10 home improvement, female-run Instagram accounts you need to follow By Sophie Bird published 8 March 21 FEATURE To mark International Women’s Day 2022, we’ve rounded up ten female-run home and garden improvement accounts for all your at-home inspiration.
How to add color to your home By Sophie Bird published 1 March 21 How To Wondering how to add color to your home? Turns out it’s not as tricky as you think and it doesn’t have to cost a fortune either.
Virtual Architect Ultimate Home Design With Landscaping and Decks 10.0 review By Carrie Marshall last updated 15 February 21 Review Virtual Architect Ultimate 10.0 combines easy-to-use features with a fantastic selection of props and objects to really bring your ideas together.
TurboFloorPlan Home & Landscape Pro 2020 review By Nick Carson last updated 25 September 20 Review Packed with time-saving features, TurboFloorPlan Home & Landscape Pro 2020 is particularly well-suited to designing decking.
SketchUp Pro review By Rebecca Spear last updated 15 July 20 REVIEW Large icons and customizable toolbars make SketchUp Pro easy for CAD beginners without taking away the powerful tools professionals need.
Pantone’s new app will help you find the perfect paint color - here’s how to use it By Millie Fender published 1 July 20 NEWS Pantone Connect is the new smartphone app to perfect your interior design - here’s how to use it.
How COVID-19 is changing our housing needs, according to an architect By Millie Fender published 15 June 20 NEWS A shift from open-plan living and a renewed love of gardening could drive housing market changes.
SmartDraw Online Edition review By Carrie Marshall last updated 18 May 20 Review SmartDraw Online Edition doesn't have the whizzy 3D features of its rivals but it's a solid technical drawing app that's good for creating floor plans.
IKEA Home Planner review By Carrie Marshall last updated 18 May 20 Review It's limiting you to one retailer, of course, but the IKEA Home Planner app is a surprisingly clever option for fans of its Scandinavian designs.
Roomstyler 3D Home Planner review By Carrie Marshall last updated 18 May 20 Review Roomstyler 3D Home Planner is a simple, straightforward way to plan your room furnishing and decoration. Paid apps do more but this does plenty.
HomeByMe review By Carrie Marshall last updated 18 May 20 Review HomeByMe allows you to create beautiful, photorealistic versions of your designs to see exactly how each room will look.
Planner 5D review By Carrie Marshall last updated 15 May 20 Review Planner 5D is a great browser-based home design app, but watch out for the hidden pricing.
Floorplanner review By Carrie Marshall last updated 15 May 20 Review Floorplanner is a hugely capable and user-friendly interior design app with a superb object library, cross-platform support and confusing pricing.
Wait... what? Americans are panic-buying bidets, in case stores run out of toilet paper By Sophie Kaemmerle published 20 March 20 NEWS The budget bidet business is booming thanks to the coronavirus pandemic.
Total 3D Landscape & Deck Deluxe review By Nick Carson last updated 10 March 20 Review Total 3D Landscape & Deck Deluxe is a cheap and cheerful entry-level landscape design package priced for beginners, but expect only basic functionality.
Realtime Landscaping Pro review By Nick Carson last updated 10 March 20 Review Powerful and user-friendly in equal measure, Realtime Landscaping Pro is a dream for any landscape design project.
Home Designer Suite 2020 by Chief Architect review By Carrie Marshall published 19 February 20 Review Home Designer Suite isn't the friendliest app but the online help is good and there’s a great selection of design tools. The plant chooser is particularly useful.
DreamPlan Home Designer review By Carrie Marshall published 19 February 20 Review Cheap and cheerful, DreamPlan Home Designer is best suited to straightforward projects such as planning decks or working out how best to fill a room with furniture.
Sweet Home 3D 6.2 review By Carrie Marshall published 19 February 20 Review Sweet Home is quite basic but it's free, really easy to use and it runs very quickly on even fairly modest hardware. Just don’t expect super-speedy photorealistic rendering.
RoomSketcher review By Carrie Marshall published 19 February 20 Review RoomSketcher is a brilliant home design app that's let down with a bad pricing structure.