Rearranging my living room couch showed me AI's design help

I was stuck trying to place my new couch in a small space. I found a free app that uses AI to picture different layouts. It gave me options I would not have seen on my own. Now I get how AI tools are sneaking into everyday home projects.

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stellam262d ago

My friend had this awful, long living room with a weird bump-out where the fireplace was... like a room designed by someone who hated furniture. She tried for weeks to figure out where her sectional should go. Finally she used one of those AI planners as a joke, just to see what dumb thing it would say. It told her to angle the whole thing in the center of the room, facing the fireplace nook instead of the TV wall. She thought it looked insane in the picture but tried it anyway... and honestly it completely fixed the flow of the whole space. She was kinda mad that it worked so well.

henderson.hayden16h ago

That whole "always put the couch against the wall" rule is such a trap, especially in a weird room. Sometimes the only way to make a space work is to try that crazy angle the app suggests. It feels wrong until you actually walk around it and realize you're not just staring at a blank wall anymore. My own sectional looked stupid in the middle of the room on screen, but it created a clear walkway to the patio door we actually use. Worth a sore back for an afternoon.

mary213d ago

So an AI is better at Feng Shui than I am now, great. Next it'll suggest putting the couch in the kitchen for better "flow" or hanging it from the ceiling to "maximize floor space." My own brain just said "put it against the wall," and I thought that was genius. Honestly kinda rude for a robot to have better interior design skills. Guess I'll ask it where to put my ugly souvenir mug collection next.

matthewking2d ago

Ugh, next it'll tell you to mount the TV on the ceiling because it "optimizes viewing angles from the kitchen couch." Can't wait for the future...