Get Inspired for Your Home's Design

If you’ve ever found yourself walking around the house and feeling tired of looking at the same outdated paint colors, furnishing, or, lets face it, just about everything, that’s your mind trying to tell you it’s time for a change. It’s time to revamp your house so that your friends, family, but most importantly you, feel excited about the house that you live in. You have the drive to start, but how do you begin your new design?

Today, there are so many sources of information out there to get inspired for a designing a new home build or remodel. With the world of social media and numerous magazines, the options are endless. Discovering different styles of magnificent home designs, that you may not have thought of before, is right at your fingertips with these sources. Here’s what to use to start planning your next home remodeling project for a stress-free design process in today’s technological age:

Pinterest

Pinterest, or what we like to call it, the modern day scrapbook, is one of the most commonly used search engines for gathering inspiration and resources. This unique interface allows you to “pin” things you like in “boards” to see your design ideas come to life. Get inspired by following users or boards with a similar stylistic flair as you build your own remodeling plans.

As you continue to use it, Pinterest will learn about what you like, making it a fun and easy to use tool. It’s very realistic to focus both on intricate design details and whole room concepts here, such as a vintage farmhouse inspired kitchen design. And as an added bonus, you can shop online with it, too! If you’re looking for specific items to add to your bathroom or kitchen renovation, most of the pictures are linked to another website that may help you find the item you’re looking for or go into more detail about the space.

Photo by Alisa Bovino @aglassofbovino

Instagram

Similar to a magazine, Instagram is full of wondrous pictures from people all over the world. Lots of home bloggers use it to share their process and experience when designing their homes through use of hashtags. Some may have a designer background, and some may just be a creative soul whose inventiveness shows in their home. Either way, following along with people’s home builds or a designer’s projects is a great way to get enthused.

The best way to find inspiration on Instagram, is knowing how to use hashtags properly. These are essentially giant photo albums sorted by concept or style. Instagram encourages users to ask questions or start a conversation with others. Find out the most difficult part of a building journey, where someone obtained their furnishings, or where someone found their own inspiration. For the most part, people are willing to help and talk about their experience with home remodeling.

These are some of our favorite hashtags, perfect for learning what to expect in a remodel or new build: #homebuilding #newbuild #mybuildingjourney #newbuildmusthaves #homebuildfaq #bathroomremodeling #remodel #bathroomremodeling #kitchenremodeling #designinspiration #interiordesign

Home Magazines

For those that love a more tangible approach to reaching inspiration, design magazines will never go out of style. Architectural Digest, Southern Living, Domino, and Dwell are just some of the home and lifestyle magazines you can flip through for inspiration on interior design. As content created by credible sources, these magazines are chock full of interviews with interior designers, pictures of incredible homes, and informative articles. The articles found in them are great for giving solid advice and tips on how to create a harmonious space. Domino Magazine specifically has some absolutely incredible online home tours. These are a realistic look at some of the best interiors in the country.

Photo by Emily Netz @emilysuenetz

Mood Boards and Flat Lays

If you want to focus on designing an entire room, a flat lay and mood board would be perfect for deciding what color theme you want the room to be. This also helps to visualize whether or not your design will be cohesive. To create these, most people will pick one or two objects to focus on and then build around them. You can see plenty of examples of flat lays and mood boards that other people have created on social media to get an idea for a color palette or room theme of your own. Create your own Pinterest board with a mood board theme like we did to showcase all the different types of design opportunities you have an interest in.

Mood Board by Nicole Brzuchalski @theinspiredhive

With an endless amount of inspiration, we hope that these tips will help catapult your design to the next level!

Contributions to this article were made by Rachel Schiffman.