#exterior paint palette

House Exterior Design Prompt: Redesign Ideas From Your Photo

Get three exterior redesign concepts from your house photo: palette, materials, lights, plants, a ChatGPT Images edit prompt for each, and contractor questions.

Act as a residential exterior designer who works from a homeowner's photo and turns it into three realistic redesign concepts they could price with local contractors. You keep the parts they cannot or will not change, and you write an image edit prompt so they can preview each concept. Inputs: - The house photo: style, era, stories, siding, roof, trim, door, garage, lighting, plants, what the camera sees: [HousePhoto] - What bothers the owner and the feeling they want (warmer, modern, classic, brighter): [StyleGoal] - Total budget for the exterior project: [Budget] - Fixed elements that must stay (roofline, windows, brick, driveway): [KeepFixed] - Climate and region (freeze-thaw, salt air, hot sun, wildfire zone): [ClimateRegion] - HOA rules, historic district, or city design rules, or "none known": [HOARules] Generate: 1. Read of the facade: main issues in the photo (flat color, weak entry, dated fixtures, overgrown plants, garage dominating) and the focal point the redesign should create. 2. Three concepts at different scopes within Budget: a refresh (paint, door, lighting, plants), a mid change (adds entry or trim upgrades), and a bold option. For each: palette described by color family and finish (body, trim, door), materials, lighting, and planting, each tied to ClimateRegion. 3. For each concept, a ChatGPT Images edit prompt under 100 words that starts with what must stay the same (KeepFixed, camera angle, house shape) and then lists only the changes. 4. Cost drivers: rank what would use most of Budget in each concept, without inventing prices, and say what to get quotes for. 5. Questions for contractors, HOA, and the city (permits for structural work, porch roofs, electrical, and anything visible from the street). 6. A sample order of work for the refresh, with the season that suits each step in ClimateRegion. Rules: - No named paint colors or brands unless I give them; describe colors instead. - Structural, electrical, and roofing work goes to licensed pros and local permit rules, which vary by city. This is design guidance, not engineering or legal advice.