How it works

Three steps
to a staged listing.

Drag in a photo. Pick a style. Download the result. The whole thing happens in about a minute.

01.

You upload the photo.

Drag in any photo of an empty room — living room, bedroom, dining, office, nursery. Shot on your iPhone or a $3,000 DSLR, it doesn't matter. JPG or PNG, up to 10MB.

For best results we recommend shots where the room is fully visible (not just a corner), well-lit, and taken at chest height. But honestly — agents upload every kind of photo and the results are almost always great.

Empty room upload
02.

You pick a style.

Modern. Farmhouse. Coastal. Scandinavian. Mid-century. Luxury. Each style is tuned on thousands of curated reference photos to match what buyers in that category actually expect.

Not sure which one fits? Stage the same photo in two or three styles — on the Pro plan, re-renders are unlimited. A lot of agents use this to A/B test which style pulls better on Zillow.

Modern
Farmhouse
Coastal
Scandi
03.

You download the result.

About 60 seconds later, you get a high-resolution staged image. Room geometry preserved, lighting matched, furniture naturally placed. Export with an optional "Virtually Staged" watermark for MLS compliance, or without one for marketing materials.

That's it. Upload to your MLS, drop into your brochure, post to Instagram, use anywhere. You own every image you generate with full commercial rights.

Staged result
Behind the scenes

What's actually happening
in those 60 seconds?

1.

Room analysis

The AI identifies walls, floors, windows, doors, and ceiling. It maps the 3D geometry of the space so furniture can be placed realistically, not floating in mid-air.

2.

Lighting match

It reads the direction, color temperature, and intensity of light in your photo — then matches every added furniture piece to cast shadows in the right direction.

3.

Style application

Based on the style you picked, the AI adds appropriate furniture, art, rugs, and decor — sofas in the living room, a bed in the bedroom, a dining set in the dining room. Logical, not random.

4.

Quality check

Before you see the result, a second pass looks for common AI errors — warped furniture, floating objects, hallucinated windows. Failed renders are automatically retried with corrected parameters.

After you subscribe

What to do once
you're inside the app.

From payment confirmation to your first staged photo on an MLS listing — here's exactly what the workflow looks like.

01

You'll get a welcome email

Within 24 business hours of subscribing, you'll receive a personal welcome email from our team with your login link, temporary password, and a 3-minute getting-started video. Because we're in early access, we onboard every new subscriber personally.

Didn't arrive? Check your spam folder, then email contact@restagehq.com.

02

Log in and upload your first photo

Log in, set a secure password, and drag your first photo into the staging area. Any photo of an empty room works — phone photos, DSLR shots, real estate photographer output. JPG or PNG, up to 10MB each.

For best results: shoot at chest height, show the full room rather than a corner, use decent natural light. You don't need pro equipment.

03

Pick a style and generate

Choose from Modern, Farmhouse, Coastal, Scandinavian, Mid-century, or Luxury. Click "Stage this photo." You'll see a progress indicator while the AI renders — usually 45–70 seconds.

Not sure which style? On Pro and Team plans, re-renders are unlimited — try 2 or 3 styles and compare. Some agents A/B test which style performs better on Zillow.

04

Download in the size you need

Every render exports in four sizes from one generation:

  • MLS standard (2048px) — for most MLS uploads
  • Full resolution (4096px) — for print materials and luxury listings
  • Social media square (1080×1080) — for Instagram and Facebook
  • Listing site optimized (1500×1000) — for Zillow, Realtor.com display

Toggle the "Virtually Staged" watermark on or off depending on where the image will be published.

05

Upload to your MLS, Zillow listing, or marketing

The staged photo is now yours with full commercial rights. Upload it the same way you'd upload any photo:

  • MLS: log into your MLS portal, open the listing, upload the staged image through the standard photo manager. Use the "Virtually Staged" watermark version and add a disclosure line in your listing description to comply with MLS rules.
  • Zillow / Realtor.com / Redfin: these sites receive photos automatically from the MLS, so uploading to your MLS makes the image appear on all syndication partners within 24–48 hours. You don't need to upload anywhere else.
  • Printed brochures / flyers / social: use the no-watermark version. Commercial rights are included.

Heads up: direct API integration between RestageHQ and specific MLS systems (Bright MLS, CRMLS, etc.) is on our roadmap. For now, the MLS upload step is manual — takes about 30 seconds per photo. See the Integrations page for the roadmap and to vote for your MLS.

Most AI-staged photos fail the "MLS photographer test" — they look obviously fake up close. Our benchmark: every render should be indistinguishable from real staging when viewed at listing resolution.

Our quality standard
Every render benchmarked before release

See it for yourself.

Try RestageHQ on your own empty listing photo. 5 free renders, no credit card.