# The room stays. The floor sets a new tone.

Bring a flooring sample and a room photo. Explore timber, tile, or another finish without changing the furniture and walls in your brief.

**Audience:** For visual exploration from your own references

[Try flooring swap](/try/flooring-swap/start)

## How it works

Flooring swap, from your own image.

1. **Bring your references** — Upload a room photo with visible floor area and a clear material sample, including plank or tile dimensions if known.
2. **Describe the direction** — Specify the floor finish, laying direction, pattern, and skirting treatment. Name the furnishings and architecture to retain.
3. **Review the concept** — Check pattern direction, transitions, and scale. Confirm sample appearance, subfloor requirements, and installation details in person.

## Example prompt

```
Replace only the reddish glossy floor with wide matte pale oak planks laid lengthwise toward the rear glass doors. Preserve the sofa, table, plaster walls, skirting, doors, camera angle and lighting. Retain believable shadows and reflections from the existing room. No rug, no additional furniture, no other finish changes.
```

## From reference to concept.

A generated source, its edited result, and a closer look at the same result. Use the comparison above to inspect what changed.

- **Existing floor** — The generated source image used as the edit reference.
- **Pale oak floor concept** — The result of the task-specific edit, using that source image.
- **The oak grain** — A tightly framed detail from this result, shown at three times the scale of the full view.

## Benefits

- **Bring your references** — Upload a room photo with visible floor area and a clear material sample, including plank or tile dimensions if known.
- **Describe the direction** — Specify the floor finish, laying direction, pattern, and skirting treatment. Name the furnishings and architecture to retain.
- **Review the concept** — Check pattern direction, transitions, and scale. Confirm sample appearance, subfloor requirements, and installation details in person.

## Tips

- Upload a room photo with visible floor area and a clear material sample, including plank or tile dimensions if known.
- Specify the floor finish, laying direction, pattern, and skirting treatment. Name the furnishings and architecture to retain.
- Check pattern direction, transitions, and scale. Confirm sample appearance, subfloor requirements, and installation details in person.

## Flooring swap questions

### What should I upload for flooring swap?

Upload a room photo with visible floor area and a clear material sample, including plank or tile dimensions if known.

### Can I preview a herringbone or plank direction?

Yes. Describe the pattern and orientation explicitly. Review the result closely because plank widths, junctions, and pattern geometry can be inconsistent.

### How should I check the result?

Check pattern direction, transitions, and scale. Confirm sample appearance, subfloor requirements, and installation details in person.

### Can I refine the concept in the same conversation?

Yes. Tell Bob which parts to change and which to retain. Refer back to your original images and review each new concept for unintended changes.

Floor color, grain, scale, and transitions are approximate. The concept does not specify subfloor preparation, movement joints, slip rating, or material quantities.

## Related workflows

- [Interior design](/try/ai-interior-design.md)
- [Kitchen design](/try/ai-kitchen-design.md)
- [Bathroom design](/try/ai-bathroom-design.md)

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