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Test a Paint Color on Furniture Before You Paint

See exactly how a paint color will look on a chest of drawers, cabinet, or chair before opening the tin.

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Painting furniture is one of the most popular DIY projects, but the gap between a paint chip and the actual result on a piece of furniture is enormous. Color reads completely differently on a three-dimensional object than it does on a flat card, and a mistake means sanding back and starting again.

Furniture Fabric Swap works just as well for paint as it does for fabric — upload a photo of your furniture piece and specify a paint color to generate a photorealistic preview of how it will look finished. Try a sage green chalk paint on an oak dresser, a navy gloss on a kitchen island, or a terracotta limewash on a wooden headboard.

DIY enthusiasts use this before committing to a paint color, interior designers use it during client presentations, and furniture upcyclers use it to plan their next project before buying materials.

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Claude

  1. Connect ToolRouter to Claude: claude mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Share a photo of the furniture piece in the room where it will live.
  3. Specify the paint colors you want to test — use brand paint names where possible for the most accurate color matching.
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ChatGPT

  1. Add ToolRouter to ChatGPT using the MCP JSON configuration: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
  2. Provide the furniture photo and the paint color options you are considering.
  3. Run `swap` via furniture-fabric-swap for the preferred color.
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Copilot

  1. Add ToolRouter to your Copilot MCP configuration: {"mcpServers":{"toolrouter":{"command":"npx","args":["-y","toolrouter-mcp"]}}}
  2. Provide the furniture photo and the proposed paint color with its brand reference.
  3. Run `swap` via furniture-fabric-swap to generate the preview.
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OpenClaw

  1. Connect ToolRouter to OpenClaw: openclaw mcp add toolrouter -- npx -y toolrouter-mcp
  2. Build your input list — one furniture photo per row with the proposed paint color for each.
  3. Run `swap` via furniture-fabric-swap across all pieces.
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