When it comes to home improvement, it’s always important to go down the easiest path. One thing’s for sure, maintaining a more secure and healthier home can be tedious, costly, and not to mention time-consuming.
Fortunately, there are a lot of apps that can help us handle home improvement projects no matter how complex. It’s only a matter of knowing which of these nifty apps are the right fit for the job.
You will need to make comparisons and find the features that best suit the goals you want to accomplish. Here’s a list of the top apps you may want to download and use in your next home improvement project.
Painting
Nothing can be simple and yet tedious quite like picking a color scheme for your home. When it comes to painting, it’s important to make sure you pick the combinations that work well. Color mismatches are a home improvement nightmare, so it’s best to avoid them using these color apps.
Selecting the right shade of yellow and picking an orange configuration that goes well with it can be really. Fortunately, with the Color Capture app, you can save yourself time to find a paint job you can work with. What’s more, it’s free to download and relatively easy to use. Just take a picture of the color you wanted and the app will suggest possible combinations that complement the shade you want to retain.
If you wanted an easier way to pick out color swatches based on reference photos, then HB Color can be a useful app along these lines. Using the app, you can reference color combinations using real-life photos of rooms.
This app is also a great tool for finding the best color combinations for a room. Simply take a picture of the color and the app will generate perfect combinations for your room. Color Snap also enables you to create your own color palette you can use to bring out the personality of any room.
Did you know that there are various shades of black you can paint your interior walls with? Color schemes can be tricky because it involves a great deal of knowledge which color and which shades work well with each other. Using Color Smart, you don’t have to go through the pains of understanding the color wheel to beautify your room.
Home maintenance apps
Are you looking for things to repair around the house? Maintenance is an important part of improving your home, but it demands a great deal of technical knowledge to pull off. With these apps, however, at least you can fix minor or even major issues by yourself – if you have the time for it of course.
Using Handyman DIY, you can browse through a massive collection of tips and tricks that can help you finish your work faster and with quality in tow. The app also comes with a feature which gives you the materials you need for any project as well step-by-step guides to handling them.
Doing home maintenance projects can eat up a lot of time. Just imagine the amount of hours you can save from fixing a leaky faucet. One thing’s for sure, many people ignore home maintenance simply because they don’t have the luxury of time for it. It’s for this very reason that BrightNest was developed. Aside from giving helpful DIY guides, the app also features a personalized schedule maker, so you can plan out your projects in advance and save enough time for other important things. With BrightNest, you won’t have to look for ideas on improving your home.
Intelligent prefab homes are the craze at the moment, mostly because of how economical they are. Still, it’s possible to adapt prefab technology to your current home, simply by using an app that lets you to maximize your maintenance budget and allow you to make cost-effective adjustments to your home. The app also uses cloud technology to store your computations, allowing you to access your data whenever you’re ready for your next home improvement project.
What to handle quick fixes, but don’t have the right tools for measuring and sizing? The iHandy Carpenter would be a great Apple app to have since it’s a ruler, plumb bob, protractor and other measuring implements rolled into one. No need to carry those tools around since this app has everything you need for any construction or home improvement project you can think of. Plus, it also works great for any arts and crafts projects that might catch your fancy.
Energy-efficiency
At the moment, home improvement has to include an environmental component. Not only does it help reduce energy costs, but environmental apps can also secure a cleaner and greener home. Let’s look at some of the best options under this category.
It pays to keep tabs on how much energy you consume at home. It literally pays in the form of the money you will be saving. With the Energy Consumption Analyzer app, you will be able to gauge household power consumption on a daily, weekly, or monthly basis. This can really help in terms of determining home improvement projects that can lower your carbon footprint as well as your monthly energy costs.
Nicknamed TED, this app is useful in terms of gauging the power current that flows into your home. For this, you will need to install a device in your distribution board. Next, you will need to install the TED app in your mobile phone. The device inside the distribution board will automatically communicate with your phone, allowing you to obtain real-time power readings. The data you get is useful for doing home improvement projects aimed at lessening your energy consumption.
Want an all-in-one app for monitoring your gas, water and, of course, energy consumption? You might want to install Energy Saver, which can help you choose the best appliances for maximum energy efficiency.
