Stop Generating Fake AI Images

Generic prompt, generic result. Here's what actually works.

Anyone now can type a prompt and get an image.

But a generic prompt gives you a generic room.

No point of view. No control over what's actually in it.

Most people's prompts look like this:

"Generate a realistic interior with an open view over a landscape."

No context. No visual direction. No image reference. That's why it looks terrible.

By the way, all images in this article have been created with AIforDesigners.io, which is powered by Nano Banana, so all the prompts here will work on any other platform.

The system

To get a photorealistic interior you can put in front of a client, it takes 3 parts. Skip one and it shows.

1. The right prompt

Brief the model like you'd brief a 3D artist.

The shape of the room. Where the windows sit. What furniture goes where (I even make a moodboard for that).

Write it yourself, or hand the job to Claude or any LLM when you're short on inspiration.

2. The right references

I always use image references to get the materials, the color palette and the lighting right. These are often my own 3D renders, but they can also be images I find on Instagram or Pinterest.

Then I also create a moodboard with furniture, fabrics or rugs for the exact pieces I want standing in the room.

3. The upscale

Run the result through an upscaler. That's what makes the resolution and detail read like a real photo.

One I made

A living room with the Sacré-Cœur framed in the window.
You can see here the image reference I used and the moodboard with the furniture.

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The prompt fixed the room shape, the openings, and every piece of furniture inside. Nothing left to chance.

Change the mood with film language

You can push the look further with film words. Drop "Fujifilm Pro 400H" or "grain photography" into your prompt and the whole image shifts.

I added to the prompt "shot on a Hasselblad with 80mm lens, f/2.8, golden hour".

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Notice how it changed the mood of the image.

By the way, in the next article I'll hand you the full list I use to stylise my images and change their mood: Kodak Portra 400, Fujifilm, 14mm, and the rest.

Any style you want

Nano Banana builds interiors in any style you throw at it. But it has a habit worth knowing.

Sometimes it copies your image references too closely.

Same sofa, same lamp, same everything.

And that kills the creativity.

The fix is one line.

Tell it not to copy any recognizable furniture, and to use the references only for color palette, lighting mood, and furniture style.

Now it invents like Midjourney, and stays on-brand. 

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All the prompts used

Prompt 1 - Use it with an image reference you find on Pinterest (image 1) + a moodboard (image 2):

This is a living room arranged around a large window wall, with seating oriented toward a central low table. The furniture includes a deep armchair, a large rounded lounge chair, and a rectangular coffee table. Tall curtains frame the windows, and decorative branches are placed near the seating area.

We can see the Sacred Heart through the windows

In the living room there is the furniture shown in image 2.

Use image 1 for color palette and the materials. Do not copy any recognizable furniture from the references.

Prompt 2 - Use it with an image reference you find on Pinterest or Instagram. It also works with multiple image references:

Create a huge circular living room with a few Camaleonda sofas and low tables, with a view on the savannah in Africa

Use this image only for color palette, lighting mood and the style of furniture. Do not copy any recognizable furniture from the references.