Upload a photo of a room and get an honest, specific rating in about 20 seconds: a score out of 10, what already works, three fixes (cheapest first) and the room’s color palette. Free, three ratings a day. Your photo is sent to an AI model to be rated and is not stored.
Your room’s rating
8/10An example: a living room from our blog. Upload yours to rate it.
Quick answer: upload a photo of any room and get a free, written rating in about 20 seconds: a score out of 10, two or three things that already work, three specific fixes with the cheapest first, and the room’s color palette with swatches. You get three free ratings a day, and your photo is not stored.
How to use Rate My Room
- Take the photo from a corner or a doorway, in daylight, with the lights on. A wide shot that shows the floor, the walls and the main furniture gives the most useful rating.
- Add a note if it matters: a rental you cannot paint, a small budget, a toddler, a dark north-facing room.
- Read the rating. Start with the first fix: they are listed cheapest first, so it is usually a change you can make today.
What the rating looks at
- Layout and scale: whether the furniture fits the room and leaves a way through, and whether the rug and the art are big enough for what they sit with.
- Light: the natural light, and whether every corner has a lamp.
- Color and texture: the palette the room has, pulled out as named swatches with hex codes you can match.
- Clutter and styling: surfaces that are too full, or too bare.
The rating is written by an AI model reading your photo, with rules we set: only what it can see, no brands or prices, nothing about any person in the photo. It is a second opinion, not a design plan.
Free tools for each fix
| If the rating says | Check it with |
|---|---|
| The rug is too small | Rug size calculator |
| The curtains hang too low or too narrow | Curtain size calculator |
| The art is the wrong size or height | Gallery wall calculator |
| The room is too dark | Recessed lighting and lumens calculator |
| The colors do not go together | Room color palette generator |
| The furniture is crowded | Living room layout planner |
An example
A living room from our own blog scored 8/10: the large artwork anchors it and the sheer curtains soften the light. The three fixes were a second lamp for the dark corner, one taller object on the coffee table, and fewer vases on the console. Its palette: warm white, cool mid-grey, soft greige, charcoal and a warm taupe wood. The rating above is that example, as the tool wrote it.
Getting the most out of the rating
- One room per photo. A photo of two rooms through a doorway gets a rating of neither.
- Tidy first, or do not. A tidy photo rates the design; a lived-in one also gets told about the clutter, which may be what you need.
- Rate again after a change. Make the first fix, take the same photo from the same spot, and compare the scores.
Planning bigger changes? Try the furniture in the free 2D room planner before you move anything.
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Rate My Room questions
Is Rate My Room free?
Yes: three free ratings a day on each device, with no sign-up. There is also a daily limit across everyone, so on a very busy day it may ask you to come back tomorrow.
What happens to my photo?
It is made smaller in your browser, sent to an AI model to be rated, and not stored by us. Do not upload photos of people or anything private.
How is the score worked out?
An AI model looks at the layout, the scale of the furniture, the light, the colors and the clutter in your photo, and writes a score out of 10 with what works and three fixes. It is an informed opinion, like asking a designer friend, not a measurement.
Can AI design my room for free?
The written advice on your own room is free. Seeing it redrawn in a new style is a paid extra: See my room redesigned, 2 credits a picture. To try a new layout yourself for free, the 2D room planner lets you move the furniture to scale.
Why did it get the room wrong?
It can only judge what the photo shows. A dark, tilted or very close photo hides the room; take it again from a corner in daylight, and add a note about anything it cannot see.