Design a Stylish Zoom Background with Spoak (or Download One for Free!)

These days it feels like there’s no getting around having Zoom calls. Whether you’re catching up with long-distance friends or stuck in meetings with coworkers all day, there’s no denying that we’re all on Zoom, probably more than we would have ever imagined a couple of years ago. Remote working and virtual meetings aren’t all so bad, though. You can roam around comfortably in your favorite pajama pants,  access your snack pantry (we’re looking at you, secret candy draw), and work from the comfort of your home.

There are just a few minor setbacks that come with taking video calls from home; your coworkers seeing every nook and cranny behind you, the pressure of feeling like you need a clean space, etc. This is why we love usingo online interior design tool, to create custom, design-friendly Zoom backgrounds for all our meetings.

Don’t want to show your messy bedroom during your morning meeting? No problem! Wishing you were in a Parisian apartment working abroad? Us too. With the help of Spoak, you can let your creativity run wild and design whatever type of room you feel that day. In three simple steps, we'll show you how we created a designer-approved Zoom background from scratch.

Start daydreaming and cultivate the aesthetic for your new Zoom background

Blame it on Emily in Paris, but we can’t stop thinking about Parisian apartments and summer afternoons wandering around Marche Auguste-Blanqui. So we will run with this fantasy and design a space that would cater to this lifestyle. To save time while designing, we decided to do all the sourcing for our new flat ahead of time. We scoured the internet for products that spoke to us and saved them all in our project shown here. With our design tools, you can design a room from scratch or select one of the fancy templates provided. Luckily for us, there was a Paris-inspired template that we fell in love with!

Channel your inner interior designer and start designing.

If any of you are as obsessed with interior design as we are, we think this may be your favorite part. Time to get designing! Start by dropping in all of your products in the template. You can move things around and change the perspective of items, so they look just right in the space. Take your time with your design until you feel like it’s in a place where you’d want to show it off to the world.

Save your finished background and upload it to Zoom for your next meeting.

Voila! Just like that, you’re transported into a new, stylish room, all in time for your next work meeting. Your new background will not only make you feel like you just did a total home refresh, but we bet it will also be a fun conversation starter amongst whoever you’re meeting with too!

Alternatively, download any of these free virtual backgrounds for Zoom.