Roomsee guides
Plain answers for people who have a floor plan and want to see the home before it is built.
-
Virtual staging a home that isn't built yet: what California's AB 723 and MLS rules mean for renderings
Since January 1, 2026, a California agent who advertises a digitally altered image of a property must say, on or next to the image, that it was altered, and link to the original, unaltered image (Business and Professions Code §10140.8, added by AB 723). The law does not mention renderings of homes that don't exist yet, so there is no "original photo" to link.
-
What does a 9-room floor plan look like furnished? A room-by-room case study
We uploaded the floor plan of a 9-room, one-story home to Roomsee and got 12 furnished photos in the Organic Modern style: one for each of eight rooms and four for the open kitchen, dining, great room and foyer. Each photo was drawn over a grey 3D model built from the plan, so doors and windows kept their walls.
-
How to furnish a room from a floor plan
Take the room size from the plan (say 12'4" x 11'0"), mark the doors, their swing and the windows, then measure each piece of furniture and add the clearance it needs: 30–36 in. on the open sides of a bed, 36 in. for a walkway, 42 in. for a one-cook kitchen aisle. Check the layout with tape on the floor, paper cut-outs or a free planner before you buy.
-
How to see what your new home will look like inside, using the builder's floor plan
If you are buying a home that isn't built yet, the builder's floor plan already fixes the most important thing: where the walls, windows and doors go. You can turn that plan into pictures of every room in four ways: visit a model home, ask the builder for renderings, hire a 3D artist, or upload the plan to a floor-plan-to-render service.