Can the preview show different wood species and stain colors?

Yes. Load your line card — oak, hickory, maple, walnut, whatever species and stains you carry — and generate a separate preview for each so the homeowner compares finishes side by side in their own room instead of guessing from a sample board.

Does it work for engineered hardwood and LVP, or only solid wood?

All three. The tool renders whatever flooring product you specify, so it works the same way whether you're pitching solid oak, engineered hardwood, or a luxury vinyl plank that reads as wood.

Can it show plank width and layout pattern, like herringbone or wide-plank?

Yes, plank width and layout pattern — straight lay, herringbone, chevron — can be scoped into your build so the preview matches the specific product and install pattern you're quoting.

Will the preview account for trim, cabinetry, and stair treads that stay the same?

Yes. The AI preserves the room's architecture — baseboards, cabinetry, stair treads, door casing — and only replaces the flooring, so the homeowner sees an accurate read of how the new floor sits against everything that isn't changing.

Can I use this to show a floor matching an adjoining room?

Yes. Generate the preview using the stain from the adjoining hardwood, and the homeowner can see how closely it reads next to what's already installed — a real concern in open floor plans where a mismatch is obvious.

Do I need this in the showroom, or can I use it during the in-home estimate?

Both. It's built for whichever setting you close in — a tablet at the showroom sample wall, or a phone during the in-home measure, where showing the finished room on the spot beats leaving a sample board behind and hoping they call back.

Are homeowner photos stored or retained?

That's your call, not ours — it's your software. We build the storage and retention policy around what your flooring business needs and make sure it meets GDPR, CCPA, or any other regulation that applies. No training on your customer data, ever.

How much does this cost?

There's no off-the-shelf plan, so there's no published price list. Share your details and we'll discuss project scope and pricing on a free consultation call — see /pricing for details.

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Show homeowners their hardwood floor before the carpet comes up

Photograph the carpeted room as it sits. Makeover generates a photorealistic preview of the exact wood species, stain, and plank pattern in that room in seconds — not a sample board held under showroom lighting.

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What is a carpet to hardwood preview?

A carpet-to-hardwood preview tool uses AI to generate a photorealistic image of a room with the existing carpet replaced by hardwood flooring. The flooring consultant photographs the room as it sits — carpet, furniture, trim, and all — and the tool renders that same room with the selected wood species, stain color, and plank pattern installed. Flooring retailers and remodeling contractors use it during in-home estimates and showroom consultations to close carpet-to-hardwood conversions before the customer walks out to compare quotes.

Why it matters

Carpet-to-hardwood is a considered purchase — solid oak runs roughly $8–14 per square foot installed, engineered hardwood $6–11, and a typical living-room-plus-hallway conversion lands between $4,000 and $12,000 once old carpet, tack strip, and subfloor prep are factored in. The friction isn't budget awareness; most homeowners who walk into a showroom already know hardwood costs more than carpet. It's that a 12-inch sample board propped against a wall under fluorescent showroom lights tells them nothing about how a honey-oak stain will actually read against their own trim, their own cabinetry, and the light coming through their own windows at 4pm. Customers who can't picture the specific stain in their specific room ask to "take the sample home and think about it," and a large share of those samples never come back with a signed order.

Who uses this

Flooring showroom sales consultants running in-store consultations. Estimators doing the in-home measure who need to close before they leave the house. General contractors and remodelers bidding whole-floor carpet-to-hardwood conversions as part of a larger renovation. Design associates at high-volume flooring centers working walk-in traffic who need to convert on the first visit.

Heard this from a homeowner?

They hold a corner of oak sample next to their beige carpet and say "I can't tell if that's going to look too orange against my cabinets."

They worry hardwood will make the room feel cold and echo-y compared to the carpet they're ripping out, and they talk themselves out of it before you finish the pitch.

They want the new floor to match the hardwood already in the adjoining hallway or kitchen, and no sample board can show them whether that stain will actually match.

How carpet to hardwood previews work

Three steps. Under 10 seconds. No design skills needed.

Photograph the carpeted room

Any room, mid-consultation, carpet and furniture still in place. No need to pull samples or clear the space first.

AI renders the hardwood install

Select the species, stain, and plank pattern from your line card. The tool replaces the carpet with that exact flooring while preserving the room's trim, cabinetry, and light.

Present the finished room

Show the homeowner their own space with the floor installed, side by side with the carpet they're standing on. Close the order before they leave to compare quotes.

Common questions about carpet to hardwood

Straight answers. No jargon.

Let's build the version made for your business

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