How to Get Your Taste Back — In a World Flooded with AI-Generated Interiors, Here's What Really Matters When Designing a Space That Feels True to You

A white living room with a beige sofa, colorful pillows, a round coffee table, a beige armchair with a colorful striped throw, a side table, a wooden bunny, a floating orange sideboard and framed art.

I've been catfished by AI-generated design more times than I'd like to admit of late. Now you'll see me zooming for the shadows, calling out the overglossed finish, and looking for the subtle distortions that reveal the smoke and mirrors. And in a recent conversation (read: rant) about AI labels everywhere I look, I found myself spiralling into the thought: 'Is my taste my own?' Or is it the spoon-fed and forced down my feed content that has consumed me?

You can't escape the haze of polka dots (typically blue and brown), the admittedly pretty but almost mainstream green garden furniture, and the warmth of glossy butter yellow dripping into every surface. While I can admire the allure of each of these aesthetics and acknowledge my participation in more than one of these trends, it has led me to want to avoid copycat interiors.