It’s getting to that time of the year again. The nights are drawing in and the weather starts to deteriorate. We retreat to our homes to hibernate and wake up in the Spring (we wish!). Enhancing our homes within this period commonly gains significance in our ‘to do’ list. This task may fill you with a sense of adventure or fill you with the dread. With the rise in popularity of mobiles and tablets over the last couple of years, there are a number of home interior apps which can give you inspiration and help with everyday DIY tasks. I’ve put together a list of 5 useful interior design apps to help with your decorating projects over the past couple of months.

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Do you have any app recommendations? Please feel free to suggest these in the comments.

Real Colours Pro

If you’re looking for that perfect colour scheme this app is for you. It allows you to be inspired by nature – simply upload a photo to the app and it will automatically create a harmonious colour scheme for you. Once you have created a suitable colour palette, it can be saved and even shared amongst family and friends.

Available in the Android Play Store

Paint Tester Pro

The pain of painting a room only to find out it isn’t correct is difficult to recover from. Save your pain by creating a preview before any paint is even applied. Simply upload a photo of your room then use the paint bucket tool to try different colours within a matter of seconds.

Available on iTunes

Mark on Call

This app allows you to plan your interior with a classic ‘top down’ view. Drag and drop items to create the perfect layout – creating space and function. New layouts can be trialled without the stress of moving everything about!

Available on iTunes

iHandy Level

This is the classic DIY tool, now in digital form. If you’re adding a frame to your wall you can simply use this app to ensure it is level. In today’s world the chances are that your phone will be closer to you than a traditional spirit level!

Available on iTunes (alternatives available in the Android Play Store)

IKEA Catalogue

This app provides a digital version of the popular IKEA catalogue on your phone, providing inspiration and products in your pocket. With this app you can now scan selected products in the printed brochure to unlock extra content such as videos, images and 3D models.

Available on iTunes and in the Android Play Store

This list was prepared by Barbara Jordan from Mortens Hardware Store

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Designing and decorating a house is a prime concern of these days. People try to decorate their house in the best manner to make it look beautiful and attractive. Smartphones has provided a great relief to the home makers and interior designers, while decorating the house. There are many apps for the smartphones, by which you can decorate your home in the best manner. By these apps, you will get an idea to modify the placements of the furniture in your home.

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1. Sweet Home 3D

It is one of the popular apps, which you can use in your computer or in smartphone. By this app, you can make the 2 D mock design of your house, along with the furniture. If you want to know the layout of your room to change the position of the couch of your bedroom, you have to click on the screen of the mobile or click on the monitor of your computer. The appropriate of the couch will be offered to you.

2. Sketch

With the help of this app, you can sketch the layout in the form of vector diagram. You can draw the sketch with the help of the tools, which are available in the app. The process is quite easy, and you can easily make use of it to sketch the layout of the room.

3. Dec Organzier

If you are thinking of remodeling your house, you can easily get help of this app. It will provide you updated information regarding the accessories for home decor, available in the market. You can easily keep track on the big picture of the accessories of the house for decoration.

4. Moodboard

Inspiration boards are the best way to decorate and gain inspiration for your house. Boards can be based on various types of themes, which you can use to decorate the wall of your room. So, with the help of Moodboard app, you can create boards with different themes. You can fill the boards with different colors according to your choice, and can mail the creation for printing. You can save your lot of money by creating the board with the help of this app.

5. My Surface

The design of the surface matters a lot in decorating the interior of the bathroom and kitchen. You can choose the color and design of the surface with the help of Mysurface app. If required, you can easily match up the color of the surface with the color of the wall by tools available in the app.

With a smartphone, you can download the apps from the relevant apps stores. They are available at an affordable cost. So, if you want to decorate your house in your own way, these apps are definitely going to help you. Just download them and install them in the smartphone or in your computer. While it may be nice

Sachin is a blogger and a full time writer. He has written for various brands and on various subjects. If you are planning to buy a new smartphone so as to enjoy these best interior design apps then make sure you are giving importance to mobile phone insurance. You can insure your smartphone at protectyourbubble.com.

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The Smartphone isn’t called smart for nothing. It is not just for communication or for playing your favorite music, it now how practical purposes for your everyday life. Smartphones have evolved in so many ways that consumers can keep track of their energy use, lights, fuel costs and more for their home. It also opens opportunities for programmers to make applications that will benefit the users.

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There are several ways to save energy at home using your Smartphone. Here are some of the things you can save using your Smartphone:

Enhanced fuel efficiency.

Did you know that you can save fuel consumption by being up-to-date with how you drive? Rapid acceleration, sudden breaking and over speeding can increase your fuel consumption to 33 percent. This figure is definitely a lot of money to just go to waste without you knowing it. One example of Smartphone application that can help you with this is the greenMeter. This application will store data on your driving speed and changes in acceleration. The greenMeter app will indicate whether you are driving efficiently or not.

Control the thermostat of your cooling and heating appliances.

Adjusting your thermostat to its proper setting will certainly save your energy bill. This will help you utilize the right amount of workloads that your appliances perform. Some popular apps for controlling your temperature are Nest and Ecobee thermostat controller. It is easy to install and use. You can adjust the temperature of your home with your Smartphone like a remote control.

Conserve and monitor energy consumption

Energy monitoring in real-time to conserve electricity. Many devices on the market can help your home and be monitored on your smartphone.

The Energy UFO application for iPad provides visual feedback of electricity consumption and its cost as determined by information received from our family of Wi-Fi enabled products, such as the UFO Power Center, a four outlet smart power-strip. The UFO Power Center, as shown in the application is currently available from www.energyufo.com.

Consider using your smart phone to start helping you at home. Whether it is enhanced fuel efficiency, controlling your thermostat and more. You will love the simplicity and convenience , and your wallet will enjoy the energy savings!

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Stagetecture has always been a great place to seek home inspiration whether you access the site from home, your smartphone or tablet, but now Stagetecture has launched an easier navigating experience for you on your mobile devices. The new Stagetecture mobile site is accessible from any mobile device when you type in https://stagetecture.com you will be automatically diverted to the mobile site.

Here’s a few of the great features:

The new mobile app enables you to visit these key areas of Stagetecture.com quickly and easily:

• About Us
• Contact Us
• Decor Ebook
• By Room
• Inspiration
• Newsletter
• Stagetecture’s You Tube Channel
• Photos
• Latest Blog Posts
• Twitter & Facebook

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Keep up to date even when you are on the go!

Check on the latest blog posts, signup for the Everything Home Newsletter, order the new Ebook (coming soon), or just browse inspiration and by rooms for images, guest bloggers, and more.

The next time you are waiting in the doctor’s office, sitting on the subway train, or waiting for your child at soccer practice – come visit Stagetecture.com. All the great ideas you love from the full site, in a quick and simplified interface.

Don’t worry if you like the full site too, at the bottom of the screen, you can change to the full site at anytime!

Enjoy Stagetecture, everywhere you go.

As homeowners are in the midst of their spring/summer renovation projects, you might be interested in PPG Pittsburgh Paints’ latest tool for color selection.

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The company recently launched its first mobile application (app), The Voice of Color®, which gives homeowners an intuitive, on-the-go color resource. The free app not only showcases the entire Voice of Color collection, but is the first to allow homeowners to order 8″x12″ sample color sheets that can be shipped directly to their homes right from the app itself free of charge. For more information on the PPG Pittsburgh Paints application, visit them online.

The app gives users three ways to view, select from, and subsequently order, all of the more than 2,000 colors offered by The Voice of Color, including:

·         Grab Color From Photo –

Utilizing the device’s camera, users can take/upload a photo of any object, space, fabric or tile that inspires them, and have it automatically matched with the closest shade from The Voice of Color collection. The tool also offers suggestions for similar and complementary shades based on the selection, so additional colors can be ordered and viewed together on the walls of a space.

·         View Our Color Collections –

Users can browse and order from The Voice of Color’s exclusive color collections, including Harmony, Historic and Atmospheric.

·         Use Our Color Selector –

View the entire Voice of Color collection, conveniently organized by primary color family. If users know the particular color name or number, they can easily search right there.

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Productivity is at the heart of everything we do, or at least it should be right? I’ve noticed if you can be productive in your day, you end the day happier and you start the next day with a renewed sense of self! Today I found a web based organization and productivity tool – Get it Done.  Many of you know the acronym GTD – Get Things Done – well this is for you!

This program is based off the book Getting Things Done by David Allen.

What I love is that it is web based for your home desktop, but then you can download the app for your iPhone, iPad, or Android and still have the same information across multiple devices, therefore always keeping you synchronized!

Description

Organize your life once and for all! Get It Done is a simple but powerful todo list and project manager. Sync wirelessly with GetItDoneApp.com or just use the iPhone app to organize your tasks.

Based off the book Getting Things Done by David Allen, Get It Done lets you focus on what’s important for today and keeps everything else out of your way.

– Add notes, tags (or categories), due dates to each task
– Rearrange lists with ease
– Filter lists with tags or categories
– Assign more than one tag to a task
– Organize advanced lists with projects
– Sync wirelessly with online app (sold separately) at GetItDoneApp.com

This iPhone app is a mobile version of GetItDoneApp.com. You can sync wirelessly with the online app (sold separately) or you can use just the iPhone app alone.

Organize all your tasks and notes into projects with only a few clicks. Have a task that you want in a project? Just tag it and it automatically shows up in your project.

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