5 must-have apps for budding DIY home decorators and designers
Help is at hand on your mobile phone – including Adobe Capture, to find a perfect colour of paint, Houzz, to create your dream room, and iHandy, to ensure that a shelf sits straight
While wikiHow and any number of interior design websites can provide DIY tips and inspiration on a lazy browsing day, there are dozens of instances where considerable help is needed when redesigning or redecorating your home.
For advice at your fingertips, check out these must-have apps when it comes time for a makeover.
1. Adobe Capture
If you’ve ever fallen in love with a colour in nature or at a hotel or art gallery and wondered how to duplicate it at home, Color Capture is the app for you.
Designer-approved, it lets you snap a picture and then recommends matches from partner Benjamin Moore’s 3,500-strong line of paints.
The colour may not match your screen perfectly, but it’s a great starting point for adventurous designers.
For those who aren’t fans of the brand, try Adobe Capture, which performs a similar task with a dollop of creative flair.
2. Houzz
The grandaddy of all design apps, Houzz uses the 15 million high-resolution images (and counting) in its library – tagged by style, room and more – to add to your own “ideabook”, and help you and your designer realise your vision to perfection.
