Design Inspiration on Your Phone

Beware: What I am about to share with you is highly addictive.

I have been browsing some pretty amazing smart phone apps this week and I have to say they are pretty cool. If you are tinkering with some room design, or contemplating a large remodel, here are two apps that are sure to inspire.

Houzz: Stunningly beautiful images that inspire the daydreamer and designer in any of us. The website and free iPhone app offer thousands of images you can browse, as well as the ability to save them in an “Ideabook” for future reference. The app also provides info on some of the pieces found in each image. I’m not kidding when I say you can get lost for hours browsing through all the beautiful pictures.

Dwell: The free dwell app for iPhone and Android offers images and ideas for modern design that are so artfully depicted in dwell magazine and at www.dwell.com. Get ideas and information about design and specific products.

The New York Times recently published an article called Before Tearing Out a Wall, Check Your Phone, which reviewed these and a few other design and DIY-type smart phone apps. And if the two above apps leave you wanting more, visit www.pinterest.com (or download the free app) and you’ll find yourself lost in a visual world of ideas, recipes, fashion, crafts, design, and so much more (like the cutest baby hedgehog. ever.).