
Voila! You are no longer in a messy one-bedroom apartment in Toronto’s west end, you are in the Maharaja’s private palace in Jaipur. Then schedule your next virtual happy hour to show em off. Click “choose virtual background,” then on the “+” sign to upload an image. Here comes the fun part: Browse through these free Zoom backgrounds, and download your favorites. When you’re on a call in the Zoom app, click the arrow beside “stop video” and a list of options will appear. Or, it could be a good opportunity to paint an office wall in an interesting colour. To upload a custom backdrop to Zoom, do the following: save the below images to your desktop. You can pick up a green screen relatively cheaply on the likes of Amazon.

We combed through the ELLE Canada print archives to find the chicest backdrops for every virtual gathering on your schedule. Whether you’re hiding a mountain of dirty dishes, piles of unfolded laundry, unruly children or if you are simply a private individual, there is no need to expose your humble (or not-so-humble) dwelling.

With many of us now working from home, the scramble to find a clean corner of our living quarters seconds before an office-wide video-conference call is a common reality.
