COOL APPS -Need Help Updating Your Home? There’s an App for That! (Part 1)
If you’re in the market for a new home, technology can help make your search a little easier. The list of apps is endless as there are mobile apps that allow you to search listings, calculate mortgage costs, find out which businesses and attractions are nearby, and decipher real estate terms you’ll hear throughout the home-buying process. Over the next few weeks, we’ll be showcasing some of the best real estate apps that our agents use while helping home buyers and home sellers in Denver:
We’ll start with a really cool app that helps you choose paint color. If you’ve been thinking about updating your home with a fresh coat of paint but don’t know what color to use, mobile help is on its way in an app called ColorSmart by BEHR® Mobile.
Available for iPhone and Android and now optimized for the iPad, the app helps you find, coordinate and preview colors “on-the-go.”
This tool has the same great features as its online version, so you can:
- Browse through any of the BEHR Premium Plus Ultra® and Premium Plus® colors.
- Photo-match to a BEHR color with the photo-match tool.
- Preview your colors in different rooms and styles.
- Share your latest project on your Facebook and Twitter accounts.
- Save colors, room images, calculations and store locations to your account.
- Paint a room image with its touch-and-tap technology
For more information, visit Behr Colorsmart Mobile App.
Once you’re done painting, there’s another app you might want to use that will let you know if the artwork that you’ve put back up on the walls is straight.
The iHandy Level for iPhone can check if your picture frames and shelves are level. It also works on other flat surfaces, even your furniture.
Easy to install and use, this app is a handy tool for any level-checking needs you might have.
According to its website, “the app is a practice in skeuomorphism, using a digital onscreen level to accurately display the readings being taken from the sensors in your phone. It’s actually easy to forget that the phone itself is not a level but has a gyroscope inside that can sense the movements you make.
“When tested against a traditional level, we found it consistently accurate within one degree. That kind of accuracy is more than enough for the vast majority of your household projects.”