🎨 Redesign any room in your home in ~30 seconds using Claude Code + a free skill called Banana that connects Claude to Google's image generation model. Snap a photo → describe the vibe → get photo-realistic results.
🔗 Source → mavgpt.ai
📌 At a Glance
| 🧰 Tools needed | Claude desktop app (or Claude Code in terminal) |
| 💳 Plan required | Claude Pro, Max, Team, or Enterprise |
| 🔑 API key | Free Google AI Studio key |
| 📸 Input | A photo of the room |
| ⏱️ Speed | ~30 seconds per redesign |
| 💰 Cost | Free (tiny API usage) |
💡 Why this works so well: The Banana skill teaches Claude how to write the exact kind of prompts Google's image model needs to produce clean, realistic interiors. You describe the vibe in plain English — Claude handles the heavy lifting under the hood.
🚀 Setup in 3 Steps (~2 minutes, one-time)
1️⃣ Install the Banana Skill
- Google "Banana Skill Claude" and click the first result.
- Copy the URL from your address bar.
- In the Claude desktop app, open the Code tab, paste the link, and type:
Install this skill.
2️⃣ Grab a Free Google AI Studio API Key
- Go to aistudio.google.com and sign in.
- Click API Keys in the left sidebar → Create API Key → copy it.
- Paste the key into the same Claude chat and type:
Set this up.
🔒 Keep your key private. Don't share it publicly. If it ever leaks, revoke it in AI Studio — generating a new one takes ten seconds.
3️⃣ Redesign Your First Room
- Drag a photo of your room into the Claude chat.
- Type
/bananaand describe what you want.
Try this first:
/banana redesign this room like a professional interior designer. Make it feel modern and inviting.
❓ \Troubleshooting: \/banana\ command not recognized?\
The skill didn't install cleanly. Go back to Step 1 and paste the link again. The slash command only appears once the skill is active.
🎨 7 Copy-Paste Prompts
Swap in details about your own space. Each prompt is a starting point — iterate with follow-ups like "make the sofa green" or "now show it at night."
1️⃣ The Dreamy Living Room
Vibe: Warm, lived-in, curated. Boutique-hotel energy. Great when you want to keep the existing sofa.
📋 Click to expand prompt
/banana Redesign my living room with a warm, modern organic style. Soft beige and cream tones, a low-profile linen couch, bouclé accent chair, travertine coffee table, and a big arched floor lamp. Add an oversized abstract art piece above the couch. Keep the existing windows. Make it feel like a boutique hotel.
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2️⃣ The Japandi Bedroom
Vibe: Minimal, quiet, deeply restful. Perfect for small bedrooms that feel cluttered.
📋 Click to expand prompt
/banana Transform this bedroom into a Japandi style sanctuary. Low platform bed in oak, white linen bedding, paper pendant lamp, small wabi-sabi ceramic vase, and a single piece of black ink wall art. Strip out everything unnecessary. The room should feel calm and intentional.
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3️⃣ The Dream Home Office
Vibe: Built for 8-hour workdays. Light, storage, and a setup that doesn't wreck your back.
📋 Click to expand prompt
/banana Redesign this as a high-end home office built for 8 hour work days. Walnut standing desk facing the window, an ergonomic mesh chair, built-in shelving with a mix of books and design objects, warm task lighting, and one leather lounge chair in the corner for reading. Keep it masculine and grounded.
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4️⃣ The Rental-Friendly Kitchen
Vibe: No knocking down walls. Surface-level changes, massive visual impact.
📋 Click to expand prompt
/banana Give this kitchen a full makeover without any structural changes. Paint the cabinets deep forest green, swap the hardware for brass, add a natural stone backsplash, hang two matte black pendant lights over the counter, and style the shelves with a ceramic vase, a cutting board, and a plant. Keep the existing appliances.
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5️⃣ The Small Apartment Glow-Up
Vibe: Tiny space, every inch working hard. Zoning and multi-use furniture without adding walls.
📋 Click to expand prompt
/banana Redesign this studio apartment to make it feel twice as big. Create distinct zones for sleeping, working, and relaxing without adding walls. Use a light and airy color palette, a sleeper sofa, a round dining table that doubles as a desk, tall bookshelves along one wall, and layered rugs to define each space. Max vertical storage.
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6️⃣ The Moody Dining Room
Vibe: Dark, romantic, cinematic. Your favorite restaurant at home.
📋 Click to expand prompt
/banana Redesign this dining area to feel moody and cinematic. Charcoal painted walls, a long live-edge wooden table, black leather dining chairs, a sculptural brass chandelier, and a large gold-framed mirror on one wall. Add candles and a moody still-life painting. Dim and intimate lighting.
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7️⃣ The "Show Me Three Versions" Trick ⭐
Vibe: Not sure what style you want? Let Claude pitch you three at once. Game changer.
📋 Click to expand prompt
/banana Give me three completely different redesigns of this room. One modern minimalist, one warm mid-century, one moody and dark. Keep the existing floor and windows in every version. For each, tell me the vibe in one sentence before showing the image.
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🔥 Pro Moves for Better Results
Move
Why It Works
🎭 Name the feeling, not just the style
"Feels like a Parisian apartment" beats "modern" every time
📌 Tell it what to keep
Floors, rugs, specific pieces — Claude will design around them
💡 Describe the light
"South-facing with tons of natural light" changes the entire mood
🏛️ Reference a real place
"Like a Soho House lounge," "a Muji store," "a Santorini villa"
🔄 Always iterate
First render is a starting point. One change at a time
🛍️ Ask for the shopping list
Once you love a design, get every piece with prices + where to buy
🌙 Favorite pro move: After you generate a redesign, ask "now show me the same room at night with the lamps on." You see the exact same design at a different time of day — something even a real designer can't easily show you.
🏡 Beyond One Room
🛒 \Test before you buy\
Thinking about a $2,000 sofa? Drop the product photo into the chat and ask Claude to render it in your actual room. See if it fits the vibe before you commit.
🏠 \Whole-home redesign\
Upload photos of every room at once and ask for a cohesive design language across the whole place. Claude ties them together with shared materials and colors.
🏷️ \Stage a listing\
Selling or renting? Ask for neutral, buyer-friendly staging that makes the space feel larger and more inviting. Perfect for listing photos.
🔨 \Pre-renovation preview\
Planning to knock out a wall or redo a kitchen? Describe the change and Claude renders the result. See the vision before swinging a hammer.
💼 \Client work / side hustle\
Instant mood board generator. Present options to clients in minutes instead of days.
🎯 Stop dreaming about the room. Render it.