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An Eames lounge chair and ottoman in a beautifully designed loft living room at sunset
Eames lounge chair in an industrial loft corner with city views
Keep what you love.
How-To Guide · 4 min read

When there is one chair
you want to keep…

Sometimes you're not starting from scratch. Sometimes you just want to fall back in love with a room — without losing the sectional you spent three months choosing, or the armchair you've rearranged around three times. The problem isn't the furniture you're keeping. It's trying to visualise everything else around it.

Bare room — brown sofa, nothing else
Before · Bare room — brown sofa, nothing else
Same sofa. Cohesive, collected and warm.
After · Cohesive, Collected & Warm.

The sofa didn't move an inch. Terracotta walls, a gallery of mixed art, a Persian rug, leather armchair, brass lamp — all new. Everything feels cohesive, collected and warm.

Your Action Plan

Three steps to redesign around what you love

Step 01

Snap a photo of your current room

Upload it as-is — the AI needs to see the actual room. Don't worry about staging it. Mess, clutter, bad lighting — all fine. The point is to capture what's actually there.

Step 02

Tell the AI what to keep

Describe the piece you love. The AI locks it in place — same position, same colour, same proportions — while redesigning everything around it. Your sofa stays exactly where it is. The rest of the room transforms.

Try this prompt

"Keep my leather brown armchair exactly as it is. Redesign the rest of the room in an Earthy Organic Transitional style."

Original room — green chair, dated setup
Before · Original room — green chair, dated setup
After — Nursery reading chair
After 1 · After — Nursery reading chair
After — Home office accent chair
After 2 · After — Home office accent chair

The same green armchair. Two completely different rooms. Lock one piece — everything else can go anywhere.

Step 03

Ask for the changes you actually want

New wall colour? Different rug? Swap the lighting? Ask for one change at a time. Each edit shows you exactly how your existing furniture looks in the new setting — before you commit to anything.

Prompts to Try

Real examples that work well

These prompts are proven starting points for a partial makeover. Swap in your own piece and style.

  • "Keep my brown leather sofa. Add an Organic Modern vibe around it."
  • "Lock my existing dining table. Redesign the chairs, rug, and lighting in a Japandi style."
  • "Leave my kitchen cabinets. Change only the countertop, backsplash, and hardware."
A Real Example

Same bed frame. Completely different room.

A standard upholstered bed frame — locked in position — became the anchor for a full warm transitional redesign. The beige carpet, oak furniture, and flat lighting are gone. Plastered walls, a woven rattan pendant, a vintage Persian rug, walnut nightstands, and a botanical gallery wall replaced everything around it. The bed looks like it was chosen for the room. It was always there.

Builder-grade bedroom — nothing wrong, nothing right
Before · Builder-grade bedroom — nothing wrong, nothing right
Same bed frame. Warm transitional redesign around it.
After · Same bed frame. Warm transitional redesign around it.

Same upholstered bed frame, same position. Plastered walls, rattan pendant, Persian rug, walnut nightstands, botanical gallery wall — all new. The bed looks like it was chosen for this room.

You don't need to start over. You just need to see it differently.

Keep what you love.
Change everything else.

That's exactly where most people get stuck — trying to visualise a new room around a piece they're not willing to part with. AI solves that problem in minutes, not months. Upload a photo, lock your favourite piece, and see the room you actually want.