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Virtual Designing Through Interior Design Apps

Saturday, August 6th, 2016

FFDM's Highlands Collection

FFDM’s Highlands Collection

Home making is not just a visual but also a tactile endeavor. It is an art that needs attention and time. There are now a lot of interior design tools that homeowners can utilize especially when designing, decorating, choosing paint or picking the right kinds of furniture. While there are a lot of them, not everything is useful or even amusing; but those who can’t design using the good ol’ fashioned mood boards or tester pots, then these apps are the next great thing.

Here are some of the leading apps that you can consider –

PhotoMeasures for iPhone and iPad

Using this app is as easy as snapping a photo of the rooms in your home, adding some measurements, and then zooming in and out to the details that you need. This is quite handy for someone who is always on the go. This is also amazing for those who are shopping for new furniture.

Do you want to email the photos to designers? Then there’s no problem; just use PhotoMeasures.

Magpie by Conran

This is an easy-to-use app that is available for free on iPad. Think of it as an online scrapbook that can help you in taking pictures or shooting videos. You can also create notes that would inspire you as you go about with your designing tasks. It is also easy to print your notes or photos and use them as arranged mood boards.

Remodelista

This is an app that comes with the claim – sourcebook for the considered home. You can check daily postings of interior design news throughout the world. You can easily spot cool chairs from abroad, to textural throws for different seasons. It also has the click-to-buy function which makes it a handy app.

The lite version can be downloaded for free.

Phaidon Design Classics

This app can be had for a fee. This is based on the famous book series which is an impressive collection of designs for the last 200 years. This app features items from great minds such as Rams, Dieter and Erro Saarinen.

iHandy for iPhone and iPad

In essence, this is that app that can be considered as the soul of your phone. The Elle Decoration team has downloaded this app free of charge.

Peppermint 2 for iPhone and iPad

This is an amazing app for those who are struggling with their choice of color palette. With it, you can play with various combinations, alter and adjust the shades, even save ideas for your interior design schemes.

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Sun Seeker for iPhone, iPad and Android

This is the app that you need if you want to calculate the amount of natural light or sunshine that’s going to be made available inside a room. This app makes use of the iPhone’s GPS system which is a built-in feature. The GPS system tells the owner which direction he should face when mapping out the potential rays. This is extra useful when you are shopping for a new home.

The Sun Seeker lite version is free of charge.

Architonic

This is an app that you can use on both iPhones and Android phones. This is also available on iPad. This is useful for designers and architects because it showcases finished portfolios of past projects. It also catalogs just about everything pertaining to interior design and architecture.

‘Looking’ for free guides in buying an armchair or a sofa? This app has it, too.

ColorSnap

The paint brand Sherman-Williams has come up with the wonderful app that allows you to use the inspirations from the outdoors landscape, textiles or works of art into your home’s interiors. It can analyze any photo’s colors and allows you to find which shade of paint they actually match. There are more than 1,500 shades to choose from.

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