Keeping your home stylish and interesting is not always as easy as we like to think, often it takes only a couple of bad decisions to turn what could have been a modern, stylish home into a interior designer’s nightmare.
Luckily, we’ve put together a list of the top 5 most influential Irish interior design websites, so you can find all the tips, tricks and ideas you could ever need right here on our list! While there are plenty of incredible places across the UK that will help boost the style in your home, today’s list consists of Irish-only entries! This list is in descending order (#1 being the most influential) and ranks sites through our eyes. Did we miss one of your personal favourites? Leave a comment below and let us know who you would have included!
#1 House and Home
Website: www.houseandhome.ie/
Twitter: @houseandhomemag
First on our list is the fantastic House and Home. This great site is half design blog and half retailer of great home products and additions. Updating regularly with great guides, competitions and examples of different styles and designs in homes and establishments around Ireland, House and Home manages to find a perfect balance between being a fantastic source of design inspiration, and selling a genuinely brilliant range of home products too.
Why we love this site: House and Home have no qualms with letting their products take a back seat on their website. Their site makes it all too clear that they intend to be a great source of information and ideas for their readers, and that’s exactly what they do.
#2 Interior Design Academy of Ireland
Website: www.idai.ie/blog.php
Twitter: @InteriorAcademy
This blog posts articles giving a wide range of ideas and inspiration on interiors. Past articles such as their detailed analysis of colour schemes give some fantastic advice to readers, and really help deliver an all round understanding of interior design, as well as just singular designs to follow.
Why we love this site: The Interior Design Academy of Ireland flexes its detailed understanding of interior design, giving readers a glimpse into the science of the art. They aren’t stingy with the tips and advice they share, making this blog a valuable resource for any budding amateur interior designer!
#3 Emerald Interior Design Blog
Website: www.emeraldinteriordesign.ie/blog/
Twitter: @EmeraldInterior
Although this blog is simply an extension of the main site it really gives some fantastic examples of stylish interiors, and Dublin-based interior designer Karen Hughes regularly updates the site with photos, related topics and personal favourites throughout the week. This blog is a great source for new ideas in colour schemes, furnishings and home features, so be sure to check it out on a weekly basis!
Why we love this site: You can tell from the frequency of Karen’s updates that she is dedicated and truly in love with interior design in all its forms. Her passion for design is certainly contagious!
#4 Home Interiors
Website: www.homeinteriors.ie/category/blog/
Twitter: @homeinteriorsIR
The Home Interiors blog features some truly fantastic styles and designs, from summer themed colour schemes to new and interesting ways to decorate for Christmas. Elaine manages to source the best images for each article, bringing each piece to life and giving her readers a great deal of inspiration. We home Elaine keeps writing these fantastic articles later in 2013!
Why we love this site: Elaine generously uses beautiful imagery to accompany the text in her articles, making for an informative and thoroughly enjoyable read.
#5 Ireland’s Homes Interiors & Living
Website: www.ihil.net/
Twitter:@IHILmagazine
This site gives a good look into each month’s issue Ireland’s Home Interiors & Living Magazine, and with that, gives visitors access to tons of high resolution images and articles which they can flick through and take inspiration from. For the full range of content available from IHI&L, visitors will have to subscribe to their monthly magazine, but that’s not to say you can’t find some great ideas within their numerous preview pages!
Why we love this site: The high resolution images can be viewed as an online PDF, meaning you can zoom in, directly save images and instantly print images for later reference. Plus their designs are fantastic too!
So there we have our top 5 Irish sites for interior design! Remember to check out each featured website and leave a comment below if we missed a site you think should be on the list!