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"Design Apps on Tap\nFor many home-improvement projects, there's no longer a need to lug a notebook and a heavy toolbox from room to room. A handful of digital apps have put significant renovation power right into your pocket. Here are a few of the best\nMagicPlan\n\nNeed a quick floor plan but don't know how to use an AutoCAD program? Take a few photographs of a room, and this app will draw a floor plan of it (you can export the file for home or commercial use).\n\nFree\nColor Capture\n\nThe ideal paint shade is just clicks away with this app, which lets you take a photo, zero in on a favorite hue, and get the corresponding Benjamin Moore color code. Then use the retail locator to find the store nearest you that carries it.\n\nFree\neDesign Assistant\n\nSearch among some 36,000 different fabrics and furnishings from Kravet and Lee Jofa; or use your device's camera to snap a color, then let the app choose a range of matching products.\n\nFree\niHandy Carpenter\n\nThis clever app transforms your tablet or smartphone into five useful tools: surface level, bubble level, plumb bob, protractor, and ruler. You'll never again have an excuse for hanging a crooked picture.\n\n$2\nPhoto Measures\n\nHere's an app that lets you photograph a room you plan to renovate or decorate, then enter detailed measurements for future reference\u2014very useful when shopping or meeting with contractors.\n\n$5\nHouzz Interior Design Ideas\n\nThis app will stoke your imagination. Houzz provides access to more than 100,000 photos of interiors, sortable by room, style, or location. It also has contractor directories for over 50 metropolitan areas.\n\nFree"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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