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From Inspiration to Real Prices in Two Minutes

There's a folder in your Pinterest account. It might be called "living room ideas," or "dream home," or just "house." It has 47 photos in it. Maybe 200.

Warm, minimal living room — the kind you save to Pinterest

You saved each one for a reason. This room's sofa is exactly what you want. That one has beautiful lighting. The rug in the other one would be perfect for your living room.

Then what happened?

Nothing. The folder is still there. Your living room is still empty, or filled with furniture you don't love. The bridge was never built — because building it is exhausting: searching for each piece one by one, comparing prices, wondering "is this close enough?"

RoomRecipe shortens that bridge to two minutes.

What It Does

Upload the room photo you love — from Pinterest, or anywhere else. The AI detects every piece in it: sofa, side table, lamp, rug, artwork, vase, chair. All of them.

For each piece, it finds real products from US retailers like IKEA, Design Within Reach, McGee & Co., and Lulu and Georgia. Real prices. Real purchase links.

The result is a single list — every piece of the room you loved, in versions you can actually buy.

A room photo with AI-detected items labeled — sofa, lamp, table, rug Sofa Pendant Lamp Dining Table Area Rug
The AI marks every piece — sofa, lamp, table, rug — in seconds.

Why Real Prices Matter

There are other tools that work with room photos. Most show you "something similar" — they identify a designer sofa by name, or surface visually similar rooms on Pinterest.

But "similar" alone doesn't furnish a room.

That sofa you saved on Pinterest might be $14,000. The stool beside it might be an auction piece. The rug, 30-year-old vintage.

Without knowing this, you search for hours, then give up: "this isn't for me."

RoomRecipe shows you the $14,000 original, the $2,000 alternative, and the $600 affordable version side by side. The choice is yours.

That's the difference: a real bridge between dreaming and buying.

Original
$14,000
Alternative
$2,000
Affordable
$600
The same look at three price points — your call.

Who It's For

You moved into a new place. Or you're about to. The rooms are empty and you don't know where to start.

You have taste. You recognize what you like when you see it. The problem isn't choosing — it's translation. You don't know how to bring that Pinterest room into your living room.

RoomRecipe was built for that moment.

How It Works

You upload a photo. JPEG, PNG, or WebP, up to 20MB. Pinterest screenshot, Instagram save, your own living room — doesn't matter.

The AI scans the photo and detects every distinct item in it. Not just the obvious pieces, but the details too: the vase on the side table, the throw blanket on the sofa.

Each item is matched against catalogs from design-forward US retailers. Visual similarity, in-stock status, live pricing — all calculated.

The result appears on a single page. Every piece, its retailer, its price, its purchase link. Buy directly from the list, save it for later, or use it as a budget reference.

Upload
Detect
Match
Shop
Upload → Detect → Match → Shop. About two minutes end to end.

What It Costs

The first analyses are free. No credit card required.

After that, two options: $0.99 per room if you use it occasionally, or $9.99 a month for unlimited if you're decorating a whole home.

No trial that auto-charges. No hidden tier. The free part is genuinely free.

A Few Practical Notes

Affiliate links. Some of the retailer links earn RoomRecipe a small commission. The price you pay doesn't change. This keeps the tool affordable for everyone.

Privacy. Your photos aren't stored. They're processed for analysis, then deleted. Not used for training, not shared.

Mobile app. Not yet. Works in any browser on any device today. The app is coming.

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Upload a room photo →

The first analyses are free.