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Image Sourcing and Rights

If you’re a photographer, illustrator, or brand and you’ve landed here because you spotted your work somewhere on HomeFixTrends, you’re in the right place. This page exists for you. It explains where the images on this site come from, how HomeFixTrends tries to handle image use responsibly, and exactly what to do if something needs fixing.

HomeFixTrends believes, in good faith, that every image used across the site falls under fair use, public domain, or a valid license. Nothing here is published with the intent to take credit for someone else’s work or to use it without the right to do so. When a site is built around home decor, the visuals carry a lot of the weight, and HomeFixTrends takes that responsibility seriously.

Respect for Creators

Behind every photo of a styled bookshelf or a repainted cabinet is someone who set up the shot, adjusted the light, or spent an afternoon editing. HomeFixTrends has a genuine respect for that work, whether it comes from a professional photographer, a hobbyist on Unsplash, or a brand’s own marketing team. This page isn’t a legal formality. It’s HomeFixTrends’ honest attempt to treat other people’s work the way we’d want our own treated.

Where the Images on HomeFixTrends Come From

Home decor content leans heavily on visuals, so it’s worth being specific about where those visuals actually come from.

Creative Commons and free-use platforms. A large share of the interior and lifestyle photography on HomeFixTrends comes from Creative Commons sources, including Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay, and occasionally Flickr Commons. These platforms offer images under licenses ranging from CC0 to CC BY, and HomeFixTrends honors the attribution terms tied to whichever license applies to a given image.

Original photography. Many posts, especially before-and-after project features, use photos taken directly by HomeFixTrends or its contributors. These images belong to the site outright and are the clearest, simplest category on this list.

Paid stock photography. For certain posts, particularly ones covering broad decor trends or seasonal styling, HomeFixTrends licenses images from commercial stock libraries such as Shutterstock, Adobe Stock, and Depositphotos. These are used according to the terms of their respective licenses.

Public domain images. Occasionally, a post referencing historical design movements or architectural styles will pull from public domain archives such as Wikimedia Commons, the Library of Congress, or Smithsonian Open Access. These images are free of copyright restriction and are used accordingly.

Brand and product images. When HomeFixTrends reviews or references a specific product, paint line, or furniture brand, the accompanying image may come from that brand’s own press materials or product photography, used in an editorial context that qualifies as fair use, meaning commentary, review, or reporting rather than straight republishing. Where appropriate, credit is given to the brand or photographer.

Reader and collaborator submissions. From time to time, readers who’ve completed their own projects send in photos for a feature, always with their permission to use them on the site.

How Attribution Works Here

Where a license requires it, whether that’s a Creative Commons BY license, an editorial use of a brand image, or a fair use citation, HomeFixTrends provides credit to the original creator and links back to the source whenever possible. If an attribution turns out to be wrong or a link has broken, we fix it as soon as we know, not eventually.

When Something Slips Through

HomeFixTrends has published a lot of posts over the years, and across that volume, it’s possible that an image occasionally appears without complete or correct attribution. Sometimes a source link breaks. Sometimes an image had already circulated widely online before it reached us, and the original creator wasn’t clear. This is never intentional, and it’s never treated as someone else’s problem to raise. If you find a gap like this, HomeFixTrends wants to know and wants to fix it.

You Don’t Need a Lawyer to Talk to Us

If you find your work on HomeFixTrends and something about it doesn’t sit right, you don’t need to send a formal legal notice or hire anyone before reaching out. A simple, direct email is genuinely enough. HomeFixTrends would rather resolve this personally and quickly than have it escalate into something neither of us wanted.

If You’re a Rights Holder, Here Are Your Options

Once you’ve reached out, you get to choose how this gets resolved. Specifically:

1. Request proper credit. If your work is up but not attributed correctly, tell us how you’d like to be credited and we’ll add it.
2. Request a change. Maybe the image needs cropping, resizing, a watermark added, or a source link updated. Let us know what you’d like adjusted.
3. Request removal. If you’d rather the image come down entirely, HomeFixTrends will remove it.

None of these requests need to be complicated, and none of them require going through a third party first. Email HomeFixTrends directly at [email protected] & [email protected].

How Fast We Respond

HomeFixTrends commits to responding to rights holder requests within 48 hours. Straightforward removal requests are often handled the same business day, once we’ve confirmed the details.

What Helps Us Move Faster

To resolve your request as quickly as possible, it helps to include:

• A link to the page on HomeFixTrends where the image appears
• A link to the original source, or some proof of ownership, like a portfolio or personal website
• Your name and a preferred way to reach you
• Which of the three options above you’d like: credit, a modification, or removal

None of this is a requirement to get a response. It just helps us skip the back-and-forth and get to a resolution faster.

What Happens Once We Get Your Request

When HomeFixTrends receives a rights holder request, we confirm we’ve received it, take a reasonable look to verify the claim, and then follow through with whatever was asked, whether that’s adding credit, adjusting the image, or taking it down. Once it’s done, we follow up to let you know it’s handled.

Reach Out Any Time

If any of this raised a question, or if you’ve found your work here and want to sort it out, HomeFixTrends is easy to reach and genuinely willing to make it right. Email [email protected] & [email protected] and we’ll take it from there.

This page is effective as of April 2026.