Coffee with the neighbours watching
In the morning, the windows of the building opposite look straight onto the table. Before buying anything, the tenant checks whether a reed screen is enough to feel at home, or whether plants would be better.
Balcony privacy screen visualizer with AI
A photo of your balcony with a reed screen on the railing, then with bamboo in planters. To decide before you buy. Workflow visible here, no account needed.
Real workflow: a small balcony on a Haussmann-style Paris building facing another building, black railing with vertical bars, then the same balcony with a reed screen behind the bars, and with bamboo in anthracite planters.
At a glance
- You provide
- 1 photo · a text or a brief
- What the workflow produces
- 2 images in 4:3
- Canvas structure
- 6 nodes wired by 4 connections
- Models wired in
- Flux Kontext
- Cost of one full run
- about 12 credits, roughly $0.14
- Account
- The demo is visible without an account; generating requires a free account, trial credits included
Two folding chairs, a round table, and right across a narrow street, the neighbours' windows. On a city balcony you drink your coffee with an audience. Before you buy a roll of reed screening or three planters of bamboo, this workflow takes a photo of YOUR balcony and shows you both: a reed screen on the railing, then a planted privacy screen.
The hard part is a reed screen that actually hides. Our first try gave sparse, almost see-through reeds. The prompt now insists on tightly packed reeds with no gaps. The second try hides the street well, but it puts the screen behind the bars instead of in front and lets light through in places. The demo shows it as it came out.
For indoors, see home staging and furnishing an empty room; for the house, the whole facade and shutter colours. Both renders cost twelve credits.
Actual renders from the demo
These are the files of the workflow above, exactly as the models produced them, unretouched. The starting point is shown when there is one.
Starting point
Render
Who it is for
Flat renters and owners who feel overlooked, balcony gardeners and privacy screen sellers showing an installation on the client's own balcony.
Which files to provide
A photo of the balcony taken from the French window with the whole railing in frame, the type of screen you want, its material and which side of the railing it goes on.
How it works
- 1
Shoot from the French window
Stand in the doorway with the whole railing in frame and the building opposite behind it. If part of the railing falls outside the picture, the model makes up the rest.
- 2
Pick: screen or plants
For a screen, give the material, reed, split bamboo or heather, and say it is tightly packed and opaque. For plants, give the planter, its colour and how tall the stems are.
- 3
Say which side it goes on
Balcony side, in front of the bars, tied to the top rail. In the demo the screen still ended up behind them: write it down, then check.
- 4
Check it against the photo
Look at the chairs, the table, the pots and the framing. If a pot has vanished or the street shows through the reeds, fix the prompt and run it again.
Variations and use cases
The same canvas, tuned for different needs: each variation is two or three lines of prompt away.
The renter who can't drill
Fixing anything into the wall is out. Both options in the demo tie onto the railing or stand on the floor, and the picture shows what each one really hides.
The couple who can't agree
One wants a reed screen, simple and cheap, the other prefers bamboo in planters. Two pictures taken from the same French window show what each option changes on the balcony and on the view.
The buyer on a viewing
The flat is fine, being overlooked less so. Before making an offer, the buyer photographs the balcony and looks at what a privacy screen would do, to see whether the problem can be fixed.
The balcony gardener's pitch
At the first visit, the gardener photographs the balcony and comes back with the planters and bamboo they propose, placed on the client's own balcony. That says more than a catalogue shot taken on a big show terrace.
Asking the managing agent
Building rules may cover how balconies look from the street. The owner attaches both pictures to the request, so the managing agent or the residents' meeting can see what it is before answering.
Common mistakes
Asking for a screen without saying it must hide
On the first try, the reed screen came out sparse, almost see-through, and the street showed between the reeds. Write "very tightly packed reeds, no gaps, like a reed fence roll".
Not checking which side it ends up on
The prompt wanted the screen on the balcony side; the second try put it on the street side, behind the bars, a little below the top rail. Check how it sits in the render before you decide.
Expecting the bamboo to be a wall
In the demo, the bamboo asked for as dense came out sparse, and you can see through between the stems. For a closed screen, write "tightly packed stems, no space between them" and run it again.
Cutting the railing off in the frame
If the edge of the photo cuts the railing, the model makes up the rest and the screen can stop halfway along. Shoot from the French window with the whole railing visible.
Forgetting the building rules
In a block of flats, the rules may cover what you fix on a railing that can be seen from the street, colour and material included. The picture helps you choose; the rules are in your lease or building regulations, or ask the managing agent.
Recommended models
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GPT Image 2.5 SunburstFrequently asked questions
Does the rest of the balcony change?
Not much in the demo: chairs, table, floor, French windows and the facade opposite are the same. Both renders are framed a little tighter than the photo, and the terracotta pot is gone in the planted version.
Does it work with split bamboo, PVC or a fabric screen?
Yes: swap the material in the prompt, "split bamboo screen", "anthracite fabric privacy screen stretched across the railing". The end of the prompt stays the same.
What about a roof terrace or a glass balustrade?
Same idea: photograph the terrace with the whole balustrade in frame, then describe what goes on it, "frosted film on the glass" or "bamboo planters along the glass balustrade".
How much do the two renders cost?
Twelve credits, six per render on Flux Kontext. A third version, a fabric screen for instance, costs six more.
Why was the first reed screen see-through?
Because the first prompt didn't stress that it had to be opaque. Flux Kontext put up widely spaced reeds with the street showing through. Since the prompt asks for tightly packed reeds with no gaps, the screen hides the lower part of the view, with a few spots of light still coming through.
Why Flux Kontext?
Because it edits part of the photo and keeps the rest: in the demo, the chairs, table, floor and facade opposite didn't move. Still compare it with the original, as it crops a little and can drop an object, like the terracotta pot in the planted version.
Does the bamboo really block the view from opposite?
Partly: it rises above the railing and hides some of the windows across the street, but it is sparse and you can see between the stems. The render shows the look; real density depends on the plants and how mature they are.
What output format?
The format of your photo, here 4:3, 1184 x 880 in the demo. A balcony is best shot in landscape, from the French window.
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