Add a Stranger to a Room Photo

How it works

1. 1

   Upload your photo

   Upload a photo of your living room, bedroom, kitchen, or any room with visible furniture and space. A photo taken from a normal standing or sitting angle works best — like you casually walked in and took a shot of the room. Rooms with a couch, chair, or visible seating give the stranger somewhere natural to be.

   Expect: The upload takes under 5 seconds. Any room photo with open space or furniture is enough to work with.
2. 2

   Describe the stranger

   Type exactly who you want in the room and what they're doing. The key to this prank is specificity — not just "a person" but a scruffy man in a bathrobe eating cereal, or a well-dressed woman reading a magazine as if she's been there for hours. The stranger should look entirely unbothered. The more casual they appear, the funnier and more unsettling.

   Tip: The stranger should look like they belong there — not staring at the camera, not looking suspicious. They're just living in your house. That casual unbothered energy is what makes the prank devastating.

   Copy one of these to get started:

   Scruffy man eating cereal on the couch Add a scruffy middle-aged man in a worn bathrobe sitting on the couch, eating a bowl of cereal and watching TV. He looks completely at home and unbothered. Not looking at the camera.

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   Well-dressed woman reading in the armchair Add a well-dressed woman in her 40s sitting in the armchair reading a magazine, completely absorbed in it. She's wearing business casual clothes and has a cup of coffee on the side table next to her.

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   Random man at the kitchen table Add an older man in a polo shirt sitting at the kitchen table, eating a sandwich and scrolling on his phone. He looks relaxed and completely at home, not looking up.

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   Teenager on the floor gaming Add a teenage boy sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of the TV, playing video games with a controller. He's focused entirely on the screen and completely ignoring everything else.

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   Sleeping stranger on the couch Add a large man in casual clothes lying on the couch asleep, one arm over his face, shoes still on. He's deeply asleep and taking up the entire couch.

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   Person standing at the window Add a man in his 30s standing at the window looking out, back to the camera. He's holding a cup of coffee, dressed casually, looking at the street. Not aware he's being photographed.

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   Child watching TV Add a small child, about 8 years old, sitting about a foot from the TV screen completely transfixed, watching cartoons. No one else in the room. The child looks like they've been there all morning.

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3. 3

   Send it

   Download and text it to your partner, roommate, or parent with just "??" or "um" — no explanation. Or send it to whoever is most likely to panic and demand an explanation. The less you say, the better.