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Effective Date: September 2026

Home Idea Collection is a home decor and interior design blog, so photographs, room inspiration, product visuals, and other creative work are an important part of what we publish. We take image rights seriously and want to be transparent about where the visuals on Home Idea Collection come from and what to do if you believe one of your images appears here without the right credit or permission.

Home Idea Collection makes a good-faith effort to use third-party images in ways that are permitted by applicable licenses, the public domain, or applicable fair use principles. We do not intend to infringe the copyright or other intellectual property rights of photographers, designers, artists, brands, or other creators.

Respect for the People Behind the Images

Great home photography and design imagery takes real creative work. Home Idea Collection respects photographers, illustrators, designers, brands, decorators, and other visual creators whose work helps people find inspiration.

If you are a creator and believe your work appears on Home Idea Collection in a way that needs correction, we want to make the process straightforward. You do not need to approach the situation aggressively or take formal legal steps before reaching out to us.

A simple email is enough to start the conversation.

Where Our Visuals Come From

Home Idea Collection uses a mixture of image sources depending on the article, project, product, and purpose of the image. The following are the main categories that may appear across the site.

Public Domain Images

Some images may come from public domain collections where copyright protection has expired or where the creator has dedicated the work to the public domain.

Depending on the subject and availability, sources may include:

Wikimedia Commons
Library of Congress collections
Smithsonian Open Access
Other institutional archives and public collections

Where a source provides information about the original creator, collection, date, or institution, Home Idea Collection may include that information where appropriate.

Public domain status can depend on the particular work and jurisdiction, so Home Idea Collection makes reasonable efforts to review the source information associated with an image before using it.

Original Photography

Some photographs may be created specifically for Home Idea Collection by the website owner or contributors working with the site.

Where Home Idea Collection owns the rights to an original photograph, that image is treated as site-owned creative material unless another rights arrangement applies.

Original photographs may include room scenes, decor details, furniture arrangements, organization ideas, DIY projects, materials, or other visuals created for home and interior content.

These images should not be copied, republished, sold, or used elsewhere without permission from the applicable rights holder.

Creative Commons and Similar Licensed Images

Home Idea Collection may use images made available under Creative Commons or comparable open licenses.

Potential sources can include:

Unsplash
Pexels
Pixabay
Flickr Commons
Other platforms that make appropriately licensed visual material available

Different licenses have different requirements. Some may permit broad reuse, while others may require attribution, restrict commercial use, or require adaptations to be shared under particular terms.

Home Idea Collection respects the conditions attached to the applicable license. Where attribution is required, we aim to provide the creator credit and source information in a suitable location.

Paid Stock Photography

Home Idea Collection may also use photographs licensed through commercial stock libraries.

Depending on the particular image and project, sources may include:

Shutterstock
Adobe Stock
Depositphotos
iStock
Getty Images
Canva Pro

Stock images are used according to the license terms associated with the relevant account, subscription, or purchase.

A stock photograph appearing on Home Idea Collection does not mean that Home Idea Collection owns the underlying photograph. The applicable stock provider and creator retain their respective rights, subject to the license granted for use.

Brand, Editorial, and Press Images

Home decor articles may sometimes discuss products, furniture, brands, designers, collections, or other commercially available items. In those situations, a product or brand image may be relevant to explaining, reviewing, commenting on, or identifying the subject.

Where an image is used in an editorial context, Home Idea Collection seeks to use it in a manner permitted by applicable copyright law, including fair use principles where those principles apply.

Where required or reasonably available, Home Idea Collection provides attribution to the relevant brand, photographer, publisher, or original source.

The appearance of a product or brand image does not by itself mean that Home Idea Collection claims ownership of that image or represents an endorsement by the rights holder.

Images Submitted by Readers or Collaborators

From time to time, Home Idea Collection may receive photographs, room images, project images, or other visual material from readers, collaborators, or contributors.

When someone voluntarily submits an image for possible publication, Home Idea Collection expects the person submitting it to have the necessary rights or permission to provide the material for use.

Where permission is granted for publication, the image may be displayed, resized, cropped, formatted, or otherwise adjusted for the website’s layout.

If you previously provided an image to Home Idea Collection and would like to discuss its continued use, please contact us at images@homeideacollection.com.

Attribution and Credit

When an image requires attribution, Home Idea Collection makes a reasonable effort to identify and credit the original creator or rights holder.

Depending on the source and applicable requirements, credit may include the creator’s name, source website, original image page, or another appropriate reference.

If a credit contains an error, a source link no longer works, or you believe the wrong creator has been identified, please tell us. We will review the information and update the attribution when appropriate.

When an Image May Appear Without Full Credit

Home Idea Collection publishes visual content across articles and other online materials, and occasionally an image may appear without complete or correct attribution.

This can happen because of an oversight, an outdated source link, incomplete information supplied by a third-party source, or an image that has circulated widely online before reaching the site.

An incomplete credit is never intended as a claim that Home Idea Collection created or owns someone else’s work. If you recognize your image and believe credit is missing or incorrect, please contact us so we can review it and make a correction where appropriate.

If You’re a Rights Holder

If you are a photographer, illustrator, designer, brand, agency, or other rights holder and find your work on Home Idea Collection, we are happy to work with you directly.

You can choose whichever of these three options best addresses your concern:

Request proper credit or attribution
If you are comfortable with the image remaining on the site but would like the creator, source, or ownership information corrected, tell us what credit you would prefer.
Request a change to how the image appears
You may ask us to modify the presentation of the image, such as changing its size, crop, watermark treatment, surrounding information, or source link, where practical.
Request complete removal
If you do not want the image displayed on Home Idea Collection, you can ask us to remove it.

Please send image-related requests to images@homeideacollection.com.

We treat these requests respectfully and aim to resolve straightforward concerns without unnecessary back-and-forth.

What Helps Us Help You Faster

You do not need to prepare a complicated legal document. A short, clear email gives us the information we need to locate the image and understand what you would like us to do.

If possible, please include:

The page URL: A link to the Home Idea Collection page where the image appears.
The original source: A link to the original image, your portfolio, photographer website, brand website, or other information showing your connection to the work.
Your contact details: Your name and the best way to reach you.
Your preferred solution: Let us know whether you would like credit added or corrected, the image presentation changed, or the image removed.

Providing these details helps us identify the correct image quickly and respond to you without unnecessary questions.

What Happens After We Receive a Request

Once a request reaches images@homeideacollection.com, Home Idea Collection will confirm receipt when appropriate and review the information provided.

Where reasonable, we may check the source, ownership information, licensing details, or other available information relating to the image. We will then take the appropriate action based on the request and the circumstances, which may include adding or correcting attribution, changing how the image is displayed, or removing it.

For straightforward requests, simple image removals can usually be processed within the same business day. Our general goal is to respond to rights holder requests within 48 hours.

You Do Not Need to Contact a Lawyer First

If you believe your copyrighted work appears on Home Idea Collection and you have a concern, please contact us directly before taking formal legal action.

You do not need to hire a lawyer or prepare a formal legal notice before sending the first message. A simple email explaining what you found and what you would like us to do is enough for us to begin reviewing the matter.

We prefer to handle straightforward image concerns directly, respectfully, and as quickly as possible.

Our Good-Faith Approach

Home Idea Collection is built around sharing home decor and interior inspiration, not taking credit for the creative work of others.

We make a good-faith effort to identify the source and applicable rights for visual material used on the site. Where an image is believed to be covered by public domain status, an applicable license, or fair use principles, we use it on that basis and do not intend to infringe the rights of its creator or owner.

If we learn that an image has been used incorrectly, credited incorrectly, or should not remain on the site, we are open to correcting the situation.

Questions or Image Concerns

If you have a question about an image, believe your work appears on Home Idea Collection, or would like an attribution reviewed, please reach out.

Image and Copyright Contact:
images@homeideacollection.com

We appreciate the work that goes into creating the photographs, illustrations, designs, and other visuals that inspire readers. If something on Home Idea Collection concerns you, please give us the opportunity to look into it and make things right where appropriate.