Interior Decorating Software

Because you are reading this most likely on a computer, you can probably understand that software makes life easier. It helps us speed up tasks that could take hours if we were doing them by hand. Decorating software is no different. There are so many different software programs out there that can help you do just about anything but what program you end up with will be determined by what you need to do.

Plan3D
This is the neatest tool I have seen in quite some time. This is an internet based service and download that allows you to set up your home, a room, an addition, whatever, and see it in "blueprint" form (flat) or in 3D (three dimensions), hence the name. What I like most about it is you can move walls, add toilets, add a window or door or an opening, put your furniture in different areas in different ways and you can see how the room will work and you can actually walk through it. For the "visually challenged" this is a great program to show you how different furniture arrangements will actually look in your home. How you will walk from the living room past the new sofa and around the coffee table to the new comfortable chair in the window. How is it going to look in your home? Check it out and see for yourself!

They have a fabulous demo that shows you how to add things and move things around. If you were working on a whole house, it might take some time to set up but once you were set up you can access this from anywhere with an internet connection.

They do allow you to save things to your computer so you can print out or save different color schemes, furniture arrangements, and different views of the room. You can take these with you when you go shopping so you know exactly what size sofa table you need and where it will go when you get it home. They have added shadows and light so you will know how the room will look with different types of lighting too.

This service can be used for your garden areas as well but the best part of this whole thing is it is dirt cheap for what you get! Under $3 a month!!!! They also offer you a money back/satisfaction guarantee. You can't lose and I can't recommend the service more.

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3D Home Architect® Home Design Deluxe 6
3D Home Architect® Home Design Deluxe 6 is a program that you install on your computer. You can either download it or order it on disks. Much like Plan3D this program lets you build a home or a single room and basically walk through it in 3D. You can view a plan in a 2D or flat blueprint like plan and then “magically” it will create the 3D to allow you to see how things are relating to each other.

This program allows you at add colors and textures, various fabrics, artwork, lamp styles, furniture heights and lots of various other features. When you can look at all of this together you can make determinations if you want to add something or take it away before you make your start shopping.

I have used this program for many years to help me communicate with my clients in both a blueprint furniture arrangement but also in a 3D way so they could understand how furniture related to other things in the room. It allowed me to show how colors could work together and gave me more flexibility in showing them what the room will look like when done, rather than me saying, just trust me!

I am very excited about having a download feature for this program. You can get it right now (I am a right now kind of person) from the internet. The first link below is the link to download it from the Internet. If you don't want to download and prefer to have disks of the software, the second link will allow you to do this. The last link you will find is for another program that moves beyond basic interior design and allows you to work in garden areas as well as interior details.

AutoCad®
Interior designers, architects, furniture designers, electrical engineers have used AutoDesk’s AutoCad® for many years. It has changed shapes and sizes and now is highly specialized for engineering, mechanical and architectural drawings. This software can take several months to a year to learn and will cost you several thousand dollars. There is a light version that is useful for smaller projects but it again is quite costly (can range anywhere from $750-900+) and will still take some time to learn how to use. This is really a program to do detailed drawings for building a new home, adding an addition or moving walls, plumbing and roof lines. For basic furniture placement and decorating projects, this is not a program you can simply plug in and play. I do not recommend it for the home decorator but for someone wanting to get into the interior design field, I would consider it.