For those wishing to tidy up their apartment, try different arrangements of furniture and change interior furnishings, you can use some free programs, or rather very precise web applications, full of options and easy to use. You can therefore work as an architect would, to draw the house plan on the computer, make a renovation of the apartment, try a different arrangement of the furniture, plan a change of furniture in the rooms or even prepare masonry work and change the structure of the home or apartment.
In this article we are therefore going to discover the best free programs and web applications to furnish your home, design buildings and interiors, which are free, very simple to use and also fun. In case you need to furnish or better renovate an apartment or a room, you can then draw on the PC, using the plan from above and 3D graphics, test the various designs before making a final choice and any idea of change, to have a precise vision of how the apartment will look after work or with new furniture.
1) EasyHome HomeStyler is both a web application and a free app for high-quality iPads and Android tablets to design apartments with a 3D view of the house plan.
The selection of structural and furnishing elements can be added and moved inside the house with a simple drag & drop.
The rooms can be designed in different shapes and sizes, they can then be freely arranged, doors, walls, windows and furniture.
The project can be saved online, downloaded in DWG file and, if desired, shared with other users. It has a large collection of catalogs for design and layout plans, the items in the catalog are sorted by categories, brands and trends. In addition to the catalog, it also has construction elements such as doors, windows, pillars, skylights, stairs, frames, etc. and designs of floors and walls. HomeStyler also has a "Check Design" tool that detects potential problems with the map, suggesting solutions. In the 3D view, you can switch between the first person view and the third person view (bird's eye view) and record a virtual tour of the apartment.
2) Planner5D is a website that allows you to use a web app to create projects of rooms, buildings or houses with a 3D view from above or 3/4. The architectural elements and the furniture made available by the application are many and very graphically cared for which become useful for creating rooms, apartments, offices, kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms and so on any room in the house or apartment. It allows you to create complete construction projects with rooms, fixtures, furniture, architecture with complete freedom to add or remove any element you want and also to select furniture that IKEA. The catalog of the articles is present on the left side of the screen, while the rest of the area is for drawing. The first section of the catalog has predefined shapes that you can drag and drop on the area in the center, while the second section of the catalog contains construction elements that include windows, arches, doors, walls, stairs, columns, etc. The third section of the catalog contains furniture, appliances and other objects and the fourth section has external elements such as swimming pools, garages, garden furniture, lawns, trees, etc. Easy to use, with 2D and 3D views, you can create a house or draw an office from scratch, or select a design uploaded by other users and modify it to your liking. Planner 5D can also be downloaded as an app for Android and iPhone.
3) Roomstyler is another tool for the design and furnishing of interiors, apartments and houses in 3D .
With this tool you can create floor plans in 3 simple steps: draw the layout of the room, dragging and dropping the elements from the first section of the catalog. The second step is to furnish the house, using the furniture listed in the second section of the list. After the furniture, the next step is to decorate the house, adding floors, wallpapers, rugs etc. Once the floor plan is finished, the project can be saved to the RoomStyler account.
4) Roomsketcher is an online planning tool for drawing the apartment and arranging the furniture on the floor plan .
Its 3D viewer is also very sophisticated and allows you to see the house in more detail, from any angle. One feature that is missing from this online planner is an option to import and export designs. The project can be saved only by taking a screenshot with the integrated tool, thus downloading the high resolution image. The catalog of articles is well ordered and divided into four sections: walls, windows, materials, furniture and walls.
5) PlanningWiz is a nice online service, so there is nothing to download and it only works from the internet page, to design the decor of a room in a simple and intuitive way, with the plan from above. The web program looks like that of the furniture stores, with a nice space where you can drag the sofas, tables, chairs and any other mobile element of the house. The created project can be sent by email, printed and saved in a free account. All the design tools are on the main interface, however it does not support any import of designs even if the designs are customizable. After creating the design, you can draw the floor plan, add doors and windows (it also shows the opening area for each door). After finishing the map, you can view it in 3D and also take a virtual tour. To save the floor plan, you can export it as a PNG, JPEG, GIF or PDF file.
6) Ikea Home Planner is the official application of Ikea to furnish your home .
The IKEA Home Planner website offers different sections depending on the room to be furnished, with particular attention to the design of the furniture in the kitchen. The site also works without registration, but it is better to create the profile to be able to save the projects and continue them later. From the bar on the left, Ikea furniture can be scrolled according to the room: kitchen, bathroom, office, dining room etc. From the option to change room layout, you can change the shape, insert doors, windows, floors and other decorations. The project can be printed or even saved and brought to the store.
7) Sweet Home 3D is the best free program (not web application) for interior design that becomes an indispensable support for designing the arrangement of furniture inside the home. The digital plan is drawn with a 2D interface and can be created from scratch or import an existing plan and change the arrangement of walls, spaces, windows, doors etc. etc. After having drawn the first draft, it is already possible to check your project work with a 3D preview. SweetHome3D provides a catalog of basic furniture, and the ability to import other additional objects or you can create your own 3D models. You can export the project in 2D in SVG format, or even in 3D in OBJ format. Sweet Home 3D is available in Italian, and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux.
8) SituHome is a simple, free and excellent program for drawing houses in 3D. You can therefore compose the space, arrange the walls, the windows, the doors and the various types of furniture, all designed with very realistic graphics. The program is in English, but it shouldn't be discouraging.
9) FloorPlanner is a tool that allows you to virtually design and furnish a home online in 3D through the web application, therefore without downloading any program. Everything happens through drag & drop or drag and you can insert and design furniture and a large amount of furnishings. Projects can be saved and shared on the internet.
Floorplanner is in Italian and can be integrated as an application for Google Drive on Chrome.
Unfortunately, the free plan is very limited.
10) pCon.planner is a free program to be installed on the PC to protect 3D architectural spaces and home rooms.
Especially dedicated to architects as a free alternative to Autocad.
11) SmallBluePrinter is an online flash service to draw the plan of the house, which then allows you to walk into it in 3D .
From the same authors then you can also try Garden Planner to design a garden.
12) Sketchup is a free professional 3D drawing program, not very simple to use but powerful and functional for drawing 3D buildings and houses.
13) Live Home 3D is an application for Windows 10 of home design full of intuitive features oriented to details, which allows you to draw a room in 2D and then see it transformed into 3D, designed as it would be in reality, with furniture and colors chosen.
14) 4Plan allows you to create a home improvement project by drawing your 2D and 3D floor plans. You can also fill out a virtual furniture form to form the catalog of furniture to buy and use real life improvement projects.
15) is one of the best and easiest to use 3D interior design apps, which allows you to apply your own themes and schemes, switch between them and see it as if it were real.
Finally, I would like to point out the article which describes methods, not only for constructing building projects, but for drawing any type of object in 3D and creating three-dimensional animations and for creating a virtual tour of interiors through photographs .
In this article we are therefore going to discover the best free programs and web applications to furnish your home, design buildings and interiors, which are free, very simple to use and also fun. In case you need to furnish or better renovate an apartment or a room, you can then draw on the PC, using the plan from above and 3D graphics, test the various designs before making a final choice and any idea of change, to have a precise vision of how the apartment will look after work or with new furniture.
1) EasyHome HomeStyler is both a web application and a free app for high-quality iPads and Android tablets to design apartments with a 3D view of the house plan.
The selection of structural and furnishing elements can be added and moved inside the house with a simple drag & drop.
The rooms can be designed in different shapes and sizes, they can then be freely arranged, doors, walls, windows and furniture.
The project can be saved online, downloaded in DWG file and, if desired, shared with other users. It has a large collection of catalogs for design and layout plans, the items in the catalog are sorted by categories, brands and trends. In addition to the catalog, it also has construction elements such as doors, windows, pillars, skylights, stairs, frames, etc. and designs of floors and walls. HomeStyler also has a "Check Design" tool that detects potential problems with the map, suggesting solutions. In the 3D view, you can switch between the first person view and the third person view (bird's eye view) and record a virtual tour of the apartment.
2) Planner5D is a website that allows you to use a web app to create projects of rooms, buildings or houses with a 3D view from above or 3/4. The architectural elements and the furniture made available by the application are many and very graphically cared for which become useful for creating rooms, apartments, offices, kitchens, bathrooms, bedrooms and so on any room in the house or apartment. It allows you to create complete construction projects with rooms, fixtures, furniture, architecture with complete freedom to add or remove any element you want and also to select furniture that IKEA. The catalog of the articles is present on the left side of the screen, while the rest of the area is for drawing. The first section of the catalog has predefined shapes that you can drag and drop on the area in the center, while the second section of the catalog contains construction elements that include windows, arches, doors, walls, stairs, columns, etc. The third section of the catalog contains furniture, appliances and other objects and the fourth section has external elements such as swimming pools, garages, garden furniture, lawns, trees, etc. Easy to use, with 2D and 3D views, you can create a house or draw an office from scratch, or select a design uploaded by other users and modify it to your liking. Planner 5D can also be downloaded as an app for Android and iPhone.
3) Roomstyler is another tool for the design and furnishing of interiors, apartments and houses in 3D .
With this tool you can create floor plans in 3 simple steps: draw the layout of the room, dragging and dropping the elements from the first section of the catalog. The second step is to furnish the house, using the furniture listed in the second section of the list. After the furniture, the next step is to decorate the house, adding floors, wallpapers, rugs etc. Once the floor plan is finished, the project can be saved to the RoomStyler account.
4) Roomsketcher is an online planning tool for drawing the apartment and arranging the furniture on the floor plan .
Its 3D viewer is also very sophisticated and allows you to see the house in more detail, from any angle. One feature that is missing from this online planner is an option to import and export designs. The project can be saved only by taking a screenshot with the integrated tool, thus downloading the high resolution image. The catalog of articles is well ordered and divided into four sections: walls, windows, materials, furniture and walls.
5) PlanningWiz is a nice online service, so there is nothing to download and it only works from the internet page, to design the decor of a room in a simple and intuitive way, with the plan from above. The web program looks like that of the furniture stores, with a nice space where you can drag the sofas, tables, chairs and any other mobile element of the house. The created project can be sent by email, printed and saved in a free account. All the design tools are on the main interface, however it does not support any import of designs even if the designs are customizable. After creating the design, you can draw the floor plan, add doors and windows (it also shows the opening area for each door). After finishing the map, you can view it in 3D and also take a virtual tour. To save the floor plan, you can export it as a PNG, JPEG, GIF or PDF file.
6) Ikea Home Planner is the official application of Ikea to furnish your home .
The IKEA Home Planner website offers different sections depending on the room to be furnished, with particular attention to the design of the furniture in the kitchen. The site also works without registration, but it is better to create the profile to be able to save the projects and continue them later. From the bar on the left, Ikea furniture can be scrolled according to the room: kitchen, bathroom, office, dining room etc. From the option to change room layout, you can change the shape, insert doors, windows, floors and other decorations. The project can be printed or even saved and brought to the store.
7) Sweet Home 3D is the best free program (not web application) for interior design that becomes an indispensable support for designing the arrangement of furniture inside the home. The digital plan is drawn with a 2D interface and can be created from scratch or import an existing plan and change the arrangement of walls, spaces, windows, doors etc. etc. After having drawn the first draft, it is already possible to check your project work with a 3D preview. SweetHome3D provides a catalog of basic furniture, and the ability to import other additional objects or you can create your own 3D models. You can export the project in 2D in SVG format, or even in 3D in OBJ format. Sweet Home 3D is available in Italian, and runs on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux.
8) SituHome is a simple, free and excellent program for drawing houses in 3D. You can therefore compose the space, arrange the walls, the windows, the doors and the various types of furniture, all designed with very realistic graphics. The program is in English, but it shouldn't be discouraging.
9) FloorPlanner is a tool that allows you to virtually design and furnish a home online in 3D through the web application, therefore without downloading any program. Everything happens through drag & drop or drag and you can insert and design furniture and a large amount of furnishings. Projects can be saved and shared on the internet.
Floorplanner is in Italian and can be integrated as an application for Google Drive on Chrome.
Unfortunately, the free plan is very limited.
10) pCon.planner is a free program to be installed on the PC to protect 3D architectural spaces and home rooms.
Especially dedicated to architects as a free alternative to Autocad.
11) SmallBluePrinter is an online flash service to draw the plan of the house, which then allows you to walk into it in 3D .
From the same authors then you can also try Garden Planner to design a garden.
12) Sketchup is a free professional 3D drawing program, not very simple to use but powerful and functional for drawing 3D buildings and houses.
13) Live Home 3D is an application for Windows 10 of home design full of intuitive features oriented to details, which allows you to draw a room in 2D and then see it transformed into 3D, designed as it would be in reality, with furniture and colors chosen.
14) 4Plan allows you to create a home improvement project by drawing your 2D and 3D floor plans. You can also fill out a virtual furniture form to form the catalog of furniture to buy and use real life improvement projects.
15) is one of the best and easiest to use 3D interior design apps, which allows you to apply your own themes and schemes, switch between them and see it as if it were real.
Finally, I would like to point out the article which describes methods, not only for constructing building projects, but for drawing any type of object in 3D and creating three-dimensional animations and for creating a virtual tour of interiors through photographs .
