AI conservatory design

AI Conservatory Design: See a Conservatory on Your Own House

With a photo of the back of your house you can try the idea first: a Victorian conservatory, a lean-to, an orangery with a roof lantern. Upload the photo, pick the Residential type, and ArchitecturesAI renders the same view; then describe the conservatory in a sentence and compare a few versions. The result is an idea picture. It does not know your plot, your foundations, your windows and doors, or the rules where you live, so it helps you decide what to ask a supplier or a designer, and it is not a plan or a quote.

Try a conservatory on your house photo

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Back of a two-storey cream rendered house with a dark tiled roof, a white back door and a kitchen window on the ground floor, two white-framed windows upstairs, wooden fences on both sides, a paved patio and a lawn — Both images are AI-generated with our own image model. The "before" is an AI-drawn stand-in for a photo of a house; it is not a real house. Edit prompt used: "Change ONLY the area around the back door and kitchen window: add a Victorian-style conservatory with a white frame, a low brick base, tall glass panels and a pointed multi-faceted glass roof with a small ridge finial, built against the back wall. Keep the cream wall, the upstairs windows, the lawn, the fence and the camera angle exactly the same." What followed it: a white-framed conservatory with a low red brick base, a bay-shaped glazed front and a pointed multi-faceted glass roof with a small finial now stands over the kitchen window, and the upstairs windows, the tiled roof, the fences, the patio, the lawn and the camera stayed in place. What differs from the prompt or the "before": the back door now sits at the left edge of the conservatory under the same glazed roof, with a white frame around it; the wall lamp beside the door is gone; the finial rises close to the sill of the right-hand upstairs window; a small plate or switch appears on the wall beside the door; and the base is red brick, which we did not choose (we asked for a brick base, not its colour). The picture does not show foundations, a floor level or how the roof would meet the wall.

The same house with a white-framed Victorian-style conservatory with a low red brick base, a bay-shaped glazed front and a pointed multi-faceted glass roof with a small finial, built over the kitchen window and beside the back door, with the same upstairs windows, roof, fences, patio and lawn — Both images are AI-generated with our own image model. The "before" is an AI-drawn stand-in for a photo of a house; it is not a real house. Edit prompt used: "Change ONLY the area around the back door and kitchen window: add a Victorian-style conservatory with a white frame, a low brick base, tall glass panels and a pointed multi-faceted glass roof with a small ridge finial, built against the back wall. Keep the cream wall, the upstairs windows, the lawn, the fence and the camera angle exactly the same." What followed it: a white-framed conservatory with a low red brick base, a bay-shaped glazed front and a pointed multi-faceted glass roof with a small finial now stands over the kitchen window, and the upstairs windows, the tiled roof, the fences, the patio, the lawn and the camera stayed in place. What differs from the prompt or the "before": the back door now sits at the left edge of the conservatory under the same glazed roof, with a white frame around it; the wall lamp beside the door is gone; the finial rises close to the sill of the right-hand upstairs window; a small plate or switch appears on the wall beside the door; and the base is red brick, which we did not choose (we asked for a brick base, not its colour). The picture does not show foundations, a floor level or how the roof would meet the wall.

What an AI conservatory design tool does

A conservatory design tool shows a conservatory on your house before you commit. Window and conservatory companies often offer their own design apps, where you pick styles, colours, glass and roof options and sometimes place the result on a photo of your home, and installers use apps that superimpose a model on a picture of the house. These are built around one company's products and usually lead to a quote. A general AI tool works differently: it takes your photo and redraws it from a written description, with no product range behind it.

The examples on this page show three kinds you can ask for: a Victorian-style conservatory, an orangery with a roof lantern and a lean-to. The tool does not know your plot, your foundations or what any of them costs.

How to try a conservatory on your house with ArchitecturesAI

Click "Try a conservatory on your house photo". The Render Architecture tool opens with Residential selected under Architecture Type. Sign in with Google or email.
Under "Please select an image", click Select Image and upload a JPG or PNG of the back of the house. Use a level, daylight photo with the whole back wall and some patio or lawn in frame.
Pick the Style closest to the look you want (25 in total) and generate. Free accounts can only use Low quality (Medium and High are marked PRO).
To ask for the conservatory, use Custom Action or Edit Image on the result and describe it in a sentence: the type (Victorian, lean-to, orangery), the frame colour, the roof, where it goes, and what must stay the same. Each edit uses credits. Run it a few times, since each result differs.
The examples on this page ran directly on our image model with the written instructions shown, not through this tool, so your result will differ.

Try a conservatory on your house photo

Conservatory ideas you can try

A Victorian-style conservatory with a brick base and a pointed glass roof, as in the first example.
An orangery with stone walls to match the house and a flat glass roof with a lantern, as in the second example.
A lean-to conservatory on a patio, as in the third example.
The same house with different frame colours (white, grey, black) to see which suits the brick or the render.
A smaller or a larger conservatory, to see how much of the patio and the garden it takes.

What the AI keeps and what it may change

Use this as a checklist when you compare a result with your house.

Usually kept: the camera angle, the shape of the house, the upstairs windows, the main roof, the lawn and the fences.
Often changed without being asked: wall lamps, stone or brick bands above doors, downpipes, and small boxes and cables. In the orangery example, a first prompt with no sentence about the main roof put a glass lantern on the house roof.
Sometimes different from what you asked: how far the new room projects (the orangery reads flush with the wall), the roof shape (the lean-to has angled ends) and the colour of the base.
Sometimes wrong in physical terms: a roof that does not meet the wall properly, no floor level, no gutter on the new roof, and doors that no longer open onto anything.
Never produced: measurements, a materials list, a quote or a check on whether your house can take the addition.

Back of a two-storey yellow stone house with a dark slate roof and two chimneys, two white-framed windows upstairs, two sets of white French doors on the ground floor with stone bands above them and a wall lamp between them, plant pots, a stone patio, a hedge on the right, a fence on the left and a lawn — An AI-generated pair made with our own image model. The "before" is an AI-drawn stand-in for a photo, not a real house. Edit prompt used: "Add a single-storey orangery that projects out from the back wall and covers the patio doors: stone walls matching the house, tall white-framed windows and a flat roof with a glass roof lantern in the middle. The main roof of the house, the upstairs windows and the chimneys stay exactly the same, and nothing is added to the main roof. Keep the lawn, the hedge, the patio and the camera angle the same." This is a second attempt: the first prompt did not say that the main roof must stay the same, and the model put a glass lantern on the house roof, a glazed canopy over a door and swapped one set of French doors for windows; we added the roof sentence and ran it again with another random seed. What followed it: a flat glass roof with a small dark-framed lantern and a white fascia now runs across both sets of doors, with white-framed glazing and stone piers between and beside them; the slate roof, the chimneys, the upstairs windows, the patio, the pots, the hedge, the lawn and the camera stayed in place. What differs from the prompt or the "before": seen straight on it reads more as a glazed roof and frames fixed to the wall than as a room that projects into the garden; the stone bands above the doors are gone; the wall lamp at the left is no longer visible (the one between the doors stays); and the black downpipes are shorter, since the new roof hides their upper part.

The same house with a single-storey orangery across the two sets of French doors, with white-framed tall glazing, stone piers between the doors, a white fascia and a flat glass roof with a small dark-framed lantern in the middle, with the same slate roof, chimneys, upstairs windows, patio, pots, hedge and lawn — An AI-generated pair made with our own image model. The "before" is an AI-drawn stand-in for a photo, not a real house. Edit prompt used: "Add a single-storey orangery that projects out from the back wall and covers the patio doors: stone walls matching the house, tall white-framed windows and a flat roof with a glass roof lantern in the middle. The main roof of the house, the upstairs windows and the chimneys stay exactly the same, and nothing is added to the main roof. Keep the lawn, the hedge, the patio and the camera angle the same." This is a second attempt: the first prompt did not say that the main roof must stay the same, and the model put a glass lantern on the house roof, a glazed canopy over a door and swapped one set of French doors for windows; we added the roof sentence and ran it again with another random seed. What followed it: a flat glass roof with a small dark-framed lantern and a white fascia now runs across both sets of doors, with white-framed glazing and stone piers between and beside them; the slate roof, the chimneys, the upstairs windows, the patio, the pots, the hedge, the lawn and the camera stayed in place. What differs from the prompt or the "before": seen straight on it reads more as a glazed roof and frames fixed to the wall than as a room that projects into the garden; the stone bands above the doors are gone; the wall lamp at the left is no longer visible (the one between the doors stays); and the black downpipes are shorter, since the new roof hides their upper part.

From the idea to a real conservatory

The image is for deciding what you like and for explaining it to a supplier. A conservatory or an orangery is a new structure attached to the house: it needs foundations, a floor, a roof that meets the wall and often a way to heat and ventilate it. In many places an addition like this needs approval or has to meet building rules, and some homes have extra limits. None of that can be read from a picture. Ask your local authority or a professional what is possible on your house before you order.

For adding rooms or a bigger extension, see the house extension page; for the roof of an addition, see the roof page; and for the look of the whole house, see the house facade page.

Back of a two-storey red brick house with a dark tiled roof and a chimney, two white-framed windows upstairs, white French doors with a window on each side and a brick band above them on the ground floor, a small paved patio, wooden fences on both sides and a lawn — Both images come from our own image model. The "before" is an AI-drawn stand-in for a photo, not a real house. Edit prompt used: "Change ONLY the patio area in front of the French doors: add a large lean-to conservatory that projects clearly out onto the patio, with a white frame, full-height glass walls and a sloping glass roof leaning against the back wall. The French doors stay visible inside it. Keep the brick wall, the upstairs windows, the lawn, the fences and the camera angle exactly the same." This is a second attempt: the first run, with a shorter prompt, added only a thin glazed hood close to the wall, not a room, so we asked for a conservatory that projects clearly out and ran it again with another random seed; we show the better result. What followed it: a white-framed conservatory with glass walls and a sloping glass roof now stands on the patio against the back wall, with the French doors visible inside it, and the upstairs windows, the roof, the chimney, the fences, the lawn and the camera stayed in place. What differs from the prompt or the "before": the glass roof has angled ends, so it reads as a hipped lean-to and not as a single plain slope; a short brick base and a plant pot show at the bottom; the brick band above the old windows is hidden behind the roof; the small box and cable beside the doors are no longer visible; and the conservatory covers most of the width of the patio, leaving only a strip of it in front.

The same house with a white-framed conservatory standing on the patio against the back wall, with glazed walls, a short brick base and a sloping glass roof with angled ends, the French doors visible inside, and the same upstairs windows, roof, chimney, fences and lawn — Both images come from our own image model. The "before" is an AI-drawn stand-in for a photo, not a real house. Edit prompt used: "Change ONLY the patio area in front of the French doors: add a large lean-to conservatory that projects clearly out onto the patio, with a white frame, full-height glass walls and a sloping glass roof leaning against the back wall. The French doors stay visible inside it. Keep the brick wall, the upstairs windows, the lawn, the fences and the camera angle exactly the same." This is a second attempt: the first run, with a shorter prompt, added only a thin glazed hood close to the wall, not a room, so we asked for a conservatory that projects clearly out and ran it again with another random seed; we show the better result. What followed it: a white-framed conservatory with glass walls and a sloping glass roof now stands on the patio against the back wall, with the French doors visible inside it, and the upstairs windows, the roof, the chimney, the fences, the lawn and the camera stayed in place. What differs from the prompt or the "before": the glass roof has angled ends, so it reads as a hipped lean-to and not as a single plain slope; a short brick base and a plant pot show at the bottom; the brick band above the old windows is hidden behind the roof; the small box and cable beside the doors are no longer visible; and the conservatory covers most of the width of the patio, leaving only a strip of it in front.

AI idea picture, a conservatory supplier or an architect?

ArchitecturesAI. No setup: upload a photo, describe the conservatory and get a picture back. Good for comparing styles and proportions; not to scale and not faithful to any particular product.
A conservatory supplier or its design app. Shows or quotes real products, and leads to a priced job, but ties you to one range.
An architect or a building designer. Drawings, structure and the paperwork for approval. Needed before you build.

Free tier and plans

You need a free account to render. New accounts get 2 free renders, and free renders carry a watermark. In India this site does not include free renders, so a paid plan is needed there. Weekly, monthly and yearly plans for more renders without the watermark are on the pricing page.

The "before" images on this page are AI-drawn stand-ins, not photos of real houses.

Frequently asked questions

Can AI show a conservatory on my own house photo?

Yes, as a concept picture. Upload a photo of the back of your house, then describe the conservatory with Custom Action or Edit Image on the result. It keeps the camera and the shape of the house and draws the conservatory where you describe it, but it is not to scale and it does not know the real products.

What should I write to ask for a conservatory?

Say the type, the frame colour, the roof and where it goes, and what stays the same: for example, a white-framed lean-to conservatory on the patio with a sloping glass roof, and keep the upstairs windows, the lawn, the fences and the camera the same. In our tests it followed the type and the frame, but it also changed lamps and small details, and one attempt added a lantern to the main roof until we said not to.

What is the difference between a conservatory and an orangery?

A conservatory is mostly glass, including the walls and roof. An orangery has more solid walls (stone or brick) and a flat roof with a glass lantern or rooflights. In the examples on this page the Victorian and lean-to pictures are glass-walled, and the orangery has stone piers and a flat glass roof.

Will the picture show how it would be built?

No. The pictures show no foundations, floor level, gutters or the way the roof meets the wall. Ask a supplier or an architect.

Do I need permission to add a conservatory?

It depends on where you live, the house and the size of the addition. Many places have rules on extensions and building standards, and some homes have extra limits. A picture does not answer that. Ask your local authority or a professional, and check before you build.

What photo should I upload?

A level photo in daylight with the whole back wall of the house in frame and some patio or lawn in front of it, with as little clutter as possible. Crop out text and toolbars.

Is it free to try?

Yes. After you sign in, a new account gets 2 free renders with a watermark. In India this site does not include free renders. Paid weekly, monthly and yearly plans are listed on the pricing page.

See the conservatory before you pay for it

Upload a photo of the back of your house, describe the conservatory, and compare a few versions. Your first 2 renders on a free account are on us.

Try a conservatory on your house photo