Top Apps for Design Inspiration

The mother of all design inspiration sites, Pinterest fuels the flames of nights spent hunting for a stunning DIY console table for the front entry, or organization tactics for kid's toys. The uses of Pinterest are as infinite as the time I spend scrolling it's neverending pages, and "pinning" your favorite photos to theme-based "boards" is the best way I know to organize your thoughts around a project.

Imagine all the houses that HGTV has featured in all the years they've been on TV — decorating results from their hosts, design contestants and giveaway houses. Now imagine that you can find them all in one app, a one-stop shop for inspiration from the network, as well as partnering designers. HGTV Folio is curated by category, color or style, so you can easily find what you're looking for, or, if you're not entirely sure what your style is, a "find your style" quiz helps you uncover it. Plus product information, so you can find the chair you fell in love with.

Get the feel of a composed room before you even buy a single end table with Olioboard. Create a room, then grab pictures of products from the catalogs of major retailers like Crate and Barrel, or upload your own photos of items you have your eye on. Finally, know if that leather couch works with that vintage Oushak rug before you lug them home from the furniture store.

Capture inspiration wherever it strikes: Evernote is the digital version of the notepad you keep by your bed for breaking moments of genius. Except it's so much more than notes: upload helpful articles from the web, tear sheets, photos you take on your phone, even voice notes. Got receipts, tear sheets, paint colors? Everything can be organized by tags and notebooks, so your information stays organized, and you can access it from anywhere.