Colour recipe – analogous colour scheme
Now that we are confident with designing colour schemes based on a single colour (in my previous posts I used red and blue-green), let’s move on to other colour recipes using multiple colours. The simplest way is to use colours which are close to each other on the colour wheel. These are called analogous colour schemes.... Read more...
How to sleep like a celebrity: A guide to A-list bedroom design
After an exhausting day signing autographs and outrunning the paparazzi, every A-lister needs a tranquil space to come home to. A celebrity’s bedroom is the perfect haven, in the middle of hectic Hollywood, where they can settle down for the optimum amount of beauty sleep. If this sounds appealing but if you’re slightly more average... Read more...
Uncovered: mydeco’s milestone 400,000th 3D room!
Whoop, whoop! We’re celebrating this week at mydeco as we’ve finally topped 400,000 3D rooms! Thanks to the creative talents of the mydecorati, we have hit this momentous number just six months after announcing the 300,000th room in March. The prestigious owner of the milestone design is Babsie Skinner, with her delightfully bright 3D bedroom... Read more...
Vote now for an NYC vacation and $250 of furniture!
Earlier this month mydeco launched a contest to find the most stylish boutique hotel bedroom design, and we haven’t been disappointed. Many of you have embraced your creative side (and the need for a free luxury weekend away!) and designed some stunning 3D bedrooms using our 3D home planner. But which boudoir is the best?... Read more...
How to sleep in style – watch our video with The Sleep Room
Do you long for a good night’s sleep and daydream about weekend lie-ins? Whether you are looking to buy a beautiful new bed, a hand-finished headboard or a heavenly mattress, mydeco and The Sleep Room can help. We teamed up with The Sleep Room to show you their gorgeous new line of mix and match... Read more...
Wake up with a new Hammonds bedroom…
Welcome to a different kind of bedroom Whether you use it as a place to relax, chat, unwind, reflect and sleep, your bedroom is a space that should be as individual as the person it belongs to. Creating a beautiful bedroom is often the thing of dreams but Hammonds are offering you the chance to... Read more...
Love it or loath it: Celebrity Homeware
Ah the life of a celebrity, something us mere mortals can only dream of. What do celebrities do to keep busy with all their money? Well apparently the latest celeb fad is designing homeware ranges. Those celebs like their fingers in all the pies – not content on dominating the fashion high street, with the... Read more...
See our top five beds for spring 2011
Not quite recovered from that lost hour in bed yet? Still yawning at the desk from the weekend without rest? Well, dream of a new slumber station with mydeco‘s selection of five of the best beds around: Image credit: The Sleep Room This retro 50′s bed (£775) from The Sleep Room is bang on trend... Read more...
Create the 300,000th 3D room on mydeco and win
In the wake of our 3rd birthday, the mydeco community has nearly hit the epic milestone of creating 300,000 3D rooms. Not to brag or nothing, but that’s the equivalent of building a virtual city the size of Oxford. Plus, if you’re the lucky member who creates the 300,000th room, you’ll win £100 of mydeco... Read more...
Get ready for spring with our Designers Guild competition
Mark my words, spring is on its way. The weather is positively tropical! mydeco’s offices were bathed in 10 degree sunshine yesterday (warm enough to picnic in Hyde Park at lunchtime, I kid you not) and today the clouds are enveloping us with 13 degree hugs. But have we not grown accustomed to the winter…... Read more...
Why we love Bamboo – it’s sustainability on steroids
Why we love Bamboo - it's sustainability on steroids Read more...
Top 5 3D rooms of the week
Here at mydeco, we’re big colour enthusiasts. So this week our top 3D room designs have been colourful, bright and full of well-placed pattern. Each room that our team picked out this week has special elements – from adventurous wallpaper and colour co-ordinated cushions, to bold orange walls, tangerine chairs and Missoni cushions. My personal... Read more...
