Have you ever wondered how your room or house could look better? What if you rearranged your furniture, changed the floor, or added a new color to the walls?
In my case, I wasn’t sure what to do with a particular part of my room. About a year ago I moved, and my new room includes a staircase leading to an upper area. I wasn’t sure how to use that space, so I sent pictures of my room to ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot with a short prompt describing the style I had in mind. Then these AI tools gave me several ideas like placing my bed upstairs, creating a cozy lounge with a couch, or turning it into a walk-in closet.
In addition, I asked ChatGPT and Copilot to generate visualizations of that space, so I could decide more easily. It was impressive to see how that space could be used, and how specific styles like Metropolitan Luxury or Japandi could be applied. This makes interior styling much easier because you already have a clear idea of what you want. Instead of making all the changes and realizing afterwards that you don’t like the result, you can visualize it first. It saves time, effort and money.
However, there is still room for improvement for this feature of Copilot and ChatGPT. These tools don’t always get the room layout completely right, so sometimes the window would be on the wrong side or the shape of the ceiling wasn’t accurately represented. The generated images can sometimes also look a bit unrealistic or cartoon-like. Even so, when you upload inspiration photos as well, the results become better and more realistic. Besides, when you ask specific edits it does not necessarily change the result how you would want. Perhaps other generative AI tools that are specifically designed for interior design perform better.
Overall, using AI for interior design is a nice way to get inspiration and explore ideas quicky. Would you use AI to design or redecorate your room?
Bibliography
Microsoft Copilot. (2025). AI-generated image [Generative AI output]. Microsoft. https://copilot.microsoft.com
I like this new use case which I personally did not think of before. Definitely, GenAI paired with image generation can be a powerful tool to visualize things. It is also fascinating that the different styles can be created this easily, with just one simple prompt. It is true that image generation tends to forget parts since it cannot really identify objects well. There are, however, ways to mitigate this and generate better results. This comes at a cost, of course. For GenAI to perform better at image generation, the pro models seem to do a better job. Pair this with advanced JSON or markup prompts, and the results will be astonishing.
I think this use case is really relevant for less creative people and people who want to give their room or house a makeover without relying on expensive interior designers.