The prompt
Score 10 of 10, Excellent
Use it when You have a photo of an empty room for a listing or rental ad and want it shown furnished, with the room itself left exactly as it is.
- {{room_type}}
- {{use_case}}
- {{furniture}}
- {{style}}
- {{palette}}
- {{light_source}}
Full prompt and why it works
Prompt
Edit the attached photo of an empty {{room_type}} so it can be used as a virtually staged image for {{use_case}}. Add furniture and decor only; the room itself stays exactly as it is in the photo. Add {{furniture}}, in a {{style}} style, with a palette of {{palette}}. Place each piece at a realistic scale for the room, with the main pieces facing the room's natural focal point, and leave clear walkways so the room looks as spacious as it really is. Keep exactly as they are: the walls, floor, ceiling, windows and the view through them, doors, built-in fixtures, outlets, radiators, light fittings, and any marks or damage, with the same camera angle, lens and framing. Do not place furniture, rugs or plants where they would hide a window, door, built-in feature, or any marks or damage, because buyers and renters need to see the real space. Match the lighting of the original photo: the daylight from {{light_source}}, with soft shadows under each piece falling the same way as the shadows already in the photo, so the result reads as one photograph. The look should be bright, natural and realistic, in the style of a professional real estate photograph rather than a 3D render. Output at the same aspect ratio as the original photo. Leave out people, pets, food, text, artwork with readable words, and anything beyond the room's walls. If part of the room is unclear in the photo, such as a dark corner, leave it as it is rather than redrawing it.
Variables
- {{room_type}}
- The room, for example "living room" or "main bedroom".
- {{use_case}}
- Where it will be used, for example "an online listing for an apartment for sale". Most listing services require staged photos to be labeled as virtually staged and the original photo to be shown too; check your local rules.
- {{furniture}}
- What to add, concretely, for example "a three-seat sofa, a low oak coffee table, a wool rug and a floor lamp".
- {{style}}
- The style, for example "warm modern" or "Scandinavian".
- {{palette}}
- Colors for the furniture and decor, for example "cream, oak and sage green".
- {{light_source}}
- Where the light comes from in your photo, for example "the large window on the left".
Why it works
- What to avoid. It lists everything about the room that must stay the same, including marks and damage, and forbids covering any part of it, because staging may show furniture but must not misrepresent the property.
- Background facts. Matching the new shadows to the light already in the photo is what makes the staged room read as one photograph instead of a collage.
- If unsure. Dark or unclear corners are left untouched rather than redrawn, so the edit cannot invent features the room does not have. Label the result as virtually staged wherever you publish it.