It’s Best of Houzz awards time again, and the 2022 winners have recently been announced. If you were among those who won, we offer you our congratulations! The Houzz community has spoken, and your brilliant work has earned you a round of applause in the form of a Best of Houzz 2022 badge or badges now on your Houzz profile Credentials page.
If you didn’t win a badge this year, you may have questions about how the badges are awarded and what you can do as a professional on Houzz to earn yours in 2023 (gulp). Here are a few answers, as well as some pointers for making the most of your recent, or future, Best of Houzz wins, along with a selection of winning images from Australia and New Zealand.
Winner: Best of Houzz Design – Pool
Designer:Good Manors Pool + Garden, Australia
Q: I found out I won. What exactly does my new award represent?
A: We’re so glad you asked. The annual Best of Houzz awards recognise the top-rated home professionals and most popular designs on Houzz by category and area, across the country and around the world, so you’re in great company.
The Houzz community of more than 65 million homeowners and design enthusiasts selects a small number of winners in the categories of Design, Service and Photography each year. Basically, Houzz users think you and your work are a pretty big deal, and now you have a badge to prove it.
Winner: Best of Houzz Design – Pool
Designer: Define Landscape Architecture, Australia
Tip: Didn’t happen for you this year? Don’t worry. The new year is a great time to focus on uploading beautiful professional photos of projects you’ve recently completed, so the community has more time to be inspired by them, save them to their Ideabooks and connect with you on their own projects before next year’s awards are granted.
Tip:If you’d like to see the winners, with the ability to filter by room category and region, click here for Australia and here for New Zealand.
Winner: Best of Houzz Design – Photography
Rebecca Lu Photography, Australia
Q: What’s the difference between a Design badge and a Service badge?
A: A Best of Houzz Design award celebrates home professionals whose work was most popular among Houzz users in the past year, meaning photos of that work garnered the most user engagement and Ideabook saves, among other things. A Best of Houzz Service award, on the other hand, depends on things such as a professional’s overall rating and client reviews submitted in 2021.
Tip:Photographers can earn Best of Houzz recognition as well, in the form of a Best of Houzz Photography badge, given to architecture and interior design photographers whose images were most popular on Houzz.
Winner: Best of Houzz Design – Photography
Live by the Sea Photography, Australia
Tip: Professionals on Houzz need at least one client review from a project completed in the previous year to qualify for a Best of Houzz Service award. Encourage happy customers to talk you up (and improve your chances of getting a Service award) by using the Get Reviews link on your profile page.
Best of Houzz Design – Deck
WAX Design, Australia
Q: Who will see my award? Can I share it elsewhere?
A:Your Best of Houzz badge(s) will automatically appear on your Houzz profile page but, yes, share the good news with your larger network and potential future clients. High-resolution versions of badges for social channels and a media kit are emailed to all Best of Houzz winners.
Tip: Winners will have received a customisable press release included in the Best of Houzz notification email, so go spread the word.
Best of Houzz Design – Kitchen
Niche Design Co, New Zealand
Q: Just how exclusive is this club?
A: Very exclusive. Only a little more than three percent of Houzz’s 2.7million active home professionals win each year. In many cases, that means the winning photos garnered thousands to tens of thousands of Ideabook saves. In other words, way to go, winners!
Tip: Tagging newly uploaded photos with relevant keywords and topics can make them more searchable, and therefore more popular, among Houzz users.
Best of Houzz Design – Living Room
Rogan Nash, New Zealand
Q: I’d love to see this year’s winners’ work. Where should I look?
A: We can see why. While we don’t publish a list of all winners, their work appears in this gallery for Australia and this gallery for New Zealand. The photos can be filtered by country, area and room type.
Tip: You can browse Australian professionals’ Houzz profile pages and look for the badges in the Credentials section.New Zealand professionals can be found here.
And here’s a reminder of what the badges look like. Remember, a Best of Houzz Design award celebrates those home professionals whose work was most popular among Houzz users in the past year, meaning photos of that work garnered the most user engagement and Ideabook saves, among other things. A Best of Houzz Service award, on the other hand, depends on factors such as a professional’s overall rating and client reviews submitted in 2021.
Photographers can earn Best of Houzz recognition as well, in the form of a Best of Houzz Photography badge, given to architecture and interior design photographers whose images were most popular on Houzz.
