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If you’re doing any kind of decorating, renovating or building, chances are you’re on the hunt for some inspiration. We used to have to rely on dog-eared magazines and books to keep track of ideas we wanted to try, but these days things are a little different.
Over the past few years the internet has become a fantastic resource for home design ideas. We’ve gathered together a list of some of our favourite online places to get a dose of inspiration. Some are blogs, some are forums, but all are guaranteed to give you a creative pick-me-up.
- The Selby a voyeur’s dream. Todd Selby has the enviable job of travelling around the world taking photos inside people’s homes. He’s photographed hundreds of people from quirky Japanese toy company CEO’s to famed fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld. Taking a peek inside these creative spaces will definitely give you more than a few ideas.
- Australia’s own home styling legend, Shannon Fricke has worked for magazines such as InsideOut and authored a number of best selling interior decorating books. Her blog is a great collection of interesting ideas, product information, tips and tricks and is perfect for people who are searching for their own style.
- Apartment Therapy sets out to “help people make their homes more beautiful, organised and healthy” and this site definitely achieves it. Have a look through the pages and you’ll be amazed by the quality of the home tours (one of the most popular features), decorating ideas and tips that are on offer.
- Unclutterer is a great resource for people that need a little help getting organised. The site features tips, simple strategies, product reviews and reader questions. If you need inspiration to solve storage and clutter issues around the home, you’ll find it very useful.
- Design Sponge is one of the most popular online decorating blogs in the world. Started by Brooklyn-based writer Grace Bonney in 2004, it’s developed into a handy hub of home and product design knowledge. Grace and her team do a great job of featuring new products, sharing ideas for updating furniture and showcasing emerging designers. New posts are added daily so there’s always something new to see.
- Holly Becker, a freelance journalist and design consultant, started Decor8 in January 2006. Since then, the site has grown to be a favourite of over 35,000 readers daily. This site is really helpful if you need ideas for the best ways to style a room or to keep up-to-date with new product releases.
- For fans of architecture and furniture design, Daily Tonic is a site that features the best projects, products and materials from all around the world. While it’s specifically aimed at architects, interior designers and furnishing specialists, anyone with an interest in design and building trends will find it inspiring.
- If you’re decorating and in need of some advice, Julie-Ann Hind’s Decorating Forum is a great site to bookmark. The conversation is always friendly, all the users are keen to help out and experts are more than willing to lend a hand to solve problems. It’s a great place to get help if you’re a decorating and renovating novice.
- Cool Boom covers a range of topics from architecture to innovative new housing materials. The site has a decidedly European feel which makes it quite unique (the blog author is from Spain). If you’re daydreaming about your ideal home, and how you’d decorate it, this site will quickly become a favourite.
- Lost at E Minor is a site that features trends in contemporary building. They tend to showcase a lot of unique (and quirky) case studies from international design firms. If you want to know what’s new, cool and a little bit unusual, this site will have it.
Do you have any favourite online sites for inspiration that you’d like to share? Leave a comment below.
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