Interior stylist Heather Milner picks seven of the best decor inspiration and home-improvement apps
Whether you’re renovating your first house, embarking on a project or simply want to revamp a room, there’s a surprising list of things to think about before you get started from nailing the latest trends, choosing colours, making special buys and ensuring everything fits your space. It can be time-consuming and nerve-racking, as we all want to avoid expensive mistakes - and create spaces that reflect our style and personality. Thankfully, there’s now a whole host of interior design apps out there to help make the process way easier.
Interior stylist Heather Milner, who reveals her home style inspirations and tips through her Instagram and blog, insideherhome.com, has tested some of the best ones out there and chosen her favourites.
Check out Heather’s top go-to apps (good news - most of them are free) and find out how they could help you transform your home...
feature, which allows you to store images and return to them at a later date.
(Free across all platforms) with different colour themes and styles.
“There’s lots of ways you can do this digitally, but there is something about a physical mood board that I just love and PixPax is a great way to bring your ideas to life.”
WHAT IT DOES
A free photo-printing service which lets you print 18 photos (£3.99 for delivery, and extras, such as a hanging kit, are paid for separately). “I take all my favourite pictures of furniture, home accessories and colour inspiration and print them via the app and then spend hours playing around with them to spark new ideas,” says Heather.
“Its fun add-ons include hanging display kits for your prints, which make it easy to display photos around the house as well as being great for mood-boarding.”
(Free to download on iOS and Android) level bar, protractor that measures 0-180-degree angles, and a ruler available in both inches and centimetres, she explains. By swiping left and right, the ruler is capable of measuring things much longer than your iPhone, but it’s wise to calibrate the app’s measurement tools first before any serious usage.
(£1.99 on iOS and £1.54 on Android) contractors and tradesmen, because you can read real reviews and browse through their past projects to make sure they’re exactly what you are looking for and are suitable for a particular project.”
WHAT IT DOES
Users can get inspiration from over 19 million high-resolution photos of home interiors and exteriors, all searchable by style, location or room. Bridging the gap between homeowners and home-improvement professionals, it can be used for planning projects from start to finish too, and finding professionals to help with any jobs from a directory of over 2.4 million, including architects, interior designers, landscapers and builders.