Sherwin Williams Color Snap
This is a free app which lets you take
color inspiration from your photo library or camera. It keeps track of your
chosen paint colors.
Behr ColorSmart
This free app not only lets you draw from
your existing photos, it will match the colors from those images. It also includes a paint calculator, helping
you determine just how much paint you’ll need for your project.
iHandy Carpenter
This multitool app has a surface level, a
bubble level, a steel protractor, a steel ruler, and a plumb bob.
Many major home improvement and home
furnishing stores also have their own apps.
Online window shopping is a great way to get ideas, prices, and
measurements of products for your home.
Restoration Hardware, Pottery Barn, Etsy,
Home Depot, Lowe’s, and Ikea all have their own apps.
For those interested in design, there are
many good design apps which offer inspiration from photos, videos, galleries,
and blogs. Below are a few.
Houzz – tons and tons and tons of photos
Dwell – slideshows, videos, events,
products, homes, ideas
California Design – the app that goes along
with the exhibition “California Design 1930-1065 Living in a Modern Way”, which
is the first major study of California midcentury modern design. It
contains photos and info about the exhibit.
SRSLY – discover all sorts of interesting
products and browse products in shops near you.
Mark On Call – helps you plan your space
and your interior design by letting you build floor plans, add furniture, make
shopping lists, and add measurements.
Home Design 3D – helps you create a 2D and 3D layout of a room, add doors, windows, and furniture from their object library, add color to the walls.
Color Schemer – lets you browse tons of color palettes.
There are more and more apps available every day. Look forward to future blog entries with
recommendations and reviews!
