What happened to Home Decorators Collection website?
What happened to the Home Decorators Collection website? Nothing disappeared for good. Home Depot bought the St. Louis catalog company in 2006, ran its website for years, and now sells the Home Decorators Collection line on homedepot.com and in its stores.
From a mail-order catalog to a Home Depot brand
The short version: the catalog and website were folded into Home Depot over time. The products kept the name.
- 1991The catalog startsHome Decorators Collection is founded as a direct seller of rugs, furniture and home decor, based in the St. Louis area.
- 2006Home Depot buys itOn April 25, 2006, Home Depot announced it would acquire the company from Knights Direct and make it part of Home Depot Direct, its direct-to-customer business. At the time it sold by catalog and online and ran six stores in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.
- 2006Kept as its own businessHome Depot said it would keep running the St. Louis catalog as a separate entity, even as it folded other catalogs into homedepot.com.
- 2016The website still sellsEmails from homedecorators.com that June advertised outlet sales, signed by Home Depot Product Authority, LLC.
- TodaySold through Home DepotHome Decorators Collection is a Home Depot brand, sold in Home Depot stores and on homedepot.com.
Sources: Home Depot’s April 25, 2006 announcement as reported by Floor Daily; Multichannel Merchant on the purchase from Knights Direct and the separate entity; a June 2016 homedecorators.com email archived by Milled.
Home Decorators Collection catalog favorites, and where they are now
The catalog was known for rugs, furniture, lighting and decor. All of those still carry the name, on Home Depot’s shelves and site.
Questions about the old website and catalog
It became part of Home Depot in 2006 and the line is still sold today.
Today the range is browsed on homedepot.com rather than in a separate Home Decorators Collection catalog.
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About this siteWhat happened to Home Decorators Collection?
Home Depot announced it would buy the company on April 25, 2006.
The brand lives on as a Home Depot line covering flooring, vanities, cabinets, lighting, fans, blinds, rugs and furniture. See who makes it today.
What happened to the Home Decorators Collection stores?
In 2006 the company ran six stores in Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma.
Today you buy the line at Home Depot stores and online.
Why does a search for the website show other sites?
Some sites call themselves the official Home Decorators Collection website.
The brand belongs to Home Depot, and its products are sold on homedepot.com.
Was it the same as the Home Depot furniture catalog?
Not at first.
Home Depot ran other catalogs too and folded some into homedepot.com, while it kept Home Decorators Collection as its own business for a time.