Todd, that's because it takes a lot of time to answer questions. Designers have to go back into their files to look things up and many of these rooms were completed years ago. Sometimes it's the photographer who posts the pictures and they had nothing to do with the choosing of the decor. Sometimes the designer has enhanced the homeowner's space, so there are many elements that the homeowner had acquired themselves and there are no records of those. Fabrics are always being discontinued, so there's little point in giving specifications for those.

Another point is that clients pay designers fees to come up with original plans and it isn't really fair to be providing specific product information that was used for a client. In fact, I've heard from designers on houzz that over a 24 hour period, some have had questions numbering in the hundreds! No one can possibly answer all those questions.

I also see that some people will ask the same question repeatedly from ten or more people. For instance, tonight someone kept posting pictures of staircases and asking 'where did you get that newel post' and somebody else was posting 'how wide is that window trim'. I mean, most designers are working with existing staircases and trims so it's impossible to answer these questions. One of the newel posts I saw pictured had to have been over a hundred years old!

I think that people who write questions don't realize that houzz doesn't have staffers who answer the questions. The questions go back to the original posting designer, who is likely hard at work on half a dozen or more projects. There just isn't the time to address questions.

I hope I've helped you to understand better why there are so many unanswered questions. The ones that get answered are the ones where people talk about their own problems with decor and ask for advice. There is an active community on here who love to help out those people. You can give that a try if you're working on something in your own home.

I think Cynthia did a very good job of explaining why every question cannot possibly be answered on Houzz. I do agree that designers and other professionals should do their best to be of service to the Houzz community and help when possible. It's isn't just an advertising forum and if a designer posts a picture of a clients work, the it is it public domain. originality being the actuall selling point. In other words, if your clients don't want their ORIGINAL ideas reproduced ( original meaning the client came up with it and did not purchase any of the product from a third party) then don't post it. Otherwise, is it fair to a manufacturer of a product not to get any business because someone else claims it to be theirs? However, some people post questions non stop, little things, constantly. For the professionals out there, I can tell you this, we recently started a pool project and I posted some questions to MacLaughlin group out of Orange Ocunty. they do beautiful work and were so gracious with their responses that I have now referred them to three other friends for quotes, even though we are not using them ( It was too late, we had already hired another company)
I like using the companies that help the general public.

Tmaxs, it sounds like you are a freeloader.

You would have to spend thousands of dollars on magazines and books, not to mention the time it would take you to leaf through millions of pages and ads to see this many photos.

After you see an image you like, do a little research on your own and you'll find just about any item you see in Houzz, on the web. Don't expect professionals to spoon feed you every bit of info for free.

Appreciate the inspiration and quality you see on this site and go from there. Any real interest and goal can be achieved with a little effort, but you need get off your #%£ and do something.

I see a lot of questions from helpless people, too: "what is that ceiling height?" Well, gee, look at the scale of the room, folks! Pretty easy to tell it's a 9' ceiling! Or "where did you get that sink?" And it's just a stainless steel sink! What happened to research? Going to a home improvement store and browsing? Sorry, not trying to be mean spirited, but use your common sense people!

Phone apps now have the ability to point and click on products in pictures and literally buy items right from the picture like from an episode of The Real World or something. That's the wave of the future so to not include tagging info for various commercially available products is just a weakness. You should be thinking of the advertising potential not just pretty pictures that don't give would be buyers the ability to quickly and efficiently purchase.