The design is not what I asked for. What should I change?
Updated August 19, 2026
Short answer
Change one thing at a time and be more concrete. Name the materials and colours you want in the free-text field, reduce the number of design controls to two or three, and make sure the style and the instructions are not pulling in opposite directions.
Common conflicts
- A minimalist style plus "add a gallery wall, plants, patterned rug and shelving" — pick one direction
- Keep Room Details plus Open Floor Plan — one says preserve, the other says restructure
- Ten controls at once — the AI averages them into something bland
- A very long paragraph of instructions — the key request gets lost
Also remember that every generation is a fresh interpretation. Pressing Regenerate with identical settings is a legitimate fix — the second attempt is often the one you wanted.
Full reference
Related questions
Designing a roomHow do I write a good instruction or prompt for DecorAI?Write one short, concrete sentence about what you want changed and what must stay. Name materials, colours and objects ("replace the grey sofa with a cream bouclé sectional, keep the wooden floor"), and avoid vague adjectives like "nice" or "better". You can write in your own language.Designing a roomWhat do the design controls in DecorAI do?Design controls are optional toggles that steer the AI beyond style and colour. DecorAI has more than 30 of them across five groups — camera and photo, furniture and layout, lighting and atmosphere, architectural elements, and decor and details — and several compatible controls can be selected at once.Comparisons & alternativesHow close is an AI design to what the finished room will actually look like?Close on style, palette, light and general feel; unreliable on exact products, dimensions and anything hidden from the camera. Treat a DecorAI image as an accurate answer to "what direction is this?" and an unreliable answer to "will this exact sofa fit against that wall?"
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