We’re pleased to announce our own interactive design page at Sprucebox that lets you see and change options.
Knowing how to combine textures and materials requires special skills professional designers bring to the creation of new kitchens and baths. A pro often knows from experience how various combinations of tile, flooring, sinks, faucets, cabinets and other key features will look. Still, it’s invaluable to have renderings to show the various options — especially for the DIY designer. That’s why I’m introducing Atticmag.Sprucebox — our new Atticmag visualizer page.
Sprucebox is a brand new tool, launched just last month. So it’s still in Beta (test) mode. But we’re pleased to be partnering with them because we appreciate their quality. I put together each of the renderings here in about 10 minutes. One kitchen [top] shows how Calacatta d’Oro counters can be configured with subways from the Daltile marble collection and Porcelanosa’s Arabescato tile floor. Want to try darker cabinets or a wood floor? Click on the aqua dot in the appropriate location for the product menu.
Because Sprucebox is so young, there are still limited kitchen and bath configurations and only a handful of specific products. However, what’s there represents major high-end manufacturers – Kohler, Dornbracht, Duravit, Ann Sacks, Porcelanosa – brands that set trends for the rest of the market. I used Ann Sacks mosaic tile for this bath, and the MTI teak tray on the shower floor. Then I played with the vanity color to see which worked best.
What I like about this visualizer is that it breaks down the key areas and lets you see how a range of options work with one click of the mouse. While it’s dependent on products already loaded into the tool, co-founder Matthew Berman assures me that more will be added quickly. Berman is an award winning residential architect and – quick small world story – I co-incidentally learned that it was he who had designed the kitchen in the apartment above ours — one of my all time favorites! That was a gorgeous natural wood kitchen with java cabinets, a spectacular yellow glass mosaic backsplash and even more stunning wood floor inset with the same yellow mosaic. So it gave me a chuckle to see the inset floor option on the visualizer.
As with any new online tool of this complexity, I trust you will be patient — then again, it’s free. However, it’s a snap to use after playing with it for a few minutes. Layouts with the various options can be printed or shared, plus it produces a product list to use as a sourcing guide when you click on View Summary at the top. We’ve added a quick link to our Atticmag.Sprucebox page on the right sidebar (scroll down) – use it from this post or from there. And don’t forget to bookmark it to keep it handy.
Looks like a handy new tool!
Very beautiful rooms you do. Congrats.
FABBY
WAY too addictive and yes, seriously easy to use! Thanks for this awesome tool – it’s just what I need and it really does give a good sense of how to pair finishes together!
Christina
What a fun and creative tool to use!!
Wow! I can’t wait to play with this. What a neat tool!
Glad you all find it useful. It’s so new but very powerful — I can’t wait to get more layouts and products.
I am trying to develop something like this for Kev’s wall finishes. It was great fun to try out options, I think this is really interactive. Wouldn’t it be cool if it added up costs for you as you changed the options?
Looks pretty fun. Can’t wait to find time to test it out!