If you’ve ever tried to market a vacant room, a poorly furnished space, or an oddly laid out area, you know: buyers struggle to visualize potential. Traditionally, your options were either expensive in-person staging or juggling separate virtual-staging tools outside your core workflow.

AutoReel already turns listing photos into cinematic videos in minutes. Now with Virtual Staging and AI Photo Edits built in, you can enhance photos, furnish empty rooms, and generate polished videos all in one powerful platform.

The best part? While in Beta, AI Virtual Staging is included at no additional cost in any AutoReel paid plan.

What Virtual Staging Can Do

• Add furniture to empty rooms using professional styles.
• Replace dated or mismatched furniture with clean, neutral, on-brand alternatives.
• Produce multiple design variations for the same space.

Supported furniture styles:

• Modern
• Scandinavian
• Farmhouse
• Mid-century
• Bohemian

Virtual Staging is built on top of AI Photo Edits and works in a similar way, so it’s encouraged to read the guide on Photo Edits as a starting point. It sits next to Photo Edits in the same modal window, simply just toggle the Virtual Staging tab when you need to furnish or refurnish a room.

How To Use Virtual Staging

You can start from either the Video creation flow or the Image Gallery underneath a project.

Step 1) Open a Photo

• Hover over any image and click AI Edit to open the photo modal.
  • First time editing that image? Click Analyze so AutoReel detects room type and staging context. Adjust the room type if needed.

Step 2) Choose the Action

• Add furniture (for empty rooms)
• Replace furniture (for furnished rooms)

Step 3) Select the style

• Pick the staging style that fits the listing’s position and mood
  • Available styles are: Modern, Scandinavian, Farmhouse, Mid-century, Bohemian

Step 4) Add optional custom instructions

• Note that short, targeted prompts outperform long instructions
• Use them to control what stays, what changes, and how the furniture placement or orientation in the room
• Example: “add farmhouse style wall decor and make it really cozy”

Step 5) Use the staged images anywhere, AutoReel or externally

• Insert into your AutoReel videos
• Download for clients, MLS, flyers, social, and print
• Track versions: Versions are grouped together for quick toggling. Edited images display a small “Edited” symbol so they’re easy to spot.

Best Practices

• Match style to the property’s location, vibe, and audience.
• Keep the optional custom instructions concise and simple.
• For cluttered rooms, clean first with Photo Edits, then stage.
• Produce one style per final image; if you want multiple looks, generate multiple versions.
• Avoid asking for architectural or fixture changes.
• Revise the image several times as needed to achieve your desired result

Get Started with AI Virtual Staging Now

1. Open your project’s Image Gallery (or the Select Images step).
2. Hover any image → AI Edit → Analyze
3. Toggle Virtual Staging at the top
4. Click Virtual Staged Edits and then insert your favorite version(s) into your AutoReel video.

We’d love your feedback around what worked, what felt magical, and what we should improve next. Drop notes via our Contact Us form.

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If you haven't tried AutoReel yet and want to give Virtual Staging a try, you can get started for free 👇

Note: AI Virtual Staging is in Beta and actively evolving. Be sure to follow your local guidelines, rules, and requirements. AutoReel is not liable or responsible for any input or output results.