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ChatGPT's 'Fill This Empty Room' Trend: 3 Prompts to Try Before Halloween
The "fill this empty room with everything you know about me" prompt is back on everyone's feed. ChatGPT reads what it remembers about you and packs an empty room with your hobbies, habits and quirks, then exaggerates them.
This week it spread again on X, with a bookshelf version and versions in Chinese and Thai pulling hundreds of thousands of views. Here are three prompts: the original, the bookshelf twist, and a five-facts version you control, which works even with memory off.
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The Short Version
- The original prompt works in ChatGPT when memory is on. It uses what ChatGPT remembers about you, so check your memory settings first.
- No memory, or rather not share it? Give the model five facts instead. That version works in ChatGPT, Gemini and most image tools.
- Three prompts to copy: the room, the bookshelf and the five-facts room.
Where the trend came from
Artist Kris Kashtanova posted an early version in late September, and it took off in mid-October. Over the past week it came back in new languages and as a bookshelf variant, and X now has trending pages for both.
It works because the result is personal and a little embarrassing: people share it to see what the AI got right, and what it got hilariously wrong. If ChatGPT doesn't know much about you, the room comes out generic, which is exactly why the five-facts version below exists.
Our example images were not made with ChatGPT. We made them with beehiiv's built-in, Gemini-based image tool, using a made-up person or the exact five facts shown, so you can see the look. Your room will be about you.
1. The original: fill the room with me
Upload a photo of any empty room (or skip the upload and let ChatGPT draw one). The more ChatGPT remembers about you, the funnier this gets.
The exact prompt
Illustrative example, not made with ChatGPT and not based on anyone's memory: generated for this issue with beehiiv's Gemini-based image tool, with a made-up person described in the prompt. Your ChatGPT result will be about you. The left half is the empty test room we used.
Upload (optional): 1 photo of an empty room
Fill this empty room with everything you know about me from our conversations, and exaggerate it. Pack every corner with details that only make sense for me. Keep the walls, the window, the floor and the camera angle exactly as they are. Make it a realistic wide-angle interior photo, playful and over the top.
Why it works: "Exaggerate it" is the magic word: it turns a tidy room into a story. Locking the walls, window and camera angle keeps it looking like your photo, just taken over.
Try it: ChatGPT · ChatGPT memory FAQ
What to check in your result
Before you post, look at every object: is anything in there you wouldn't want strangers to know? Remove it with a follow-up prompt such as "remove the paperwork on the desk."
One variation to try
Make it seasonal: add "decorate it for Halloween the way I would."
2. The bookshelf twist
The bookshelf version is the newest spin on the trend. It's quieter than the room, and people love arguing about the titles it picks.
The exact prompt
Illustrative example, not made with ChatGPT and not based on anyone's memory: generated for this issue with beehiiv's Gemini-based image tool, with a made-up person described in the prompt. Your ChatGPT result will be about you. Ours imagines a landscape architect who bakes and loves 1970s sci-fi and birdwatching.
Upload (optional): 1 photo of an empty shelf
Fill this empty bookshelf with books you think I'd love, based on everything you know about me. Mix in a few objects from my life between the books, and exaggerate it a little. Keep the shelf, the wall and the light exactly the same, and make the book spines easy to read.
Why it works: "Books you think I'd love" gives the model a fun job: guessing taste, not just listing hobbies. Objects between the books add the personal details that make people stop scrolling.
Try it: ChatGPT · ChatGPT memory FAQ
What to check in your result
AI often invents book titles or misspells spines. If you want real books, follow up with "list every title on the shelf" and check them.
One variation to try
Swap the shelf for a fridge door covered in magnets and notes, or a desk drawer, and keep the rest of the prompt.
3. The five-facts room (no memory needed)
This is the version to use if memory is off, if you use Gemini or another tool, or if you'd rather choose exactly what goes in. Replace the five facts with your own.
The exact prompt
Illustrative example, not made with ChatGPT: generated for this issue with beehiiv's Gemini-based image tool from this prompt and the empty test room above. Your result will differ.
Upload (optional): 1 photo of an empty room
Fill this empty room using only these five facts about me, and exaggerate each one: 1. I'm a nurse who works night shifts. 2. I bake sourdough every weekend. 3. I collect vintage maps. 4. I'm training for my first marathon. 5. I have a golden retriever named Biscuit. Keep the walls, the window, the floor and the camera angle exactly as they are. Make it a realistic wide-angle interior photo in soft morning light, playful and over the top, with every corner telling part of the story.
Why it works: Numbered facts give the model a checklist, so nothing gets dropped. You decide what's shared, which makes it safe to post.
Try it: ChatGPT · Gemini app
What to check in your result
Find all five facts in the image. If one is missing, run it again with that fact moved to the top of the list.
One variation to try
Make a couples or family version: list five facts each, and ask for "one half of the room for each of us."
Before you post
- Check what ChatGPT remembers first: Settings, then Personalization, then Memory. You can delete anything you don't want used.
- Zoom in for names, addresses, workplaces or health details, and edit them out.
- Don't use other people's information without asking.
- Label AI-made images where the platform asks you to.
Go deeper
Want more trend remixes? Browse past prompt packs at luxeprompting.com.
Source Desk
All three prompts are original Luxe editorial work written for this October 2026 issue, based on the public trend prompt. Trend details come from public posts on X between October 24 and 28, 2026, and X's trending pages for the room and bookshelf versions. Memory steps come from OpenAI's help center. Example images are illustrative and were made with beehiiv's Gemini-based image tool, not ChatGPT.
X trending: fill the empty room · X trending: the bookshelf version · Example post on X (Oct 26) · ChatGPT memory FAQ
A clearer brief. A more useful result.