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New Design App ‘Fittzy’ Makes Interior Decorating a Breeze

By Meredith McEntee

With a new space comes great opportunity—time for fresh creations on a blank canvas. We know this as fellow lovers of home design. I had this opportunity last month when I moved into a one-bedroom house in North Portland. But the new space raised questions for me—how exactly should I set it up? The living room wall was especially expansive with vaulted ceilings—more space than I knew what to do with.

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I turned to a new app called Fittzy for guidance. It’s a powerful interior design tool that helps you visualize a given space before you place even one nail in the wall.

Do you have a stack of framed photos? Are you considering adding a new piece of furniture to a room? Fittzy helped me see all those kinds of ideas come together before I started the heavy lifting. I could visualize the layout of my art on the wall and could window shop for new items from the comfort of my couch.

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I started by assessing the Fittzy account options available—Premium, Professional, and Art Partner. Premium was a good fit for my pedestrian design needs. Professional and Art Partner accounts have access to added tools and brand exposure, for a monthly subscription fee—handy for retailers and artists.

Following the tutorial prompts, I gathered images of my space–  well-lit photograph of my living room wall, then an image of each framed photo I was planning to hang. I made sure to include the Fittzy smart code–my personal favorite part of this app. This smart code—similar to a QR code—automatically captures the measurements of an item in the shot, ensuring that your final image is accurately to-scale. All of these images saved in my Fittzy gallery, so I could add them in layers to the living room base.

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The toolkit is straightforward and versatile—your basic crop and rotate functions are there, but so are tracing (for measuring an irregularly shaped object) and annotation (for taking notes).

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During the week, I would play around with my designs, shifting frames to new places on the wall and browsed stores for console table options that would cover that eyesore of a heater. I could even test possible paint colors from Miller Paints and Sherwin Williams Paints for a really refreshed look.

I could see the different versions in full color and all with a few swipes of my finger. It felt like a game, but with real life results. After several “design sessions,” I decided on a collage layout. It broke up the wide neutral space and added some variety to the room. 

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I ended my project here, satisfied that the frames were on the wall, though there’s always room for more development. I am still shopping for that console table and will consider adding a new paint color, but Fittzy helped me get started making my new house a home.

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