Draw the plan of your house by yourself

DO IT YOURSELF

If you are planning to rearrange furniture, buy new furniture or renovate your home check out the following free interior design applications. Remember, that by drawing the plan with measurements before the final decision, can prevent bad purchases, like for example a large sofa that will not fit into your home and generally will save you time and money.

These software are easy to learn and free. However, they are suitable only for non-professionals that want to renovate their home or experiment with several ideas.

Sweet Home 3D is a free interior design application that allows you to draw the plan of your house, arrange furniture on it, experiment with different materials and textures and see your ideas in 3D.

To draw the plan you enter the real measurements of your home or room. With the "wall" tool you can draw the walls and then add windows and doors. Moreover, the application contains enough libraries with all basic furniture, lighting and materials. This means that you can even render the scene with textures, lights and shadows. Although, you draw in 2D, your ideas are presented automatically in 3D.

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The free version of Sweet home 3d is distributed under the GNU General Public License and it is available in several languages. You can download it and install it in your computer or work online without downloading.

Homestyler by Autodesk is probably the most well-known free interior design application. Contains many architectural elements, furniture, lighting, accesories, appliances even materials and colors. The cool thing is that it has a product catalogue from well-known brands and autodesk is constantly add new products from top manufacturers such as Jonathan Adler, B&B Italia, Arhaus and Kohler.

As an application, it is very easy to learn and use. The user can save the design for later use or share it with the homestyler community of with friends to get more ideas. It is available in several languages.

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The application is available online without the need to download and install it on your computer.

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