MyDeco - the web meets changing rooms

Posted on February 4, 2008
Filed Under Making Money | | Written by Gary Reid

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Being married to an interior architect I’ve suffered long hours of how ‘interior stylists have hi-jacked the term interior design’ how changing rooms made interior design a question of colour and cushions rather than space etc.

So, it is with some trepidation that I mention MyDeco. Mike Butcher has done a very in-depth write up on the company who look well funded, serious and have a thought through business model. Not something you hear too often.

MyDeco has a question and answer section where EmmaJ asks

We live on the ground floor of a Victorian stucco fronted street, and therefore need some privacy from the street when the curtains are open. Are net curtains acceptable nowadays?

Hmmm… there are so many answers we could give, but I want to stay on air and we can only guess at what EmmaJ needs to keep private.

In essence you upload a photo of your lounge, MyDeco stuffs it full of furniture they can sell you and hey presto - a new look for your home as it’s delivered to your door.

On a more serious note they do have a point about aggregating home dÃ©cor. The imaging system they use, which renders the look over a 24 hour period, seems to do a fine job.

Here’s an example of someone trying a rug in their lounge

Hopefully they will find a job for Handy Andy

When the BBC laid Changing Rooms to rest they wrote