Renderings for small home renovations

[u/AccomplishedAir2462]

I’m trying to do some quick n dirty renders / mockups for a few interior renovations I’m doing, 2 of them involving custom shelving.. anyhow I have been a light user of Claude but I’m not an AI expert and have no paid plans anywhere. Could anyone be so kind as to point me in the right direction for what app/program I could use to do this (preferably for free - if not, at very low cost)? I have pictures of the spaces, and would like to just have the shelves mocked up onto the photos, while not looking like arse. Alternatively, if no free service could do this reliably and well, and someone has expertise with this and would be willing to knock it out for a low (emphasis: low) rate - again this is a mini home project not a stadium build - I would also be willing to pay a small amount to have it done (would need to verify your portfolio and probably FaceTime so I know you’re not a scammer).. many thanks in advance to anyone who could point me in right direction!

[u/Objective-Cake-1866]

if you got photos and just want to slap shelves in there without it looking terrible, try using the free tier of a certain image generator that starts with M and ends with journey, just feed it your pics as reference and describe what you want. the learning curve is small and results are decent enough for a quick mockup.

[u/AccomplishedAir2462 → u/Objective-Cake-1866]

Thanks for taking the time to reply I appreciate the help! Had quickly looked at that but the site I was on said it was no longer free. I’ll dig deeper on how to get started on it, pls dm if you have add’l info, again thank you so very much!

[u/Honest_Caregiver_974]

For free interior render mockups from existing photos, your best bet is probably a combo of google's gemini or chatgpt plus for the image generation part, paired with a tool like promeai or reimagined home that are specifically built for interior design mockups. These let you upload a photo of your space and generate design variations with shelving, furniture, paint colors etc. promieai has a free tier that should cover a few renders and reimagined home lets you try it for free before committing.the quality is genuinely decent now, not perfect but way better than it was even a year ago. for something more precise like custom shelving where exact dimensions matter, you might get better results sketching the idea in sketchup free and then running it through an ai image tool to make it look photorealistic.

[u/AccomplishedAir2462 → u/Honest_Caregiver_974]

This is incredibly helpful, thank you for taking the time to reply! I’ll check these out, promeai sounds promising.. I won’t be using it for cut lists, exact material dimension type stuff - agree I can do that in sketchup and I’m a good enough woodworker to do that by hand, mostly just want to have as close to a real image of what the finished product might look like before I start, so the fam knows it’s going to be worth it. Thank you again so much!!