My husband gave me an new iPhone for Christmas (isn’t he sweet) and while I loved my old 3G, the new iPhone 4 (with its much improved camera) makes using my favorite apps even more fun.
The following apps are all under $10 and three of them are absolutely free.
- Houzz Interior Design
(FREE) It has the largest database of interior design photos on the web and lets you browse and then save pictures based on categories. According to the Wall Street Journal it’s “a digital look book for interior design ideas”. That kind of says it all. - Irodori (FREE) analyzes a picture and highlights its most characteristic colors for export as a usable palette. This means you could take a picture a an icicle (and capture the dominant blues, grays and what ever colors were being refracted then print out your new palette to
take to the paint shop) - ColorSnap for iPhone (FREE) matches color snapshots to Sherwin-Williams 1,500 available paint colors.
- PaintSwatches ($1.99) very helpful when it comes to coordinating all the colors in your home. It organizes your paint-palettes by room, making it easy to harmonize from room to room and shop for matching furniture. You also get a workspace for creating and saving custom color palettes, and you can match the shades you like to paint colors offered by various manufacturers.
- myPantone ($9.99) this is just like carrying around a Pantone fandeck. Ignore the comments about the app lacking cmyk – unless you’re a graphic designer, you don’t need that capability. It’s more than adequate for creating a color scheme on the go and even let’s you snap a picture for analysis (much like Irodori).
However, if you’re a hobby decorator, there’s no need to shell out $10. You’ll find that irodori, Color Snap and Paint Swatches to be powerful tools when used alone and in tandem.
If you’ve discovered a great app for decorating make sure to mention it in your comments.
Happy Decorating!
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