Who it's for
Interify for renters: see reversible changes
Interify lets you see a change to a rented home before you spend anything or ask permission. Photograph the room, mark what you would change, and you get a photorealistic preview you can show a landlord or use to plan reversible improvements.
Key facts
- Free to start
- 3 credits on signup, no card needed
- Mark and describe
- Rectangle, lasso and marker tools outline the areas to change; each area gets its own note.
- Compare and share
- Compare versions side by side, download them, and share a link with a before/after slider that opens without an account.
- Your photos
- Never used to train AI models, never sold, and seen by no one unless you share a link
How to do it in Interify
Photograph the room as the landlord left it
Shoot from the doorway in daylight. Keep the existing fixtures in frame, since those are what any proposal has to work around.
Preview the reversible version first
Mark the floor for a large rug rather than new flooring, or a wall for removable paper rather than paint, and see whether it does enough.
Then preview the version you would ask for
If paint or a fixture would really solve it, make that version too. Two versions, reversible and permanent, make the ask concrete.
Mark what should be removed
Rented rooms often come with furniture you didn't choose. Set an area's action to Remove item to see the room without it.
Share the link with your request
A landlord who can see exactly what you propose is easier to persuade than one reading a paragraph. The link opens without an account.
Notes you can copy
Each marked area carries its own note. Copy one of these and change the words that don't fit your room.
- Floor
- Keep the floor and add a large flatweave rug covering most of the room
- One wall
- Removable patterned wallpaper in soft green on an off-white ground
- Window
- Floor-length linen curtains on a tension rod, hung high
- Ceiling light
- Replace the bare pendant with a wide fabric drum shade
- Landlord's sofa
- Remove the sofa and add a smaller two-seater in mid-gray
- Kitchen cabinets
- Keep the doors and change the handles to slim brushed brass pulls
Photographing the room
The photo decides how much of the result looks like your room.
- Shoot in daylight with the lights off, so the room's real colors are in the photo.
- Keep the phone upright and level. Rented rooms are often small, and a tilted shot exaggerates that.
- Include the fixtures you cannot change, such as radiators and countertops, so the preview works around them.
- Photograph the room before you move anything in, if you still can. It makes a cleaner starting point.
- Take one shot of each wall you are considering, straight on.
The changes that usually don't need permission
Rugs, curtains, lamps, shades on existing fixtures, furniture, plants and art do most of the work in a rented room and leave nothing behind. Swapping cabinet handles and keeping the originals in a drawer is the classic kitchen version.
Leases differ, so read yours rather than assuming. The point of previewing the reversible version first is that you often find it was enough.
Making the ask easy to say yes to
Landlords refuse vague requests more readily than specific ones. A preview of the actual room, with the actual change, and a note about who pays and whether it will be restored, is a much stronger proposal.
Keep it honest: label it as a preview of a proposed change. Send the before and after together so nothing looks hidden.
Lighting is the cheapest real improvement
A bare ceiling pendant is the single most common thing wrong with a rented room. A shade on the existing fixture, plus two lamps at lower levels, changes the room in an evening and moves out with you.
A preview keeps the light that was in your photo, so judge the fixtures by their shape and placement rather than by the glow.
Working around furniture you didn't choose
Furnished rentals come with pieces you have to live with. Covering, repositioning or hiding is usually more realistic than removing, though it is worth seeing the room without a piece before you give up on storing it.
Mark the piece and remove it in a preview. If the room is much better without it, that is a reasonable thing to ask about.
When you move out
Anything you previewed and then installed should be reversible by the same route: hooks that lift off, paper that peels, handles you kept. Photograph the room when you arrive so you know what you are restoring it to.
That first photo is also the one to upload here, which means your plan and your record start from the same image.
What to expect
What a preview settles, and what it can't.
- A preview is not permission. What you may change is set by your lease and your landlord, not by how good the idea looks.
- Removable papers, adhesive hooks and tension rods come off with varying success depending on the wall and the paint underneath. Test in a corner.
- Screen color is an approximation. Check real samples in the room before buying anything.
- Interify changes photographs of a room. It gives no measurements, no costs and no advice about your lease.
Common questions
Is this useful if I can't paint or drill?
Yes. Preview the reversible version: rugs, curtains, removable paper, lamps, shades and furniture. Those are the changes that move out with you.
Can I show a landlord what I want to do?
Yes. Share a link to the version and it opens with a before and after slider, no account needed. Say clearly that it is a preview of a proposal.
Can I see the room without the landlord's furniture?
Yes. Mark the piece, set the action to Remove item and, without a style, the rest of the room stays as it was.
Who can see the photos of my home?
Only you, unless you share a link. Photos are never used to train AI models and are never sold.
Read on
- BedroomSee bedroom makeover ideas in a photo of your own room: mark the wall behind the bed, the floor or the closet and say what each should become.
- EntrywaySee entryway and hallway ideas in a photo of your own entry: mark the walls, floor or storage, describe the change and compare the versions.
- WallpaperSee wallpaper in your own room: mark the wall, describe the pattern, scale and colors, and judge it against your real furniture and light.
- LightingPreview light fixtures in your own room: mark where a pendant, wall light or lamp goes, describe it, and judge its scale and placement in your space.
- HomeownersDecide what to change in your own home before you spend: preview a room, compare versions, and show the result to whoever you are deciding with.
- How it worksThe whole walkthrough, from the photo to the share link.
See it in your own room
The sample room needs no account. Your own photo starts with 3 credits free and no card.