7 essential apps that will help you redecorate or redesign your house
If you're like me, you're clueless when it comes to interior design.
Maybe have no idea what's trendy and what's tacky, what's stylish and what's ugly, what dimensions work within a space and which ones don't. Maybe you just need some inspiration.
Thankfully, as it is with pretty much everything, the internet is here to help.
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Various home decor apps are available to download onto your phone or tablet that'll allow you to see home decor the way an interior designer would. Or, at least close anyway?
Develop and hone your decorative skills, buy things, and even see how an item will look in your own home by checking out the home decor apps listed below.
1. Redecor
A solid option for those who want to enhance their design skills but don't know where to start, Redecor allows users to familiarize themselves with various styles while broadening their interior design intuition.
Redecor is available for iOS on the Apple App Store and in the Google Play store for Android.
2. Design Home
Design Home is another skill builder that encourages interior design prowess through daily challenges, practice, and progression. Also, give and receive constructive feedback in a system that lets you "vote on your favorite rooms from a vibrant, creative community."
Design Home is available for iOS on the Apple App Store and in the Google Play store for Android.
3. Room Planner
With Room Planner, you can stylize and decorate photorealistic rooms with real-life brands. Everything is customizable, "from colors on the walls to layout of the furniture."
Room Planner is available for iOS on the Apple App Store and in the Google Play store for Android.
4. Wayfair
Certainly one of the most popular home decor apps out there with over 1.4 million ratings, Wayfair allows users to shop, stylize, and visualize home decor all in the same place. The app also tracks the things you order so you know when they'll arrive.
Wayfair is available for iOS on the Apple App Store and in the Google Play store for Android.
5. Houzz
Houzz offers many of the features of the previous apps, as well as visual recognition tech to "discover and buy products and materials directly from photos on Houzz."
Houzz is available for iOS on the Apple App Store and in the Google Play store for Android.
6. Home Design 3D
With Home Design 3D, you can customize your own house and floor plan and fill it with home decor, which you can also customize down to the detail — size, color, position, even how high up on the wall you want it. You can also design in regular 2D if that's more convenient for you.
Home Design 3D is available for iOS on the Apple App Store and in the Google Play store for Android.
7. Decor Matters
It certainly does. Decor Matters gives you a community with which to share design tips and inspiration. You can also design using both indoor and outdoor decor, as well as virtually place items in your own home. Nothing really shows you exactly how a piece of decor is going to look in your home like a tool that shows you exactly how a piece of decor is going to look in your home.
Decor Matters is available for iOS on the Apple App Store.
Andy is a fellow on Mashable's Culture team. He graduated with a B.S. from the University of North Florida in 2018 and moved to New York to pursue journalism in culture and entertainment. He can (and will) talk for too long about Star Wars and movies in general. His fear of stinging insects and 80+ degree weather will keep him inside forever. He wishes he were shorter.
