Home Décor Business Ideas
Not everyone can be creative and design the perfect house with the perfect colouring and furniture and garden. There are customers that need help creating their perfect home, this is where you come in, here are 10 home décor business ideas:
251. Whole Room Or Whole Home Makeovers
If you’re good at decorating a room or home to highlight its strengths and downplay its weaknesses, why not get paid to it for others?
How to start this business idea
You can offer to give friends and families full room or house makeovers so you have examples of what you can do. Promote your services at hardware stores and places selling decorating items.
How to keep this business idea successful
You’ll need to be able to communicate with customers clearly and understand what they like, dislike and what they’re actually asking for.
252. Home Décor, Crowdsourcing Platform
You can create a platform where designers and contractors bids on projects. A customer will submit photos of a space and outline what they’re looking for and designers will send ideas and styles.
How to start this business idea
You’ll need to convince designers to be a part of the platform, then you’ll need to advertise to get customers to use the platform.
How to keep this business idea successful
Once the platform is established introduce businesses to it, so that they too can bid for refurbishments or office redesigns.
253. Furniture Re-Upholsterer
After some time furniture specifically chairs and couches need restoration. You can offer to replace the padding, springs, webbing, as well as fabric and leather covers.
How to start this business idea
You can offer to give your clients furniture a makeover by giving them new fabric and padding, instead of your customers having to buy new furniture. You’ll need re-upholstery skills and an eye for choosing the right fabric.
How to keep this business idea successful
Offer your services to interior designers, restaurants, hotels and private individuals to ensure your business remains profitable.
254. E-decorate Service
Making decisions when redecorating can be hard for clients. Styling profiles can help them to articulate preferences and narrow down their choices.
How to start this business idea
You can launch an e-decorate services that uses questionnaires to assist clients in defining their taste. The questionnaire would need to exactly right every time and recommend interior designers and products the customer would like.
How to keep this business idea successful
Once up and running you’ll need to continue to promote your service to interior designers, retailers and customers.
255. Home Window Dresser
If you have an affinity for curtains, blinds, railings and how to frame a window, then this home window dresser business idea might be for you.
How to start this business idea
If you have sewing skills you can even custom make curtains and accessories for your clients to create a unique look for their windows. You’ll need to be well versed in the various styles and types of curtains and blinds.
How to keep this business idea successful
To keep this business successful you should be able to accurately measure for curtains or blinds and have a knack for choosing the right style, fabric and colours to suit your clients existing décor.
256. Resale Sites
These are second-hand furniture sites for well-curated, high-quality, affordably priced, practically new furniture.
How to start this business idea
You can offer a site where you’ve curated barely used furniture of certain styles and tastes. This is a more upmarket concept than a second-hand furniture store. These are artful and unique products.
How to keep this business idea successful
Curate various sections of the site into different styles of furniture, so that customers can easily find what they’re looking for and more furniture in a style they prefer. Promote your site to interior designers as a way to source affordable but one-of-a-kind furniture.
257. Home Accessories Organiser
Can you turn a house into a home? There are many busy professionals who want somewhere cosy to recharge after work but just don’t have the skills or the time to do it.
How to start this business idea
You can offer your services to family and friends so others can see what you can do. Promote your services at professions that require long hours, such as attorneys’ offices, financial institutions and medical professionals.
How to keep this business idea successful
You can expand your business into a comfort product line that adds a touch of cosiness to any room. You can focus on accessories that will help to soften a room and make it feel more comfortable.
258. Designer Rooms
To offer your customer as much convenience as possible you can offer them entire completed rooms for sale that look professional and polished.
How to start this business idea
Take the staged-room concept one step further by offering your clients fully designed rooms at the click of a button. This will help your clients envision exactly what their finished room will look like before they purchase it.
How to keep this business idea successful
Once your business is sustainable you can partner with specific brands and art dealers to really make unique and exceptional rooms.
259. Eco-Friendly Home Decor Services
The environmentally friendly movement continues to grow in strength from year to year, why not cater to clients looking for greener interior design options.
How to start this business idea
You can offer re-cycled or up-cycled furniture, fabrics and decorations to help your clients have a more environmentally friendly look.
How to keep this business idea successful
Continue to expand on what eco-friendly options you have. Partner with carpenters and glass makers to create sustainable, natural pieces that your clients will love and rave about.
260. Work Directly With Makers And Manufacturers
Home décor traditionally has a long supply chain, which in turn increases the price. Start-ups are changing this by working directly with manufacturers and keeping the price tag down.
How to start this business idea
You can start your online business by connecting directly with producers. By partnering with manufacturers and makers you can offer quality designer furniture that doesn’t cost a fortune.
How to keep this business idea successful
Partner with multiple manufacturers and carpenters to sell a variety of furniture in different styles to increase your target market.