![]() If the building already exists, decide how much (a room, a floor, or the entire building) of it to draw. There are a few basic steps to creating a floor plan: Read some tips for creating perfect floor plans. Think about the safety of kids, cleaning, heating and cooling bill before falling in love with some majestic staircase or floor to ceiling windows. Find the balance between architectural details and practical considerations.When you do laundry, is it ok if you have to climb three floors to get from your master bedroom to the laundry room? If you work from home, make sure your office gets ideal light and is perhaps in a quiet location. If entertaining is important, make sure there's a good flow from the kitchen to an outside space and living room. Do they have room to move around? Is there room for furniture to accommodate all the planned activities? ![]() Whenever designing any room or hallway, think about how many people will be in that space at one time. Most people will like if the kitchen opens to the dining or living rooms so whoever is cooking can still interact with guests or keep an eye on the kids playing. Bathrooms shouldn't face common entertainment spaces like dining rooms or living rooms. Make sure bedrooms are far from entertaining spaces. Make sure in the future an office can easily be turned into a child's bedroom whether for your family or a future buyer's. ![]() I’m just a super invested neurotic homeowner, here! If you are too, I’ll bet you’ll enjoy playing in this software.What are the key characteristics of a good floor plan when designing your house? Keep in mind, I’m not a professional interior designer with access to all the tools and knowledge. ![]() Remember when I was first planning the kitchen layout? HomeStyler has been a key player in helping me play with the many different designs to weigh the pros and cons. I’ve struggled for nearly half a decade trying to determine where I should place walls, how the flow should work, how we can squeeze in an extra bathroom, and just general floor planning conundrums. I’ve been using HomeStyler for years as I’ve been planning my kitchen renovation. My friend Alison is a queen and can make SketchUp renderings look like real photos. For fully customizing spaces, you can try SketchUp which is also more accessible than CAD or Photoshop, but it does take a TON of practice and watching tutorials before you can really see what you want it to be. This software is limited, but I’ll get to that soon. I’ll admit that it isn’t perfect for one thing and that’s designing very specific custom furnishings/wallpapers/etc. Visualizing finished rooms and their flow Taking measurements of designs to order products and plan designs I’ve been using the software for several different applications:įloorplanning as I remodel and plan to adjust wallsįiguring out spacing within room constraints The software is called HomeStyler and you can use it on any desktop computer in any browser. I simply hope this is helpful for giving you an idea of a starting place to design your home/yard/etc. This post isn’t sponsored, nor is it a full tutorial with instructions on how to use it. I’ve been getting questions about the software I use whenever I share design plans, so I’m here to finally answer and give you some insight. ![]()
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