Announcing California Home + Design’s New Online Directory

Northern California-based shelter magazine California Home + Design launches chdresource.com, an interactive directory of design services, vendors and retail shops to help California homeowners easily make their dream home a reality.

The user-friendly site brings together the three steps involved in any successful home renovation of décor project – finding your style, comparing your options and contacting a vendor—all in one place. For those looking for inspiration, the site offers a searchable photo gallery of hundreds of rooms, culled from California Home + Design’s pages. Anyone shopping for services or furnishings, whether it’s stone flooring or a sofa, can browse vendors or search the categories to find just what they’re looking for. Dynamic pages for participating design professionals offer photographs, details and contact information for each company. A sharing functionality gives hohomeowners the opportunity to post or email an inspiration room or business listing from chdresource.com to a spouse, designer or friend.

“With chdresource.com, the inspirational pages of California Home + Design magazine come to life, making design actually happen,” says Todd Sotkiewicz, President of California Home + Design. “This localized resource allows homeowners and designers to quickly search and access nearly 900 vendors and retailers to find just what they are looking for. We anticipate being the leading home and design resource for Californians.”

Strengthening the market position of a leading print magazine that has been around for more than a decade, chdresource.com provides an additional platform where advertisers can promote their brand through multiple channels, including client testimonials, e-newsletter promotions and live links to existing editorial coverage.

With editorial blogs updated throughout the day and an upcoming community forum where homeowners can interact with designers, chdresource.com offers a wide range of reasons to come back to the site day after day. “I’m thrilled to be launching a site that offers both inspiration and useful tools for CH +D’s readers,” says Sarah Lunch, Editor-in-Chief. “California is a state rich with design resources, and it’s an honor to be able to bring it together in one place online.”