AI doesn’t design your project, and it knows neither the space nor the client. It speeds up what surrounds it: showing a mood early, writing a clear scope of work, setting quotes side by side, finding a detail in a spec sheet. The plans and the choices stay yours.
AI helps interior designers with tasks such as “Show the transformed room from a photo,” “Turn the first visit into a client brief,” and “Build the project’s mood board.” Start with a single task, in ChatGPT: allow 10 minutes the first time, and always review the result before you use it.
For each task: how it goes today, then with the tool. And the time it takes the first time.
ChatGPT · Image, from an attached photo
TodayThe client can’t picture the result from a plan, and a polished rendering costs a day for a direction that may be dropped.
With ChatGPTAn image of the room after the work, to show the client and agree on a direction before you draw.
Granola · Mobile app, then chat bar
TodayYou listen, you measure, you take photos, and the client’s wishes, voiced along the way, shrink by evening to three words in a notebook.
With GranolaA room-by-room brief, drawn from what the client really said, for them to approve before the concept sketch.
Adobe Firefly · “Firefly Boards”
TodayHours spent looking for the image that says “warm but not rustic,” for a board the client will read in thirty seconds.
With Adobe FireflyTwo mood directions on one board, where your real samples sit alongside the generated images.
Also
A first selection of items, with their dimensions, their price, and the link to check everything.
Gemini Notebook · One notebook per project, “Chat” panel
The answer, with the exact passage from the spec sheet or the bylaws, to read and then copy into the scope of work.
Claude · Word file, in the conversation
A trade-by-trade scope of work, identical for every contractor, with the list of points still to be specified.
Claude · Excel file, in the conversation
A table that sets the quotes against the scope of work, with what was left out and the questions to ask each contractor.
Claude · “Projects”
A phase-by-phase proposal, with what is delivered, what isn’t included, and amounts you fill in yourself.
ChatGPT · Voice mode, on your phone
A site visit report by trade, with the corrections, the people responsible, and the dates, ready to reread that same evening.
What to check
The image respects neither the dimensions nor the real proportions: it doesn’t replace the plan. A photo of an interior says a lot about a person: no portraits, mail, or address in view. On a personal account, turn off “Improve the model for everyone” under “Data controls.”
Show the transformed room from a photoChatGPT · Image, from an attached photoThe prompt to copy
Here is a photo of [a living room] to renovate. Create an image of the same room after the work, seen from the same spot. Keep the walls, the openings, the ceiling height, and the light exactly as they are. Change only: floor in [light oak herringbone parquet]; walls [off-white, with the back wall in terracotta]; [a custom floor-to-ceiling bookcase on the right wall]; [a low sofa in natural linen and a round wood coffee table]. Realistic interior photo style, natural light. No people, no text, no brands. Don’t enlarge the room and don’t move the windows.
In Nova, “My path” starts from your level: one next step at a time.
The first moves, with free tools.
In your jobWrite the scope of work, trade by trade
In your jobCheck a point in the spec sheets
In your jobFind furniture that fits the dimensions
In your jobTurn the first visit into a client brief
For a team: everyone moves forward in their own job. You see the team’s progress, never one person’s activity.
The project’s written documents: the scope of work trade by trade, the quote comparison in a table, the fee proposal.
Recommended planFree to start, with no document that carries a client’s name. Pro, $20 per month ($17 per month if billed yearly).
From a photo of the room, it creates an image of the look after the work. On your phone, you tell it about the site visit out loud.
Recommended planFree to start: images and voice with a limit. Plus, $20 per month, if you hit the limits every week.
In “Firefly Boards,” your real samples and generated mood images sit on the same board, which the client can comment on.
Recommended planFree, €0: credits that renew every day. Then: Firefly Standard, €11.08 per month, incl. tax.
You upload the spec sheets, the installation guides, and the condo bylaws: it answers by showing the exact passage.
Recommended planFree: 100 notebooks, 50 sources per notebook, 50 questions per day.
Find a piece of furniture or a material with precise constraints on dimensions, price, and lead time: each piece of information points to the page it comes from.
Recommended planFree to start: 3 “Pro” searches per day, 1 “Research” report per month. Pro, $20 per month (€22 on the French App Store).
On your phone, it takes the notes at the first client meeting, while you listen and measure.
Recommended planBasic, $0. Notes older than 30 days are visible only with Business, $14 per user per month.
Prices taken from the vendors’ official pages, dated on each tool page. These subscriptions are not included in Nova. Brands are named to identify the tools. No affiliation.
Nova recommends 6 to start with: Claude, ChatGPT, Adobe Firefly, Gemini Notebook, Perplexity, and Granola. All of them can be used for free to get started.
Yes. From a photo of the room, it creates an image of the look after the work. On your phone, you tell it about the site visit out loud. The plan to choose: Free to start: images and voice with a limit. Plus, $20 per month, if you hit the limits every week.
With “Show the transformed room from a photo,” in ChatGPT (image, from an attached photo). Allow 10 minutes the first time. An image of the room after the work, to show the client and agree on a direction before you draw.
No. Nova is software, not an accredited training provider: it issues no diploma or certification. It costs €19 per month for one person, and €129 per month for a team of up to ten people.