.
17. Rooomy
This app can convert 2-D photos into 3-D renderings, allowing homeowners and designers to envision different configurations of art and furnishings in a specific space, with direct links to retailers when they settle on the perfect pieces. rooomy.com
18. Housepad
It stores your notes and visual instructions on how to maintain your household. You can share these with your family, guests, and staff. Decorators can use the to-the-trade component to catalogue a home’s furnishings on housepadapp.com
19. Paper By Fiftythree
This lets users make sketches and take hand-written notes that can be combined with photos and typed text. It’s a popular tool for architects and designers like Daniel Libeskind and Kelly Wearstler.
20. Keyplan 3D
It is a useful app where you can draw, design and render your plans for your home renovation. You can also share these plans with your home designer, friends and family.
I hope these resources may be useful for your next home renovation project. If you live in northern Sydney and are considering a substantial design or home renovation, feel free to contact me.
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