Hey jenpagas,

For contacting professionals you can click the big "Contact Me" button on the top right side of their profile. For user to user messaging we currently do not have this feature available. We will definitely take your feedback on this issue.

You can, however, comment on other users ideabooks if they have that option enabled at the very bottom of each ideabook.

Hope this helps!

-Peter

So there is no way to contact another user other than the public forum? I would like to contact someone privately and she would like to contact me. We don't wish to put our email addresses on the website. Isn't there a way? Thanks

Hello,

Houzz allow professionals to have "Contact Me" buttons, but for users we want to respect their privacy from outside professionals who may spam their inbox.

You can, however, comment on another user's ideabook. There is a "Collaborate" button that allows you to turn an ideabook private, in this case, users can share a private ideabook and have a conversation together in the comments area.

Hope this helps.

-Peter