Design a House Online Using Feet and Inches

If you're thinking about redesigning a room and altering the layout, then it's sometimes hard to work out whether your ideas will really work and if everything will fit in well. This is particularly so with rooms such as bathrooms or kitchens, when you're considering totally re-arranging the existing layout.

One of the best ways of seeing whether or not your ideas are actually viable, and to get an idea of how they might look, is to put together a proposed layout of your room. If you don't fancy drawing this all out on paper, then there are a wide variety of very useful free room planning tools online, many of which are simple and easy to use.

Some of the tools are useful for an initial play, to see how you could move key items around in a room. But if you want to get a more accurate idea of how things could work in your particular room, you will need to take measurements and input these into the room planners. Don't forget to also take into consideration where windows or doors are located and which way they open!

There are online room planning tools run by individual brands, which use examples of their own products to help you plan a room, plus generic tools that guide you as to what size bath or sink you'll require to meet your plans.

We successfully used one of the generic room planners to re-design our bathroom, completely altering the original layout. Using our measurements, it was very useful to see the maximum size of bath and shower unit that could fit in, whilst still giving enough space in the rest of the room.

Once you've produced your perfect room plan, you can usually save it, download it or print it out. If you're employing a builder or contractor to do the work, then the room plan will be useful for them to get a better idea of what you're looking for and find products that match the required sizes.

Online room planning design tools are ideal for those who have smaller spaces, or perhaps too much space, and need help bringing it all together. Using the dimensions of your home can help you to plan everything from the position of the chairs to the shutters for your windows . It is also a great way to work out if you can really fit that beautiful refurbed fireplace or not. Remember to save your creations, though!

10 free online room planning design tools

Update: There's a few more than 10 now, as we've found more and added to our list!

RoomSketcher – The free floor planner and home design tool from RoomSketcher makes it easy to draw out and plan your room layouts, as well as get a more visual idea of how things could fit.

Floor Planner – Floor Planner offers a useful tool (the basic option is free) to create new floor plans and room layouts.

Plan Your Room – An easy-to-use online tool that will help you plan out the space you have available.

Roomstyler 3D Home Planner – A free online room design tool that helps plan out different rooms in your home.

Sweet Home 3D – Free online interior design tool that allows you to create 2D plans and see previews in 3D. It's available in a range of languages.

Autodesk Homestyle – Useful free drag and drop room planner tool that allows you to easily create floor plans, plus add decorating ideas too.

3Dream – A useful 3D room planner for all aspects of interior design.

BHG Arrange a Room – A useful tool that allows you to arrange a room and see how different configurations work.

Bathstore – Free online 2D bathroom planning tool.

Ikea – Room planning tools from Ikea, including a kitchen planner.

Villeroy & Boch – A useful online 3d room planner, plus professional templates that you can use to inspire you.

B&Q – B&Q have several free room planning tools on their website, including a bathroom planner, kitchen planner and room designer tool.

Homebase– Homebase have a selection of useful online tools and calculators, including a free room planner.

Magnet – Online kitchen planner tool that helps you create a 3D model of a kitchen.

Useful room planning apps

If you'd prefer to have a go at planning using an app on your phone or tablet, then here are some tools to try.

iOS:

Roomle 3D and AR room planner app

Bathroom planner app

Harvey's room planner app

Android:

Planner 5D

Harvey's room planner app

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Design a House Online Using Feet and Inches

Source: https://www.freshdesignblog.com/2011/02/top-10-free-online-interior-design-room-planning-tools/

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