The Best App’s and Websites to Help you Plan your Home Improvements

The Top App’s and Websites To Help Improve your Home

Covid 19 is bringing lots of challenges, and for many of us that will involve some enforced time of staying at home during the lock down.

Although this is not an ideal situation for any of us, we always think you have the make the best of a bad situation. Perhaps the enforced time off will give us all plenty of time to reflect, have a breather and appreciate the little things (and perhaps put that shelf up that’s been annoying you!)

Make the Most Of Your Time At Home

Whilst you’re at home staring at your four walls, it is also the perfect opportunity to start planning the home updates you’ve been wanting to get stuck into. 

Make the most of the time and take the opportunity to make some plans and have a think about what you want to do.

After you have cleared out your cupboards, sorted your wardrobe and cleaned every surface within an inch of it’s life you will be able to take a step back and see what improvements or additions you could make.

There are some fantastic app’s and websites available now for free that will help you along the way.

Top Interiors App’s

Instagram

As well as another option to keep in touch with friends and family, Instagram is used frequently by the home interiors and design industry.

Simply scroll through searching for key words and companies you like and book mark your favourites.

 

Dulux Visualizer

This handy app from the paint specialists at Dulux allows you to see how paint will look in your room before you commit. 

The clever tool allows you to take a picture and then add the colours in their range to see what it will look like. You can then purchase them as well making it quick and easy.  You can get the Dulux Visualizer app from the Apple or Play store.

 

Top Interiors Websites

Houzz

Houzz is available as both an app and website, and can be linked together. You simply create a profile and can scroll through home renovations and ideas to like and save to a virtual scrap book. 

You can also create a linked scrap book with companies you want to work with. At Langley’s we often collaborate with clients to create idea boards before we carry out a site survey. It is a fantastic way to explain what you are looking for in your home, as well as getting ideas.  Like they say, a picture is worth a thousand words!

Pinterest

Pinterest in similar to Houzz, in that you create virtual scrap books by searching through images by key word and interest and saving them to boards. 

As well as home inspiration, Pinterest is much broader offering images for a wide range of life style interests, including health, cooking, home, beauty and fashion.

As with Houzz, you can follow different people and companies.  Langley’s has both a Pinterest profile as well, with boards and ideas available to browse and save. As with Houzz, you can share your boards.  At Langley’s we are always happy to collaborate and help with these.

Ideal Home

This treasure trove of a website has lots of ideas and inspiration on everything from decorating, to cleaning tips, colours schemes for the home and even gardening ideas.

 

Crocus

The Crocus website is bright, fun and easy to navigate. Order plants for delivery direct from the nursery’s. We have always found the quality to be great.

Online shopping has always been a convenient option, but at the moment with non essential shops being shut this is the best way to get hold of plants. They have lots of inspiration and advice to help you getting your garden looking it’s best.

Langley Interiors

The website is designed to inspire and is arranged to showcase case studies of bedrooms, bathrooms and living rooms on client projects. 

Custom made home office furniture is also available in case you want to make the change to working from home a permanent thing!  Seeing real rooms in real homes is a great way to see what can be achieved, along with idea on decorating and accessories.

There is also plenty of information in the various bathroom equipment brands we source from.