Inside Houzz Tour: Tel Aviv!
The Houzz team in Tel Aviv shared a glimpse of their warm and welcoming new office. Full of light, color, and plenty of areas to collaborate, the space provides a fun and comfortable environment for...
View ArticleHouzz Acquires GardenWeb from NBCUniversal, Welcomes the GardenWeb Community...
We’re excited to share that Houzz has completed the acquisition of GardenWeb, the longstanding home and gardening community, from NBCUniversal. The GardenWeb and Houzz communities have a lot in common...
View ArticleNew Bedroom, New Style
Contemporary BedroomIt’s out with the old and in with the new style when it comes to master bedroom upgrades, according to the 2015 U.S. Houzz Bedroom Trends Study. Before our master bedroom renovating...
View ArticleHouzz API Tests at a Glance
As a fast-growing company, we have an increasing number of APIs consumed by our mobile apps, internal batch processes, and business partners. Manually testing these APIs each time has become almost...
View ArticleHouzzer Profile: Philip Law, Front-End Engineer
As a front-end engineer, Philip is an avid problem solver who enjoys the challenges of building a great user experience for a large-scale web application. When he’s not at work you can find him playing...
View ArticleHouzz Launches in Sweden and Denmark
We’re thrilled to announce Houzz Denmark and Houzz Sweden, dedicated websites and apps for Danish and Swedish homeowners, home professionals and design lovers.From the addition of new professional...
View ArticleRemodeling Goes to the Dogs (and Cats!)
We knew pets are popular among Houzzers but were blown away by the response to our first-ever survey of how our community caters to their pet at home: over 10,000 responses in Houzz markets around the...
View ArticleHouzzer Profile: Aran Yeo, UX and Visual Designer
Aran is a UX and Visual Designer at Houzz, where her responsibilities span everything from creating digital products to crafting a visual language for the site. Outside of work, her favorite things to...
View ArticleIntroducing Houzz for Apple TV
Our mission since day one has been to provide the best experience for home renovation and design through technology. We’re excited to share that the Houzz experience is now available on Apple TV®,...
View ArticleA Spooktacular Houzz-o-ween!
From festive decor to pumpkin carving to costumes galore, Houzzers around the world got into the spirit of Halloween this year. Check out a few photos from our haunted Houzz festivities:Members of our...
View ArticleRenovation Industry Surpasses Pre-Recession Peak
Last week, I attended the Remodeling Futures Conference at Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (JCHS). There, JCHS announced that the home renovation market size will have reached $326 billion by...
View ArticleBrotzeit: A Houzzer Tradition in Berlin
“You don’t have to cook to enjoy great food” – this is the philosophy behind the Bavarian Brotzeit, a small, bread-based meal. Houzzers in our Berlin office have made Brotzeit their own Wednesday...
View ArticleDeveloping for Apple TV
We recently debuted our newest app, Houzz for Apple TV®, bringing home design to the living room. In these blog posts I will share some of the lessons we learned during the development process.The Big...
View ArticleDeveloping for Apple TV, Part II
In the last post we covered the main differences developing for tvOS, how to set up your project, and some of the details related to managing the focus. In this post, we’ll dive more into focus...
View ArticleA Happy Houzzgiving!
Last night, Houzzers in our Palo Alto HQ gathered for our annual Thanksgiving feast to celebrate the holiday together as a Houzz family. Of course we had the staples: sliced turkey, roasted sweet...
View ArticleIntroducing Sketch, a New Way to Bring Design Ideas to Life
Users flip through more than one billion photos on Houzz apps every month, and spend over an hour a month on average on the Houzz app. Today we’re thrilled to introduce Sketch, an entirely new function...
View ArticleA Sweet Gingerbread Showdown
To get into the holiday spirit, Houzzers in our Palo Alto office competed in a fun Gingerbread Houzz contest. Each team worked together to design and build a sweet dream home. There are a number of...
View ArticleCongrats to the Best of Houzz 2016 Winners!
You may see a new badge or two on your favorite home pro’s profile. Today we revealed our community’s picks for Best Of Houzz 2016, a homeowner-to-homeowner guide to the top home builders, architects,...
View ArticleHouzz App for Android Now Updated with Sketch
Our powerful new mobile function, Sketch, is now available on the free Houzz app for Android™. Sketch makes it even easier to communicate through images and to bring design ideas to life by adding...
View ArticleThe New “Super Kitchen” Calls for Pro Help, Houzz Survey Finds
Transitional KitchenDo you entertain in your kitchen? Use it as a home office? Or watch TV while cooking? Our 2016 U.S. Kitchen Trends Study revealed the rise of the “super kitchen,” a multi-functional...
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