What we love: Ideas for outdoor lighting, visualizing your home makeover

Glowing recommendations for outdoor lighting

Outdoor lighting is often an afterthought in exterior facelifts and landscape designs, something not remembered until the plants are dug, the deck is built and the house is repainted. If you find yourself in this kind of dark spot, don't despair. Here are some recommendations from lighting professionals:

Source: The Washington Post

Visualize your home makeover

Here's how it works: Take a photo or two of the room to which you want to add a new chair, bed or desk. Pick a piece of furniture you want to browse for from a list based on various categories (living room, bedroom and lighting), or narrow your options first from one of the app's four featured brands: CB2, Pier 1 Imports, Capitol Lighting and Ikea. Select an item you like, and it appears superimposed on the photo of your room. You can scale the item to whatever size you'd prefer, drag it to different spots and rotate it.

The price for each item you add to your room displays when you click on it, and a shopping cart icon takes you to a more detailed listing: the name, dimensions, price and a link to buy it or find it in stores. You can save your room as a photo on your phone's camera roll, email it to friends or post it to Facebook. Available free, only for iOS.

Source: The Washington Post

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What we love: Ideas for outdoor lighting, visualizing your home makeover