Virtual renovation: see the remodel before you pay for it.
A renovation is expensive to undo. A virtual renovation shows the room with new floors, cabinets, paint or fixtures first, so you can compare options, settle a disagreement and show a contractor what you mean.
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Short answer
A virtual renovation is a picture of your room or house after the work, made before the work starts. The quickest way is an AI app: photograph the room, describe or pick the finishes, and see the same room renovated in about a minute. For measured layouts, use a 3D floor planner; for marketing a property, a rendering or staging service. An AI renovation is a visual guide, not a plan or a quote.
Three ways to get one
- An AI app, from a photo. Minutes and a few dollars, or free. It keeps your room’s shape and light and changes the finishes. Best for choosing a direction: cabinet color, flooring, paint, fixtures. It doesn’t measure anything.
- A 3D floor planner. You draw the room to size and furnish it from a catalog. Slower, but the dimensions are real, so it answers “will the island fit?”. Several have free plans.
- A rendering or staging service. People or software produce polished images from your plans or listing photos. Used by sellers, builders and designers who need marketing images, and priced per image or per month.
How to do a virtual renovation from a photo
- Photograph the room from a corner or doorway with the lights on and the normal 1x lens, so the floor, walls and ceiling are all in frame.
- In Remodel, pick the room type and a style to see the whole room redone.
- Under “Your own direction”, name what the renovation keeps and changes: “Keep the layout and windows. Replace the floor with wide oak planks, paint the walls warm white, change the cabinets to sage green.”
- On a paid plan, test one change at a time with Edit (“make the countertop black granite”) or paint over one area with Brush, such as the backsplash or one wall.
- Compare each version with the photo on the slider, then download the before-and-after pairs you want to show your contractor.
What to test, room by room
- Kitchen. Cabinet color and door style, counters, backsplash and flooring. The kitchen visualizer guide goes further.
- Bathroom. Tile, vanity, fixtures and a walk-in shower against a tub.
- Floors and walls. Wood against tile against carpet, and paint colors in your own light.
- Outside. Siding, paint, roof and trim on a photo of the house. House exteriors need a paid plan.
What a virtual renovation can’t tell you
It shows a look, not a plan. It doesn’t measure the room, check that walls can move, or price materials and labor, and a design can show a fixture or finish that wouldn’t fit your budget. Use it to decide what you want and to show a contractor, then get a measured plan and a quote. How expensive is a kitchen remodel? covers the cost side.
What it costs
A free Remodeled AI account needs no card and covers living room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, dining room and office, so you can see a room renovated for nothing. Edit, Brush and house exteriors come with every paid plan; Basic is $13 a month, or $91 a year. What AI interior design apps cost compares other apps’ prices.
Tools for a virtual renovation
Which tool fits depends on the question you are asking: how it will look, whether it will fit, or how to sell it.
See your own room renovated from a photo: Remodeled AI
Restyles the room in your photo and keeps its shape; Edit and Brush on paid plans change one finish or one area at a time.
A measured plan to check what fits: Planner 5D
A floor planner with a free plan: draw the room to size and furnish it in 2D and 3D. Remodeled AI vs Planner 5D
A free 3D model with renders: Homestyler
A 3D planner with a free plan and unlimited 1K renders. Remodeled AI vs Homestyler
Renovation images for a listing: AI HomeDesign
Built for real estate photos, with tools that change walls, floors and ceilings, counted in photos per month. Remodeled AI vs AI HomeDesign
| App | Kind of tool | Lowest paid price | Free to try | Runs on |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remodeled AI | Photo redesign | $13 a month, or $91 a year | Free account with starter credits, no card needed | Web, iPhone |
| Planner 5D | 3D floor planner | $19.99 a month, or $59.99 a year | Free plan with unlimited projects and half of the furniture catalog | Web, iPhone, Android |
| Homestyler | 3D floor planner | From $6.80 a month | Free Basic plan with the 3D floor planner and unlimited 1K renders | Web, iPhone, Android |
| AI HomeDesign | Real estate photo editing and staging | $35 a month, or $228 a year | Free trial of about three watermarked photos, no card needed | Web |
We make Remodeled AI. Prices are in US dollars, as listed on each product’s own site on November 11, 2026.
Common questions
- What is a virtual renovation?
- A picture of a room or house with the renovation done, made before any work starts, from a photo, a 3D model or a rendering.
- Can I see my renovation before I do it for free?
- Yes. Remodeled AI’s free account restyles living room, bedroom, bathroom, kitchen, dining room and office from your photo, with no card. Free 3D floor planners such as Planner 5D and Homestyler are the free route to a measured plan.
- Is there an app that shows new flooring or cabinets on my own photo?
- Yes. In Remodeled AI you upload the photo and say what to change, such as “replace the floor with oak”. On a paid plan, Edit changes just that one thing and leaves the rest of the room as it is.
- Is a virtual renovation accurate enough to order materials?
- No. Use it to choose a look. Measurements, quantities and prices come from your contractor or supplier.
How we checked
Each app’s price, free tier and tools were read from its own site and are kept in one file per app, which this page and our comparisons both render from. Products change, so check a product’s site before you buy. If something here is out of date or wrong, email contact@remodeled.ai and we will correct it.
See your renovation first
Upload a photo of the room, say what changes, and compare it with the room you have now. Free account, no card.
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