Check out the free open source tool called "Sweet Home 3D" to actually mock up your ideas. Don't be put off by the name, this piece of software is actually great.
Tastemaker (YC S12) is an online interior decorating service for everyone
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#12Check out the free open source tool called "Sweet Home 3D" to actually mock up your ideas. Don't be put off by the name, this piece of software is actually great.
This is worth checking out also, a web based app built by Autodesk (warning: uses flash): http://www.homestyler.com/
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#13Cool idea, it will be interesting if they can make their process scale while maintaining quality. Another route they can go down is making the service very cheap and instead making money on partnerships with furnishing manufacturers. It would be awesome to just upload your floor plans and be able to "visualize" how products will actually look in your living room.
I am surprised IKEA doesn't do this actually. Considering how ubiquitous there furniture is becoming, and that a significant portion of people pretty much use them exclusively for their furniture needs, seems like it would be a great thing for them to do.
They do it for kitchens: http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_CA/rooms_ideas/kitchen_howto/NA/pl...
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#142 years ago I remodeled my house and, for the first time in my life, wanted to really nail the interior setup. It was pretty surprising to me how bad the internet was at helping me. Try searching the web for interior design resources sometime-- it's overloaded with ad-laden SEO'd schlock. And the furniture buying process is no better. This is a high dollar and high margin area of e-commerce-- I'm really surprised it…
www.houzz.com is pretty good. They don't really help you design it so much as give you ideas, and very often items in the photos are tagger with links where to buy them.
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#15If Tastemaker founders are monitoring this, in your FAQ's the question 'What if products are back-ordered or sold out?' has a totally unrelated answer.
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#16If Tastemaker founders are monitoring this, in your FAQ's the question 'What if products are back-ordered or sold out?' has a totally unrelated answer.
Thank you, we'll take a look!