Chairish
If you'd like to buy or sell
high-quality pre-owned
decor, Chairish is a one-
stop shop. Sellers can
upload photos of furniture via the app,
and then Chairish's curators decide which
items to sell. The company takes care of
payment, shipping, and returns for most
sales. Listing items is free, and the seller
keeps 80 percent of the final sale. Buyers
can look forward to finds from Knoll,
Herman Miller, Christian Liaigre, Ligne
Roset, B&B Italia, and other brands.
Price: free
Color911
Create and save color
palettes for your next
decorating project with
the Color911 app. Color
specialist Amy Wax has generated more
than 80 downloadable color themes, but
users can also create a palette based on a
photograph taken on their device as well as
organize favorite colors into folders, then
share with friends or designers by e-mail.
Price: $3.99
Lofty
Lofty is an app for buying
and selling valuable
fine art and antiques. A
team of appraisers and auction-house
specialists—including vets from Christie's,
Sotheby's, and Antiques Roadshow— assess
lets you reimagine any space in your home
by applying different styles, color and
décor. Using the iPad camera, decorations
and other room elements can be overlaid
on an existing space, and resulting images
can measured and stored. With Mark On
Call HD, you can create inventories and
shopping lists, and everything is easily
transferable to professional designers or
contractors.
Price: $4.99
Home Maintenance
Home Maintenance is a
customizable calendar
app that helps you track
the maintenance and
upkeep of your home and garden. Whether
it's checking smoke alarms, scheduling
the annual HVAC service, or cleaning the
gutters, Home Maintenance will remind you
in a timely fashion of what needs to be
done. You can use prepared lists or create
your own, and note-taking and receipt-
saving tools allow you track everything that
happens.
Price: $4.99
ROOOMY
With the ability to
convert 2-D photos into
3-D renderings, Rooomy
allows homeowners and designers to
envision different configurations of art and
furnishings in a specific space, with direct
links to retailers when they settle on the
perfect pieces.
Price: free
