I Renovated My Apartment With AI. Here's What Came Out of It

Spoiler: not a single visible cable, not a single piece of furniture moved twice. When I started, I had an apartment and dimensions from the building blueprint. No designer. No clear idea where to go. But there was a desire to make something that would turn a standard apartment in a high-rise into a place of power — a place comfortable to live and work in. Instead of a designer, I took Claude. How it all began The first conversation wasn't about furniture or wallpaper. It was about direction . I didn't know what I wanted. I knew what I didn't want — kitsch, heavy classics, excessive decoration. We worked through options together. Scandinavian minimalism. Japanese wabi-sabi. Loft. Modern classic. The AI broke down each style by character, materials, color logic. Not "this would suit you," but "here's what this means, here's what this requires, here's what you'll get." In the end I arrived at Scandinavian for the bedroom . Warm, light, calm, with one deliberate accent behind the headboard. The living room–kitchen — loft with a red thread running through the whole space, because the furniture there was already concrete-grey with red niches and replacing it wasn't on the table. The hallway and corridor — neutral grey , as a transition between two characters. Three zones, three moods, one logic. The bedroom This was the most detailed conversation. A room with one window, one door, three free walls. Together we came up with: an accent wall behind the headboard with golden geometric lines, the other three walls in cream from the same collection. Tone on tone, different saturation, same texture. The seam between walls reads not as a boundary but as gradation. White matte furniture with black hardware. A wardrobe with a top cabinet almost to the ceiling. Mirrored doors reflect the accent wall — the golden lines are present even where they physically aren't. Then came the centimeters. The AI calculated . Adding up wardrobe depth, gaps, bed width, nightstands, dresser. Checkin