A home can look plain or drab in a lot of ways. However take time to check other sources that can offer great new ideas to spice up the appearance of any home inside and out. Sometimes it takes just a few minutes (and maybe some miles) to go on a journey to discover these sources of inspiration.
Money.usnews.com featured an article that gives home owners, old and new, other ways to use the Internet other than just merely browsing during one's spare time. Here are a few:
Search engines like Google, and even social media platforms with unlimited photos like Pinterest and Flicker are two of the most common places to begin searching for new design ideas. These free tools provides searchers flexibility and works even when just typing a few words to search; it even gives out results for mistyped or misspelled words. Nothing escapes the tools even a 5 year old can do it.
Open houses and home design catalogs offer beautiful design ideas such as that of Ikea. Most home sellers are in the trend of employing home designers to give a renewed look to their former homes before placing them in the market. Get cues from these designers and use them as a DIY project when thinking of redesigning one's space, as mentioned in the same article.
Local arts and crafts fairs and design centers also offers a very good chance to explore the results of other people's creativity, as featured in a news.yahoo.com article. Showrooms that are included in these events provide home owners a learning experience in terms of being given the opportunity to scrutinize their work/products as well as being able to gather ideas all in one place. The nice thing about them also is it is not a requirement to purchase anything and if there's something of interest, there's always a chance to ask for a discount.
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