With These New-Age Companies, Going the Custom Décor Route Is Easier Than Ever

You can now personally design or upholster everything from your window treatments to your headboard.

breakfast nook with built-in bench
Photo: Dane Tashima

Custom upholstery, tailored window treatments, statement-making headboards—stylish details like these were once the domain of interior designers only. But thanks to a crop of new online companies—many eco-conscious and female-owned—you can create, click, and order personalized pieces without the showroom prices. Grab your vision board. The (fabric) options are endless.

Bespoke Banquette

To cover this built-in bench, above, with made-to-measure, custom-upholstered cushions, we looked to Stitchroom, which offers a slew of styles, fabrics, and color options—you supply your dimensions and check out. Note: If you don't have an existing base, you can craft a simple wooden one like ours; here's how.

Shop Now: Stitchroom "Andie" and "Skylar" Banquette Cushions, from $1,500 for a set; "Alex" 18" Throw Pillow in Arctic Blush Cotton Velvet, $75; and "Alex" `18" Throw Pillow in Mustard Knit Chenille, $70, stitchroom.com. CB2 Spindler Round Dining Table, $1,299, cb2.com. Noguchi Akari 16A Light Fixture, $500, noguchi.org. Another Country Pottery Series Pitcher, $65, anothercountry.com.

desk near window with floral shades
Dane Tashima

Chic Shades

If anything needs a little special treatment, it's your window treatments—the right size, style, and opacity are truly in the eye of the homeowner. To get the beauty above made, we logged on to Loom Decor, typed in our dimensions, and chose from more than 400 designer fabrics. (We went with the flat roman shade in Giaconda Black (from $146, loomdecor.com)). Your creation will arrive in one to six weeks, and if you're feeling matchy, you can order lumbar pillows and duvet covers, too. For the pretty Belgian-linen drum lampshade, we visited Greige Textiles—it's the 15-inch lampshade in the Hale pattern and Lipgloss colorway (from $400, greigetextiles.com)—which screen-prints and hand-assembles custom work and also makes pillows.

Shop Now: Simon Pierce Woodbury Lamp, $350, simonpearce.com. Portola Lime Wash Paint in Blondie, price dependent on quantity, portolapaints.com.

Blinding Rights

These companies also offer couture window coverings.

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Wovn Home

Roman shade, in Chagall Rose
Courtesy of Wovn Home

The two-year-old site boasts high-end details like hidden weighted hems, luxe drapery, and rods.

Shop Now: Wovn Home Roman Shade in Chagall Rose, from $689, wovnhome.com.

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Everhem

Woven wood shade, in Chestnut
Courtesy of Everhem

A go-to for all-natural wood, grass, and bamboo—and they do virtual consultations.

Shop Now: Everhem Woven Wood Shade in Chestnut, from $523, everhem.com.

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Calico

Stacey Garcia Home shade, in Ascend print in Fawn
Courtesy of Calico

Flip through hundreds of fabrics for shades, chairs, headboards, and slipcovers.

Shop Now: Calico "Stacey Garcia" Home Shade in Ascend print in Fawn, from $495, calicocorners.com.

bedroom with shibori headboard
Dane Tashima

Sleeper Hits

To turn your bedroom into a pulled-together dream, customize key items in simpatico colors and patterns, and set them against serene neutrals. We designed the headboard above—it's the Art Deco Queen Headboard in Shibori ($619, theinside.com)—using a digital-print-on-demand process at The Inside, which offers hundreds of colors and prints, including collaborations with textile titans such as Scalamandré and Sheila Bridges. The company upholsters sofas, dining chairs, and ottomans, too. The window shade was created with Everhem; the lampshade with Greige Textiles; the bench is vintage.

Shop Now: Greige Textiles Round 18" Lampshade in Mer print in Indigo on Oatmeal, from $400, greigetextiles.com. Martha Stewart Rohan Organic-Cotton Pillowcases, from $129 for two cases and duvet, martha.com. West Elm European Flax Linen Quilt, $270, westelm.com. West Elm European Flax Linen Pillowcases in Natural Flax, $55 for two, westelm.com. West Elm Woven Kantha Lumbar-Pillow Cover, from $19.99, westelm.com.

Seat Yourself

Looking for even more bedroom color? Here are three sources for ottomans that really punctuate the end of a bed or armchair.

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Ballard Designs

ballard designs X bench, in Gardner
Courtesy of Ballard Designs

Search a wide selection of classic pieces like this bench, which you can upholster in more than 250 fabrics.

Shop Now: Ballard Designs X bench in Gardner, $774, ballarddesigns.com.

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Joybird

joybird Kavi ottoman, in Royale Apple
Courtesy of Joybird

It specializes in modern pieces, from poufs to sectionals.

Shop Now: Joybird "Kavi" Ottoman in Royale Apple, $399, joybird.com.

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Minted for West Elm

west elm Cocktail ottoman, in Birds on the Go
Courtesy of West Elm

Choose from prints by more than 20 artists to cover beds, chairs, and coffee-table-size cushions.

Shop Now: Minted for West Elm Cocktail Ottoman in Birds on the Go by Maria Eugenia Murphy, $599, westelm.com.

Styling by Lorna Aragon

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