Stage your listing's first impression in 60+ styles. Photos and a real estate reel from one upload, in minutes — from $5.99/mo.
Drag the slider. The same empty living room, staged by Pixly in seconds — no furniture rental, no photographer, no waiting. This is the exact before and after a buyer would never know wasn't real.
BeforeAfterThe living room is the first room buyers see — it's almost always the cover photo on Zillow, Redfin, and your local MLS, and inside the gallery it's what decides whether a buyer keeps scrolling or moves on. A vacant or dated room signals "this house needs work" before they've read a word; a well-staged one says "you could move in tomorrow."
more online views for staged listings
faster average sale vs. unstaged
saved vs. physical staging
Source: 2024 NAR Profile of Home Staging
It's also the room that moves the needle most — the largest visible space in the cover image, and the one buyers picture their own evenings and guests in. A bare room gives them nothing to project onto; staged, they can imagine their couch where yours is.
AI virtual staging delivers that edge in seconds, without the $2,000–$5,000 cost or 2–4 week wait of physical staging. Upload one photo, pick a style — Modern Minimal, Scandinavian, Mid-Century, Coastal — and Pixly stages it instantly. Most agents test two or three styles and run with whichever earns the most saves and showing requests in the first 48 hours.
Styles
Eight styles that consistently convert for living rooms, with notes on the buyer they're designed to attract. All eight are available in your Pixly plan — most agents run an A/B test between two or three styles per listing before publishing.
One empty room → every style below
Clean lines, neutral palette, almost no clutter on visible surfaces.
Modern Minimal photographs exceptionally well in tight spaces because the absence of competing visual elements lets the architecture breathe. Works in any era of home but reads as especially intentional in newer construction and tech-corridor city listings.
Best for
1–2 bedroom condos and lofts, downtown listings, $400K–$800K range, buyers aged 28–42 who value uncluttered space.
Light woods, white walls, soft textiles, and one warm accent color.
Scandinavian feels welcoming and uncluttered at once — the warmth comes from textiles (throws, wool rugs, pendant lights) rather than ornamentation. It's the most broadly liked style in North American suburban markets right now and rarely alienates any buyer demographic.
Best for
2–3 bedroom houses in suburban or near-suburban markets, first-time buyer pricing ($300K–$600K), broad-appeal listings where you can't afford to alienate any segment.
Walnut tones, brass fixtures, geometric patterns, sculptural seating.
Mid-century rewards architectural personality — Eichler ranches, post-and-beam construction, exposed-beam ceilings. The style draws attention to the room's bones rather than competing with them. Avoid it if the underlying room is plain box construction; you'll look like you're forcing it.
Best for
Character homes (1950s–1970s), ranches, Eichler-style construction, design-conscious buyer demographics, urban markets like LA, Portland, Austin, Denver.
White and soft-blue palette, rope textures, light woods, breezy feel.
Coastal makes any room read as airier than it actually is — the light palette and natural textures (rope, jute, linen) reflect light and make square footage feel generous. Especially powerful in markets where buyers already associate the area with vacation or waterfront living.
Best for
Florida, California, Carolinas, Gulf Coast listings; vacation-home and second-home markets; properties priced $500K–$1.5M with water proximity in the marketing.
Velvet, marble, brass, dramatic lighting, statement pieces.
Modern Luxury earns its keep on premium-priced listings by giving buyers permission to spend. The materials photograph as expensive — velvet catches light, marble has presence, brass reads as warm and intentional. Don't use this style on mid-market listings; it'll read as overdressed and increase the gap between price and perceived value.
Best for
Penthouse, executive, and luxury single-family listings priced $1M+; buyer demographics aged 40+; markets where premium pricing requires premium presentation (NYC, Miami, LA, SF).
Shiplap, distressed woods, soft neutrals, just enough texture to feel collected.
Farmhouse has the broadest emotional appeal of any style in current US real estate — it reads as "home" to buyers across age and income demographics. It works on almost any house but lands hardest in suburban and exurban family-home markets where buyers are looking for warmth more than urbanity.
Best for
Suburban 3–4 bedroom family homes, exurban properties, midwest and southern markets, first-move-up buyer demographics ($350K–$750K).
Exposed brick, black metal, distressed leather, Edison bulbs.
Industrial plays up architectural quirks rather than hiding them — exposed brick, concrete floors, ductwork, oversized windows. If the listing has any of these features, industrial will sell the building's personality at the same time as the room. If it doesn't have them, pick something else.
Best for
Warehouse and loft conversions, urban infill, exposed-brick walkups, character commercial-to-residential conversions, buyer demographics aged 28–40 in major metros.
Blend of contemporary and classic, deeply neutral, intentionally inoffensive.
Transitional is the style you choose when you don't know who the buyer is. It avoids any strong design statement, leans on neutral upholstery and soft contemporary lines, and lets the buyer imagine their own taste on top. Boring on its own — exactly right when the listing needs to appeal to a wide pool.
Best for
Suburban family homes at mass-market price points ($350K–$800K), mixed-demographic markets, listings where the agent doesn't yet have data on the most likely buyer.
Full toolkit
Staging is the headline, but a living room photo usually needs more than a sofa. Pixly handles the whole shot from one upload: clear out the clutter an occupied home leaves behind, warm a flat daytime photo into golden-hour, and turn the finished room into a vertical reel — all in the same workflow, no second tool.
Clear an occupied room without moving a thing
Most living rooms aren't empty when you shoot them — they're full of the seller's furniture, cables, toys, and personal photos. Pixly removes the clutter and personal items while keeping the room's real architecture, so an occupied home photographs as clean and move-in ready. No staging crew, no asking the seller to pack up for a day.
BeforeAfterTurn a flat noon photo into warm golden-hour
Listings shot in flat midday light look lifeless. Pixly relights the same room into warm dusk — lamps glowing, a soft twilight sky in the window — the look that makes a buyer picture an evening at home. One upload, same room, two listings' worth of mood.
BeforeAfterA range of living rooms staged with Pixly — condos, family homes, lofts, and luxury listings, across price bands. Every one started as a single uploaded photo of an empty or occupied room.
Pricing
Credits are flexible — use them for staging photos, real estate reels, 3D walkthroughs, or any combination. There are no per-photo upcharges, no rush-fee tiers, and no minimums.
| Use case | Pixly | Traditional virtual staging |
|---|---|---|
| Stage one living room, one style | 1 credit · seconds | $25–$80 · 24–48 hours |
| A/B test three styles on one room | 3 credits · seconds | $75–$240 · 24–48 hours · usually not offered |
| Full real estate reel (4–6 rooms, music, transitions) | 5–10 credits · ~10 minutes | $300–$800 · 5–10 business days · separate vendor |
Real estate reel
Short-form video drives more saves than still photos. From the same upload, Pixly turns the staging into a scroll-stopping listing reel — watch the empty room furnish itself — in the same workflow, with no second tool, no second upload, no second invoice. Export it for Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts on the same day you go live on the MLS.
Yes, almost always. Rugs anchor the seating arrangement visually and make the room feel intentional rather than "placed." Pixly includes a style-appropriate rug by default, but you can request "no rug" if the listing's original hardwood is a selling feature you want to highlight.
No. Pixly preserves architectural features (fireplaces, built-ins, exposed beams, windows, doors, fixtures). Only furniture, decor, paint colors, and floor surfaces (rugs over existing floors) are changed. The room you upload is structurally the same room you get back — buyers won't show up to a surprise.
It depends on price point and location. National rule of thumb: Modern Minimal and Scandinavian convert best in the $300K–$700K range in cities; Modern Farmhouse and Transitional win in suburban family-home segments; Modern Luxury justifies premium pricing on $1M+ listings. We recommend A/B testing two styles before publishing — Pixly stages both for 2 credits total.
Artwork yes — every staged room includes style-appropriate art by default. TVs are excluded by default because they date a listing fast (today's wall-mount looks like yesterday's tube). Personal items like family photos, kid drawings, and refrigerator magnets are excluded because they prevent the buyer from projecting their own life onto the room — and projection is what closes the showing request.
Yes, and often better than for a generic rectangular room. AI staging scales the chosen furniture to the room rather than imposing a fixed layout, and Modern Minimal, Scandinavian, and Industrial styles all photograph well in tight or irregular spaces because they don't fight the architecture. If the room has a quirk worth showcasing (a corner nook, an unusual ceiling), the staging works around it rather than hiding it.
Most US MLS rules and state real-estate boards permit virtually staged photos as long as you label them — typically "virtually staged" or "AI virtually staged" in the photo caption and listing description. A few MLSs require the original empty photo also be included in the gallery. Pixly preserves room structure (walls, windows, doors, dimensions), so disclosure is straightforward: only furniture and decor have been added.
Upload a photo, pick a style, get back the staged room and a vertical reel. From $5.99/mo with included credits.