Get Inspired: Outstanding Home and Design Resources

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I am "design challenged." So I really LOVE blogs, lists, websites, and resources that help me find inspiration, have great photos and great tips to get me inspired. Thanks to all these great blogs for saving me time while helping me learn and get inspired. The best of home, interior and lifestyle... More »

WEBSITE: Pinterest

Lets you organize and share all the beautiful things you find on the web. You can browse pinboards created by other people to discover patterns, furniture and accessories that catch your eye.

Blog - Chiclectic

Dedicated to sharing stylishly beautiful, accessible finds from the many and varied places where chic lives.

chiclectic.com

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Awesome new blog by a friend of mine. Very well organized and easy to read. Inspiring ideas.

Lisa: I'm honored to be included!

BLOG: Rue Magazine

Your pathway to stylish living.

ruemag.com

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Wonderful magazine with a great blog. Favorite part is the gallery of photos, organized by room.

BLOG: Habitually Chic

New York City blog with musings on art, architecture, design, fashion, photography, books, events, and everything else habitually chic!

LIST: 10 Things I'd Spend My Future Second Husband's Money On by Madeleine Six | SkinnyScoop

If for some reason I found myself windowed at 28 and, addled by grief and sorrow, I got re-married to a rich older man with a bad cough and had to somehow console myself with material things to disguise my aching loneliness, THIS is what my house...

Fun list with some cool design ideas. Great example of a list that YOU could put together with some of your personal faves on it.

BLOG: High Street Market

A love for anything vintage! Strong believe that antique items bring a sense of personality and interest to your home unlike any other "new" accessory can. Ideas for "treasures" abound.

BLOG: MIMI+MEG

mimiandmegblog.com

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Meg designed this blog as a place to collect her visual inspiration. Featuring fashion, interior, art, trends and more.

Megan: Wow, thanks!

BLOG: coco+kelley

Cassandra Lavalle and team share stunning interiors, brilliant fashion, inspired tabletops and original color palettes - always with a touch of glamour. Love "room of the week" posts.

BLOG: Diary of The Coveteur

Erin takes you inside the closets of internationally influential cultural forecasters, showing us what culminates in their personal style - one item at a time. Personalization behind fashion's elite w amazing photography.

BLOG: Sacramento Street :: Living with Great Style + Interiors

sacramentostreet.com

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Lifestyle blog by Caitlin Flemming. Inspirations in interiors, fashion, travel, photography and anything else. Love the “which do you adore” posts – great photos and ideas.

Krista: Caitlin is one of my favorite San Francisco design bloggers. She's super sweet in person too!

BLOG: Design*Sponge

Your home for all things Design. Home Tours, DIY Project, City Guides, Shopping Guides, Before & Afters and much more

designsponge.com

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Design blog run by Brooklyn-based writer, Grace Bonney, since 2004. Featured on Good Morning America and Martha Stewart Show. So many ideas. Love the “meetups” that Grace puts together for women running design-based businesses. I heart mavens.

BLOG: Design Darling

Mackenzie started this as an outlet to share fashion and interiors that inspire her. We share a love of to-do lists, and hers always have fantastic photos. Plus – a great list of blogs to check out.

LIST: Tommy's Bookmark Bar - Invite Only by Tommy Smythe | SkinnyScoop

I'm a pretty busy guy so I don't have time to visit tons of blogs every day. These are my go to's and my very favorites for design, fashion and lifestyle. Some by friends. Some by colleagues. Hope you like. What should I add to this list?

Love this list from Tommy Smythe. You will too!

Mission Decorate

Suggested by Kerrie LaRosa:

My mission is to design our home in a thrifty, warm and comfy way and to share the journey with you. Now I am no pro but I am creative, passionate and willing to try anything. Join me as I refinish furniture, create my own art, and make old into new.

Houzz - Home Design, Decorating and Remodeling Ideas and Inspiration, Kitchen and Bathroom Design

The largest collection of interior design and decorating ideas on the Internet, including kitchens and bathrooms. Over 150,000 inspiring photos and 90,000 idea books from top designers around the world. Remodeling and decorating ideas and inspiration...

houzz.com

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Suggested by Racky Friedman:

Create a personal "Ideabook" of design and decorating ideas by style, space or metro area. They feature daily Ideabooks, allow you to share and ask questions with friends and designers and so much more. Get ready to spend hours on this site!

Remodelista: Sourcebook for the Considered Home

Remodelista is a one-stop sourcebook for the considered home guiding readers through the home design and renovation process with inspiration from well-edited interiors and carefully selected and enduring products.

remodelista.com

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Suggested by Jennifer Tyler Lee:

They make it really easy to find what you're looking for, and they have great design advice.

Eden Godsoe: My sister, who barely uses the Internet, is obsessed with this site so I checked it out. Very cool. Must reference as we redo our living room

apartment-34.com

Apartment 34 celebrates curating a styled life, providing thousands of readers with daily finds for all things fabulous including fashion, decor, weddings, interiors, food and photography.

Suggested by Krista:

I love Erin's sense of style - her writing is superb, her picks are fab and she's a total sweetheart too. She recently moved to San Francisco, so I have to give her extra love!

decor8

decor8 features fresh finds for hip spaces. As featured in Good Housekeeping, In-Style and more!

Suggested by Krista:

This is a long-time favorite design blog of mine, and I'm SO bummed out that I missed Holly's appearance and book signing in San Francisco last week.

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AlexisAnne added:

 It's a blog full of stylish design ideas and simple projects that anyone can do at home. You can browse by room, or by season to find realistic and fresh approaches to design and organizing challenges faced by everyone.

Melissa Pont added:

 This is a great way to decorate your home. You use your own photos and print them on wrapped canvas.

Easy Canvas Prints

easycanvasprints.com

Your photo on canvas prints

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Krista added:

 OK, I'm absolutely obsessed with this website - all easy IKEA makeovers. Want, want, want!

IKEA Hackers

ikeahackers.net

We just can't leave IKEA alone, can we? We hack, personalise, repurpose IKEA products into the very thing we want. And we love sharing our creation with others. If you have an IKEA hack, we would love to see it.

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Kerrie LaRosa added:

 My mission is to design our home in a thrifty, warm and comfy way and to share the journey with you. Now I am no pro but I am creative, passionate and willing to try anything. Join me as I refinish furniture, create my own art, and make old into new.

Mission Decorate

missiondecorate.com

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Racky Friedman added:

 Create a personal "Ideabook" of design and decorating ideas by style, space or metro area. They feature daily Ideabooks, allow you to share and ask questions with friends and designers and so much more. Get ready to spend hours on this site!

Houzz - Home Design, Decorating and Remodeling Ideas and Inspiration, Kitchen and Bathroom Design

houzz.com

The largest collection of interior design and decorating ideas on the Internet, including kitchens and bathrooms. Over 150,000 inspiring photos and 90,000 idea books from top designers around the world. Remodeling and decorating ideas and inspiration...

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Jennifer Tyler Lee added:

 They make it really easy to find what you're looking for, and they have great design advice.

Remodelista: Sourcebook for the Considered Home

remodelista.com

Remodelista is a one-stop sourcebook for the considered home guiding readers through the home design and renovation process with inspiration from well-edited interiors and carefully selected and enduring products.

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Krista added:

 I love Erin's sense of style - her writing is superb, her picks are fab and she's a total sweetheart too. She recently moved to San Francisco, so I have to give her extra love!

apartment-34.com

apartment-34.com

Apartment 34 celebrates curating a styled life, providing thousands of readers with daily finds for all things fabulous including fashion, decor, weddings, interiors, food and photography.

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Krista added:

 This is a long-time favorite design blog of mine, and I'm SO bummed out that I missed Holly's appearance and book signing in San Francisco last week.

decor8

decor8blog.com

decor8 features fresh finds for hip spaces. As featured in Good Housekeeping, In-Style and more!

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