Homes: Five of the best interiors blogs (Kunst)

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Love nosing around people's homes? Looking for some design ideas? Then log on to the hottest interiors blogs

http://emmas.blogg.se/
Swede Emma Fexeus blogs about Scandinavian design in all its pared-down glory. She features elegant photography of mouthwatering houses, as well as hot-off-the-press postings on the latest furniture and accessories. Fexeus, a self-­confessed country girl, has a particular ­penchant for "vintage, inherited or flea market furniture".

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/
Ordinary readers showing off their extraordinary homes is ­Apartment Therapy's big draw – and it's hard not to become addicted. The blog also features the sort of useful ­advice – how to fill narrow spaces, how to hang frames, how to shop for vintage – you'd expect from its founder, Maxwell Gillingham-Ryan, a former interior designer. "In these post-recession times, there is a strong desire for homes that feel ­authentic and ­personal," he says.

http://theselby.com/
Photographer Todd Selby was ­shooting the likes of Dolly ­Parton and Tom Wolfe at home for ­magazines like Vogue when the idea for a blog emerged. "I loved seeing how these ­creative people lived. I wanted to tell a story about who they are through their things," he says. So he ­began photographing the homes of friends. Turns out he's rather well connected – these include Michael Stipe, Helena ­Christensen and Peaches Geldof, alongside lesser known creative types. "I hope the blog ­encourages you to be yourself," he says. (The Selby Is In Your Place is ­published in April by Abrams, at £22.50.)

http://www.designsponge.com/
"Most of our ­readers are under 35, like me, and not earning huge ­salaries," says Grace Bonney, Design Sponge founder. "And we haven't traditionally been catered for." The blog has weekly DIY projects, trends and room makeovers with before and ­after shots, each one followed by readers' ­breathless comments: "OMG that kitchen is AMAZING!!!"

http://blog.designsquish.com/
Sustainable ideas – from ­apple crate shelves to sofas made from ­shipping pallets – grace the pages of this blog. "People are rediscovering frugal living, and we wanted to inspire them," says ­designer Paul Gower, who started the blog two years ago with Anastasia Ugorskaya, a painter. Squish also features glorious nature ­photography – just for the fun of it.

Other homes blogs we love...
Cold House Journal Diary of a couple in Maine, USA, living without heating. http://coldhousejournal.com/
Home Shopping Spy High street finds and hidden gems selected by Brit Ellie Tennant. http://homeshoppingspy.wordpress.com/
Katy Elliott An account of ­Elliott's ­renovation of her New England home. http://www.katyelliott.com/blog/
Print and Pattern British blog ­dedicated to all things patterned. http://printpattern.blogspot.nl/
Tea For Joy Vintage design ideas from a London-based tea obsessive. http://www.teaforjoy.blogspot.nl/