remodeling

Imagine bringing Flickr, Pinterest, shelter magazines, and your favorite interior designer together in one place to help you tackle your latest remodeling project. The Houzz iOS app does just that — for free! Consider it a digital scrapbook for all your home remodeling ideas.

Houzz, the largest database of home design ideas online, created an app with over 500,000 high-resolution photos to inspire, organize, and answer all your decorating questions. Rather than searching through piles of magazines, use Houzz to search, share, and save your favorite ideas.

Warning: the clean and easy layout makes it even more addicting, so actually getting your remodel off the ground may mean putting down your tablet for a moment or two. Don't worry, once construction is over, Houzz will still be there to help pair newly painted walls with the perfect lighting options.

Here's a post from CasaSugar Community member DStirk from the Su Casa group:

When my husband and I bought our home, we always knew that the kitchen had to go. Ugh. Everything was extremely out of date, and it was way too closed off from the rest of the house. Cooking in there was hot and cluttered. Nearly two years later we finally did it! Well, really an engineer and contractor did it, but you know what I mean. The cost was always what held us back, and it wasn't cheap, but now when it's all paid for and done, it's absolutely worth every penny. Our whole house has changed, and the kitchen, which we hated, is now the crown jewel.

See all the before and after photos after the jump.

Su Casa group member Rvarunnergal recently remodeled her bathroom, which as you can see, had simple builder-grade tiles beforehand. She says they wanted to make it more modern, so they added glass tiles to the shower and penny-size cork tiles on the floor. Want to see her bathroom in its updated form?

For those of us who are making do with overstuffed, poorly designed closets, this remodel project is the stuff that dreams are made of . . . or a serious case of room envy! What was once an attic in a Victorian was, thanks to the work of Lundberg Design, transformed into a bath and dressing suite. The new space eschews standard walls in favor of translucent glass panels, which separate the bath from the dressing area.

The panels' frosty tones are offset by an ebony-stained oak floor. Fiber optic lighting casts beautiful shadows, turning dresses into works of art. For a full tour of the space, read more