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Visual Interior Design Decision Tool
For: Homeowners, interior designers, furniture retailers
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
Room photo upload interface
Furniture product image placement
Basic room context detection
Save/share functionality
How to Validate
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