AnyHome — Design Advisor Demo

Vertical: Home & Furniture ~10 min 5 acts

⚠️ Demo Limitations to Mention

25 SKUs across 9 categories — production catalog would be 50,000+
Checkout, white-glove delivery, returns flows are simulated
In-store design consultation is mocked — no real calendar / designer assignment
Product images are AI-generated by Stability AI
3 personas hard-coded — production would draw from order history & saved boards

Set the Stage

~1 min

"Furniture has the longest consideration window in retail — weeks, not minutes. Customers bounce because they can't picture how pieces work together. AnyHome's Design Advisor turns that browsing time into guided projects."

Open the homepage. Point out the warm earth-tone palette, the hero "A home that feels like you", and the 3 personas: small-space, work-from-home family, modern-luxe homeowner.

Higher AOV through grouped recommendations. A guided shopper buys a sofa + rug + lamp + decor in one session instead of returning four times for one piece.

Style Discovery — A First Apartment

~3 min

Click "🆕 New Customer". Type "I just moved into my first apartment".

"Watch how the advisor scopes the project — it asks which room first, then style, then budget. It doesn't dump 100 sofas on you."

Walk through: "Living room" → "Minimalist & Scandinavian" → "Under $2K". The advisor will recommend small-footprint pieces — IKEA Kallax, the Compact Writing Desk, the Natural Jute Rug, the Ceramic Vase.

"Notice the advisor groups recommendations into a finished room and explains how pieces work together. That's the design-savvy part. And every dimension is real — it knows the desk fits a small space."

Budget-aware filtering means the advisor never frustrates the customer with out-of-reach pieces. They convert because they trust the recommendations are achievable.

Returning Customer — Sophia's Modern-Luxe Home

~2 min

Clear chat. Click the "Sophia ✨" persona — homeowner, modern-luxe, $10K+ budget.

"Sophia's history shows the Cassidy Leather Sectional, Travertine Coffee Table, Brass Arc Floor Lamp, Live-Edge Walnut Dining Table, Thuma Platform Bed. The advisor knows her aesthetic — sculptural, natural materials, warm metals."

Type "I want to finish my dining room". Show the advisor surface coordinated picks like the Visual Comfort Linear Pendant and walnut sideboard credenza — pieces that match Sophia's existing palette.

Personalization at every visit — repeat customers see only pieces that match their established style. Lower decision fatigue, higher cart conversion, stronger brand affinity.

Design Consultation — Conversational Booking

~2 min

In Sophia's chat, type "can I work with a designer in person?"

"Watch — the advisor offers the SoHo showroom and other locations. One tap to book a 60-minute free consultation. Every photo Sophia liked, every piece she's saved, comes with her."

Free design consultations are the highest-converting funnel in furniture retail — they drive 3-5x basket size. Booking inside the chat eliminates the call-the-store friction.

The Wrap

~2 min

"Three things to walk away with. One — guided room-by-room shopping increases AOV through coordinated multi-piece purchases. Two — style + budget filtering means the advisor never wastes the customer's time. Three — free design consultation booking lives inside the conversation, capturing high-intent customers before they bounce."

Open the brand switcher to show this is the same code base running fashion, electronics, beauty, pet, grocery, and home — proving the architecture works across very different verticals.

Build once, deploy across categories. Every vertical reuses the AI plumbing — only the catalog, persona, and consultation flow change.