A person’s home is their castle, and a castle always needs to look its best. But with a tough economy and an even tougher job market, it can be hard to devote the resources to hiring a professional home decorator or interior designer to bring out the best.
That’s why we’re taking a look at the Top 18 Interior Design and Home Decorating Blogs for your inner do-it-yourselfer. Before you start your next project check-out suggested strategies and advice from these home decor sites and get it right the first time and for thousands less!
1. Design Sponge
The Design Sponge is a clean and easy-to-use interior design blog that specializes in DIY projects, product recommendations, solutions on a budget, and before-and-after looks, to name a few. With 21 ongoing regular columns from some of the best in the business, the site’s owner Grace Bonney has been featured on top programs like Good Morning America and The Martha Stewart Show (TV and radio).
2. Apartment Therapy
The Apartment Therapy website places a strong emphasis on home design, but that’s not all it offers. Sections on technology, children, cooking and green living, are also highlights, but they all tie back in to practical solutions for your apartment lifestyle. Decoration ideas, tips for de-cluttering your lifestyle, and ongoing contests where you can show off your own designer skills, are all part of the fun.
3. Habitually Chic
Heather Clawson, author of Habitually Chic, is a great source for the latest and greatest in the world of interior design and home decor. She lives in New York and works in the industry. Her blog is devoted to what she defines as “habitually chic people, places and things” that she is constantly surrounded by in her work. Blog contains musings on art, architecture, fashion, design, events, books, and photography, related to the industry.
4. The Lettered Cottage
“Our blog is our playground and passion pushes our swing.” That’s the motto of The Lettered Cottage, a place where authors Kevin and Layla Palmer bring their love of life, love, music and design to a devoted following of more than 8,000 subscribers. The Palmers left their day jobs in 2008 and have been professional designers ever since. The blog is very personal in tone, while still delivering helpful information on Christmas ideas, master bedroom choices, and removing ceramic tiles, among other features.
5. The Inspired Room
Melissa Michaels operates The Inspired Room, a personal blog that has picked up a strong following since it begun in 2007. Melissa tackles a lot of interior design DIY projects, though she proudly admits she is “not a DIY diva.” Yeah, right. With posts on how to turn a formal dining room into a craft and office space, how to create vintage living room makeovers, and how to put together that dream kitchen, we have a hard time believing it.
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