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Visual Interior Design Decision Tool

For: Homeowners, interior designers, furniture retailers

Buildability

The Problem

People struggle to visualize how furniture and decor will look in their actual space before purchasing, leading to returns and poor buying decisions

The Solution

AI tool that takes photos of real rooms and digitally places furniture/decor products to show realistic previews before purchase

Why Now?

Nano Banana's product placement capabilities enable realistic integration; online furniture sales growing but have high return rates due to visualization issues

Build MVP in 7 Days

Day 1

Room photo upload interface

Day 2

Furniture product image placement

Day 3

Basic room context detection

Day 4

Save/share functionality

How to Validate

Help 20 people choose furniture for their rooms and track satisfaction
Partner with one local furniture store to test conversion impact
Create viral social content showing dramatic room transformations

Revenue Model

B2B SaaS for retailers (conversion improvement), transaction fees on purchases, premium consumer features

Competitive Moat

Training data on furniture placement, relationships with major furniture brands, user behavior data

Risks to Consider

Lighting and scale accuracy challengesPrivacy concerns with room photosCompetition from established home design apps