Guides

Laying out a room from a photo, with real furniture: what DecoScale does, and the rules it applies.

• AI interior design, with real furniture

  AI interior design that furnishes your living room or bedroom with real products at their real dimensions, each one linking to its product page.

• Room design from a photo: how it works

  Three photos, two dimensions, a style: DecoScale redesigns your room from photos, with real furniture at its real size. How it works, and tips.

• Living room design from a photo

  Sofa, coffee table, rug, TV unit: DecoScale furnishes your living room with real products that fit, the TV facing the sofa and walkways kept clear.

• Bedroom design from a photo

  Bed, mattress, bedside tables, wardrobe, bedding: DecoScale refurnishes your bedroom with real products at their size, the mattress matched to the bed.

• Ten interior design styles

  Scandinavian, Minimalist, Warm, Contemporary…: ten interior design styles, what sets them apart, and how they look on real rooms.

• The right distances for laying out a living room and a bedroom

  Coffee table, walkways, bedside tables, radiators, floor lamps: the distances DecoScale checks for every piece it places in a living room or a bedroom.

• Virtual staging: furnishing a room in a photo, with real furniture

  Virtually stage an empty or furnished room with real furniture at its real size: how it works, labelling a listing, checking renders, limits, plans for pros.

• Small living room layout: the measurements that decide

  A 15 or 20 m² living room: what size sofa, how much furniture, how wide a walkway. The measurements DecoScale checks for every piece it places.

• Small bedroom layout: the measurements that matter

  A 140 or 160 cm bed in 9–10 m², where bedside tables go, room to open a wardrobe, built-in cupboards: the measurements that matter, worked out for three rooms.

• Will your furniture fit the room and get through the door?

  How to tell if a sofa will fit your living room and get through the door, stairs or lift: what to measure, the clearances, and what DecoScale checks.

• Rug size guide: living room and bedroom

  What size rug for a living room, a corner sofa or under a double, king or super king bed: the rules in centimetres, with worked tables.

• TV viewing distance: how far to sit from your screen

  How far should you sit from a 43, 50, 55, 65, 75 or 85-inch TV? A calculated chart, the right screen size for your distance, and how to measure.

• Which AI interior design tool? RoomGPT, Interior AI, IKEA Kreativ and others

  A dated, sourced comparison of AI interior design tools: photo of your room, real products, room measurement, entry price and free options.

For how the room is measured and what each number is worth, see the Method page.