Virtual staging

Virtual staging adds photorealistic furniture, lighting, and shadows to an interior photo while keeping the room’s camera angle and architecture unchanged. EDIT uses proven style + room prompt patterns from the in-app Cheat Sheet.

What you need

• A clear interior photo: empty room, builder-grade finish, or lightly furnished space works best.
• Optional: start from an unfurnished version—see Remove Furniture if you need to clear the room first.

How it works

1. Upload your interior image in EDIT.
2. Pick a starting prompt from the examples below (or open the Cheat Sheet → Interior).
3. Adjust style and room in the prompt bar—tokens like MINIMALIST WILLIAMS-SONOMA or RH MODERN set the look; BEDROOM, OFFICE, etc. tell the model which space to stage.
4. Generate, review the result, and iterate. Failed runs are not charged.

Use the Design Assistant if you want help tailoring a prompt to your photo without writing it from scratch.

Example workflows

Bedroom — minimalist style

Upload a bedroom photo similar to the example Original, copy the prompt, and generate.

Original	Result

Example: Minimalist Williams Sonoma

Office — RH Modern

Same workflow with an office-oriented style token and room label.

Original	Result

Example: Virtual Stage RH Modern Office

Clear the room first

To stage from scratch, remove existing furniture so the model can rebuild a clean shell:

Example: Remove Furniture

Then run a virtual staging prompt on the empty result.

Prompt pattern

Staging prompts in the Cheat Sheet follow this shape:

STYLE_NAME: Virtually stage with photorealistic ROOM_TYPE furniture.
The furniture, lighting, and shadows must be seamlessly integrated. Maintain composition.

Swap STYLE_NAME and ROOM_TYPE to match your project. Copy the exact wording from any Interior example page with the clipboard icon next to Prompt.

Related interior edits

Staging pairs well with material-only changes on the same photo:

• White Oak Flooring — floors only, architecture unchanged
• Room Swatches — grid of palette options (use Open EDIT + Cheat Sheet Grids)

Tips

• Maintain composition is doing real work—keep the same crop and camera; don’t expect a new angle from a staging prompt.
• Match the room type in the prompt to what’s in the image (bedroom vs office vs living room).
• For MLS-style clarity, generate a few style variants and pick the most believable—not every style suits every room.
• Compare Original | Result on each example page; use the fullscreen icon to inspect details.

Open EDIT to stage your next interior.