What a time to be planning room layouts! Lucky for us, we now have access to a treasure trove of user-friendly apps to help us create floor plans and virtually design our rooms—taking a lot of the guesswork out of everything from gauging the right-sized furniture for our space, to assessing how a paint color will look, to putting entire rooms together in virtual reality before we take the plunge IRL. The following are some of the highest-rated apps on the market right now for drawing floor plans and room layouts. These apps can prove incredibly helpful when moving to a new home or embarking on a remodel, redesign, or even when purchasing new furniture (I'm looking at you, sofas). Please share any experiences you've had with room layout apps in the comments! FOR CREATING A FLOOR PLAN MagicPlan.
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(Image credit: ) is the Webby Award-winning app for iOS and Android that is receiving rave reviews for it's aesthetically pleasing interface and because it allows users to create room layouts using furniture and home decor from real brands—about as mistake-proof as you can get in room planning. The app also has cool features like a walk-through mode that allows users to take a virtual tour of their newly created rooms to get a feel for the room design and layout, and the option to share the room via social media for input and advice. Home Design 3D. (Image credit: ) for iOS (free but users need to upgrade to the $3 version to save room designs) offers a fun and easy way to play with virtual room layout ideas.
Users enter the dimensions of their room and then can try out different room planning ideas by flipping furniture, changing wall colors and flooring, and altering the scale of items to see how everything will look together. Reviews praise the app's ease of use but note issues with crashing (though the newest version addresses the bug in the app and states the issue has been fixed). Here are a few additional posts from our archives to help you plan your interior spaces with tech.