Style your home

Vibha Sharma

During the festival time of the year, one looks for remodelling and renovating the homes. This year, take the help of these apps to get more fresh ideas and bring that zing that you always wanted to have in your home.

App Name: LikeThat Décor and Furniture

OS: iOS

Features: If you like any piece of furniture and décor item, just take a picture of it and the app will locate the place from where you can buy exactly the same thing. So you can design your home with the items you desire. This wonderful app will make designing home a pleasurable experience.

Pros/Cons: The app is easy to use. Take the picture of a piece of furniture, and the app will do the rest. The app has access to thousands of catalogs and millions of items. Items can be saved for future reference. There are not many features with the app. There needs to be an Indian version of this app.

Rating: 4/5

App Name: Houzz Interior dream ideas

OS: iOS, Android

Features: In case one is looking to renovate or redecorate one’s home, one needs to just use this app to get ideas. One can browse through, by style, room and location and then save and share. One can connect with other active home improvement professionals, from architects and interior designers to builders and many more, who can make one’s dream home a reality.

Pros/Cons: Some very great ideas can be found on the app. Can have some local ingredients in the app.

Rating: 4/5

App Name: Autodesk homestyler

OS: iOS, Android

Features: If one is looking for some great interior designs, tips and trends, then this is the app one must install. One can experiment with real products and see the design ideas come to life. Users can place 3D models of real furniture products in the room, hang light fixtures from the ceilings, place rugs, paintings, mirrors and much more to get an idea of how the room will look. One can share designs with friends and family through Facebook and email.

Pros/Cons: A great app to browse portfolio pages of professional designers.

Rating: 4.5/5

App Name: Create Palette

OS: iOS

Features: One million palettes. This may not be the app for home décor specifically but is a great tool when one is designing the home colour scheme. For instance, if one wants to colour the room orange and by simply searching on that colour, one can see all possible hues of that colour. A great app to get inspired by myriad of colours using this app.

Pros/Cons: The app can work as a handy tool while designing anything ranging from home to a website. One can create one’s own shade using the colour wheel. A wonderful app for colour appreciators.