When the Pixel 9 series launched with a bunch of new Google and Gemini AI features, there were a few I quickly dismissed as “cool for a few days, not useful for later.” One of those was the built-in image generator, and even though I had a bit of fun with this Pixel Studio making steampunk cat bands and Android-Apple memes, I just figured out the feature’s utility wouldn’t stretch beyond that. That is until my husband and I started thinking about different interior design ideas and concepts for our new home and had trouble visualizing them.
As we were moving from a fully furnished rental to an empty home, we had to buy everything and make up our minds very quickly about it all. For someone as undecided as me, this was an exercise in utter frustration. Would an oak TV table, navy couch, white walls, grey floor tiles, and touches of black metal fit together with a pre-installed all-white kitchen? Would it be too cool of a color scheme or would the oak balance it out and add a touch of warmth? Can we keep this base configuration and switch around small elements of decor every year or two to add some green on top of the navy? What about yellow? Or red? Or would that be too heavy and too complicated as a color scheme?