An Invaluable Tool For Home Owners- And it's Free!
Every home owner knows how much time goes into planning a remodel or room addition.
Before you can even think about how the room is going to look you know you have to find the person who will do it the way you want at the price you want.
Once you have picked your contractor and decided on your price you still have a list of challenges to overcome. First, you have to explain to them the exact image you have of what you want your new room to look like. Then, you have to accept that not everything will go as planned. Maybe that wall you wanted to take out is a supporting beam that cannot be completely demolished. After that, you still have to stay within your price range if you want to change, add or modify things along the way.
Houzz is one way that home owners can save themselves and their contractors much stress. When it comes to designing your new room there are many steps that go into the process. When you, the home owner, and your contractor have the same image in mind you can both move forward without any misunderstandings of simple things-like the color of your new tiles or the style of your faucet and the overall feel of the room.
Just click on Houzz.com and allow your senses to overload.
Ways to Use Houzz to Collaborate:
1. Find Inspirations on Houzz You Want to Replicate
Before hiring your contractor find enough pictures that represent the style, color and design of your new room. You can then show your prospective contractors these pictures so they can give you a more accurate estimate. The more clarity there is up front the less misunderstandings will arise in the future.
2. Use the Notes in Houzz
When you are adding a photo of that ideal room to your album be sure to add into the notes the things about the room that you want and don't want as clearly as possible. You should have enough notes in each picture that someone could look at your album and, without ever speaking to you, recreate what you desire.
3. Purchase What You Want Directly from Houzz
Many photos will tag the exact product they used for their design and link to it in the picture. Also, you can search products by design, style, color, price,etc. They have a great selection and range of products available it is very user friendly.
Here are some examples of the inspirations we brought to life for one of our homeowners:
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| Inspiration from Houzz |
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| Our Remodel of this Design |
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| Inspiration from Houzz |
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| Our Remodel of this Design |
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