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2. Select your desired color or use your camera to capture a color you like from any image. 3. Use your finger to tap the wall you wish to change to that color. While not perfect, these apps

can often “paint” around furniture and objects to let you visualize a finished room. Other good apps for virtual painting include Home Depot’s ProjectColor, Luminant Software’s Paint Tester

and Variable Technologies’ Color Muse. Video: Three Ways Apps Make Decorating Easier VIRTUALLY PLACE FURNITURE, VISUALIZE FLOOR PLANS Just like you can virtually paint your walls, you can

visualize 2D and 3D floor plans and superimpose 3D furniture into your rooms to give you inspiration for furniture layout and design. Several mixed-reality home design apps digitally insert

new 3D furniture into the room you’re seeing through your camera lens. In most cases, you can rotate a sofa, set of chairs or tables using your fingertips, enlarge or shrink them by zooming

in and out, and snap a photo to share with your decorator, family or friends. Free apps include those from retailers such as Ikea, Wayfair and West Elm, as well as Amikasa, Home Design 3D,

MagicPlan, Planner 5D, Room Arranger, Room Planner and Room Sketcher, among others. Be sure to read reviews before you download an app. Some apps and websites can also connect you with

professionals in your area for renovation and remodeling projects. SKETCH IDEAS, PLAY GAMES If you love to be inspired but want to create your own vision, several apps are at the ready —

from Instagram photos to Pinterest posts and TikTok and YouTube videos. Be as descriptive as possible in your search, such as “mid-century modern kitchen with hints of farmhouse.” You’ll be

surprised at what comes up — pages and pages of ideas that may hit the mark. They’re sometimes combined with past search results. Other apps let you play around with spatial design by

sketching ideas directly on your smartphone. Using your fingertip or a stylus pen, you can sketch using the Notes app or invest in another popular note-taking app such as Evernote,

Notability, Notion, Obsidian or OneNote, which may have more design features. And if your budget doesn't include decorating this year, you can play at home decorating with dozens of

home design games. Augmented reality, tile and mix and match games such as Home Design Makeover, Home Designer — Makeover Blast, Makeover Dream: Tile Match, My Home Design Story, Property

Brothers Home Design and a ton of others are available in the Apple App and Google Play stores.