Want to see a preview of what your home will look like but don’t know where to start? Everything is easier than you think. All you need is an internet connection, a mobile device with any operating system or a tablet / desktop, and follow this guide.
Mobile app
Here is a list of free APPs (at least in the basic version) with which you can easily design your home and visit it in 3D:
HOME DESIGN 3D: downloadable for free on iOS and Android, you can take advantage of all its functions and potential at a cost of € 7.99. With this program you will create floor plans, add ground-room-wall-windows-objects, choose textures, and view everything in two 2D or 3D dimensions.
5D PLANNER: downloadable for free on iOS is Android, you can fully enjoy it by making in-app purchases starting at € 1.99 or € 3.49 depending on the operating system. Also with Planner 5D you will start from the Construction of exteriors and interiors. Finally you can share your project on Social Network, to get feedback and advice or to invite other users to participate in the realization of your dream.
MAGIC PLAN: downloadable for free on iOS and Android, very interesting and simple to use, as it allows you to create accurate plans and floor plans starting from photos and simple shots, and then be able to perfect the room, corners, walls and environment.
ROOMLE 3D: downloadable for free on iOS and Android, it has some differences depending on the operating system; on Android it is only possible to browse the catalog of solutions, objects, textures, accessories, whereas only on iOS it is possible to design the entire house. Even with ROOMLE 3D it is possible to modify the internal structure, rooms and interior furnishings.
SKETCHUP: application downloadable on any operating system, it also allows the modeling of objects and provides increases in functionality, although the free version is sufficiently perfect for projects for private or professional and commercial use; easy to use, also thanks to the presence of tutorials.
MORPHOLIO TRACE: last on the list but first for the care with which it manages to design interiors and exteriors, therefore used by true professionals since it does not leave even a detail behind. If launched on Tablet, it allows maximum yield and creativity, since the tablet will become a map on which to directly draw, color, indulge oneself. It is a beautiful APP, available only on iOS, in basic version or with a monthly subscription for 5 euros.
Home design software for desktop computers
Unless you’ve already seen a real estate online on sites like ImmobiliOvunque, you will need to design the house perhaps with the help of a desktop computer. So here are the best home design software you can use with your computer.
HOUSE DESIGN: perfect program for those who are not familiar with building projects or with floor plans, almost entirely free (without the only possibility to save their projects and with advertising banners); only flaw: available only on MAC and iOS operating system.
FLOOR PLAN CREATOR: free architectural program with additional paid features, intuitive and easy to use, continuously updated to improve its potential.
SWEETHOME 3D: completely free program, also used in universities, available both on WINDOWS and on iOS, as well as without download in the online version (with Java plugin); also in this case, we start from the floor plans to build in detail the interiors in which it is possible to walk, creating a real real-time tour or automatically recording a moving video that can be downloaded.
pCon.planner it is one of the simplest and most complete design software, however, for this reason, it requires powerful 64-bit computers.
It is also available as an APP, downloadable with a 30-day free trial. PCon.planner uses, like AUTOCAD (explained later) the best format for DWG design, creating three-dimensional architectures starting from existing plans, but not only: the most interesting part is the printing of the layouts to scale, as well as the rendering of the animations.
AUTOCAD includes a particular illustration, such as the famous complete design program. AUTOCAD allows you to create drawings and design environments on any device in an impeccable way, both on Desktop and Mobile and Tablet, and on any Operating System.
The 7-day free trial version allows you to know and appreciate it. The full version is available for only 6.10 euros per month. You will not regret it. Even professionals in the sector use it for creation and modeling.
HOMESTYLER INTERIOR DESIGN is a mobile and desktop application that, as the title suggests, allows you to create projects, including 3D ones, dedicated to interior design. HOMESTYLER also allows you to start from a photograph of the environments, for greater proximity to reality and impeccable perfection.
Once the interior has been scanned, it is possible to make color changes to the walls, insert furnishing accessories, objects, appliances and test home automation systems. The truly extensive database allows us to wander and put our creativity and imagination into play.
KITCHEN DESIGN: also this program, as the name suggests, is more specific and concerns the realization of the kitchen, not unimportant because, as we know, the days revolve around it and in it we meet for the best occasions.
DESIGN KITCHEN is available only on Android, entirely free to design and paid to buy available furnishing accessories. The APP is available in the gallery where you can also peek at other users’ projects.
Finally, a separate and interesting discourse can be done with a particular application: theIKEA furniture APP. This APP, easily downloadable on any Mobile or Fixed device and on any Operating System, allows, thanks to Augmented Reality, to frame our environments and interiors and try the furnishing accessories available on the Ikea catalog.
The more than 2500 items available on the IKEA catalog allow you to experiment with a new furnishing of our home, in every room, according to the desired positions, in the best arrangement, in the colors to choose and in the style to match, before proceeding with incorrect purchases.
MyPANTONE is the APP created by the company of the same name, with which to think and design the best colors, in all the existing shades, in every environment, in every light. In short, there is to indulge oneself and above all there is no longer to give up the realization of a dream, a dream that tastes like home.
