Last week, alongside a panel of judges, The Good Web Guide picked its Website of the Year 2009, choosing new concept travel site Simonseeks.com as the winner out of a shortlist of twenty-five. Simonseeks.com is an excellent site and will no doubt fulfill its ambition of becoming one of the top ten travel sites by next year, but in the context of homes and interiors, I thought it worth mentioning the four excellent homes-related sites that also made it on to the shortlist.

Quick Step Linesse LUF1245, Dark Varnished Walnut Laminate, yourfloors.co.uk

FOR YOUR FLOORS… yourfloors.co.uk is a fantastically intuitive and clearly designed site, bringing together an  extensive collection of flooring.  Research, plan and buy your flooring online, choosing from all sorts of different options, colours and style, and have it delivered free to your door via a nationwide network of Independent Flooring Retailers.

FOR YOUR WINDOWS… creativelydifferentblinds.com offers a choice of high quality, waterproof blinds, which can be printed up in a variety of digital images. For a personal touch, you can upload your own photos and select your size and options online, after which CDB will take care of the rest.  An extremely easy to use site, which makes choosing fun, personalised blinds a breeze.

Porcelain Milk Jug, Handmade by Hanne Rysgaard Ceramics, £45, notonthehighstreet.com

FOR ORIGINAL HOME ACCESSORIES & GIFTS… notonthehighstreet.com supports over 1300 British small businesses, providing them with an attractive platform on which to market and sell their wares. There’s a huge spectrum of categories across this site and if you despair at the run-of-the-mill and the mass produced, then this is the place to come for something genuinely original and creative.

FOR THE LITTLE BLACK BOOK… thehousedirectory.com is an extremely comprehensive online directory for interior and garden design and decoration. Companies and categories are listed A-Z to make everything easy to find and you can store notes and details about the products and services you find along the way.

To view the full list of The Good Web Guide 2009 Website of the Year Award’s shortlisted sites, click here.