Find Products for Your Home Using Visual Search in the Houzz App
This tool helps you match furniture and accessories you see in the real world to similar products you can buy on Houzz
Imagine sitting in a coffee shop or hotel lobby, seeing a chair or light fixture you like and being able to find and buy that piece (or something similar) with just a few taps on your phone. With Visual Search, a feature on the Houzz app, you can use photos to find and buy the home products you’re looking for. After you snap a photo with your phone, the tool scans the piece of furniture or home accessory you’ve captured and matches it with visually similar products in the Houzz Shop.
Download the free Houzz app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad and from the Google Play store for Android devices and follow these easy steps to get started.
Download the free Houzz app from the App Store for iPhone and iPad and from the Google Play store for Android devices and follow these easy steps to get started.
2. Take a Photo of the Item You Like
Center the item you’d like to find — such as a chair, table or pendant light — in your photo view and take a picture.
You can also search using photos from your library (which allows you to use photos taken when you don’t have cellular service or access to Wi-Fi). After you tap the camera icon in the search bar, a separate icon to access your photos appears on the lower left portion of the screen.
Once you have taken a new photo or selected one from your library, a crop square will appear on the screen, as shown here.
Center the item you’d like to find — such as a chair, table or pendant light — in your photo view and take a picture.
You can also search using photos from your library (which allows you to use photos taken when you don’t have cellular service or access to Wi-Fi). After you tap the camera icon in the search bar, a separate icon to access your photos appears on the lower left portion of the screen.
Once you have taken a new photo or selected one from your library, a crop square will appear on the screen, as shown here.
Adjust the crop with your fingers so that the square includes only the piece you want to find.
After you have centered the item in the crop screen, the tool will scan the millions of products on Houzz for matching or visually similar pieces.
After you have centered the item in the crop screen, the tool will scan the millions of products on Houzz for matching or visually similar pieces.
3. Discover Visually Similar Products on Houzz
Once the search is complete, you can scroll through a list of visually similar products and tap on each one to learn more.
Once the search is complete, you can scroll through a list of visually similar products and tap on each one to learn more.
If you like one of the products found through Visual Search, tap on it to:
The Houzz Shop features more than 10 million home decor items spanning every budget and style.
- Add it to your Houzz shopping cart
- Save it to an ideabook
- Share it with family members or your home professional
- See how it looks in your home with the Houzz View in My Room 3D tool.
The Houzz Shop features more than 10 million home decor items spanning every budget and style.
On your mobile device, open the Houzz app and click on the camera icon on the right side of the search bar at the top of the homepage.