Web watch: Butterfly-field

1. Houzz:

When you sign up to Houzz, you get a lovely welcome email inviting you to browse the more than, count ‘em, 1,000,000 photos for ideas and inspiration. Then you can set up an ideabook to save your favourites. It’s got the collaborative vibe going on with the aim being to bring homeowners and professionals together, and all very social media and mobile device friendly, of course. So whether you need advice on a project, inspiration for a new bathroom design or basic product info, it’s all here. According to them, they have the largest residential design database in the world. The discussions are very distracting too, you get drawn into them. ‘What colour should I paint my house?’, ‘Help me redesign a 90s kitchen’, and my personal favourite: ‘New knobs for old buffet’.

* www.houzz.com