Even the most dedicated dragonfly watchers have to go home sometime. And when they do, they want to be comfortable and visually soothed or stimulated just like everyone else. Being dragonfly lovers, though, we tend to be very visual and to care a lot about how our surroundings look.
For those who care about interior design as well as landscaping, there is an interesting site called Houzz that offers over 250,000 photos of interior decor in real homes. Houzz provides a forum for homeowners and professional designers and landscapers to share ideas and solutions. The site has gotten rave reviews from CNN, Wall Street Journal, and a host of other media.
The Houzz site is organized into categories that you can browse by
Style (type of decor: Asian, contemporary, eclectic, Mediterranean, modern, traditional, or tropical)
Space (bathroom, bedroom, closet, dining room, entry, exterior, family room, hall, home office, kids, kitchen, landscape, laundry room, living room, media room, patio, pool, porch, powder room, staircase, wine cellar)
You can also browse by Metro area (including cities in the US, Canada, Australia, and the UK, plus Amsterdam, Hong Kong, Tel Aviv and 55,000 other metro areas). There are other categories, too, making it possible to organize the site for viewing just about any way you want to.
There are sections for asking questions, for locating products, and for finding professionals to help. The site also provides a free place for designers to display their portfolios
Houzz even provides a way to create your own personal ideabook to save your favorite photos into an online file for each home or garden renovation or decorating project you are planning. You can also upload your own photos to view with the ones you have saved from the site.
So to keep your home surroundings as fresh and appealing as a dragonfly, now there is free help and inspiration. And for planning a beautiful garden to attract dragonflies, Houzz has a Landscape section, with over 1500 landscaping photos.
What a tremendous resource!
