Houzz.com: Idea Books and Inspiration

Houzz.com is a collaborative website that features the work of architects and designers. Some of my favorite features:

-Members can put together idea books (which means you can save what you like and you can find someone with a similar style and look through all their photos)

-The images and spaces are high quality

-You can sort by style (tropical, eclectic, traditional, etc.), room (hall, bedroom, stairway, etc.) and by metropolitan area (this helps you find a designer in your area).

(The titles below each image are links.)

Purple Living Room

Chambre : Un véritable lieu de vie - Marie Claire Maison

Interesting Wall Design

Eclectic Bedroom

Upholstered Headboard

Me, at Design Fabulous

Join the $200 room-makeover game. Katrina at Design Fabulous said that she was going to take time off to redo her room. Great idea, but I want in to! See this post:

Beach Bungalow on Martha Stewart

"Sculptor Elena Colombo used her ingenuity to create a lively getaway in a turn-of-the-century Long Island beach cottage, packed full of found objects, eye-popping colors, and occasional sparks of pure genius.

"Colombo sensed there was a very special communal atmosphere in her neighborhood of Breezy Shores, a 31-cottage beach community in Greenport, New York."

Elena's use of color, texture, and pattern is just crazy enough to be perfect.

See more here.

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