We've all talked about virtual staging lately (witness Debra Gould's recent post) and its place in Home Staging. Everyone has an opinion. However, no mater where you stand on it, we can all use an easy-to-use Room Planner to help us and our clients SEE what we're talking about.
Courtesy of Kim Komando (America's Digital Goddess. . hey that's what's on her blog) I ran upon Autodesk Homestyler. It's free and easy to use. All you have to do is register so that you can save your work. You can share your designs via email, Twitter, Facebook and other social media.
There are generic pieces and Brand names such as Sherwin Williams, Dacor, Merillat and others. Flooring, plants, windows, bath tubs, sinks, kitchen counter tops, electronics all can be added as well. You can add paint color to further highlight your design. And, you can view it in 3-D!
Oh yes, there's even a Landscape feature. You can add a pool, deck, mulch!, grass, whatever.
When you start, you select the Floorplan. You can add wall openings, curved walls and closets. Next add the flooring, paint, wall treatments (brick/wood/wallpaper), etc. Furniture, accessories (mirrors, vases, rugs) come next; whatever you want.
When you're done, click on the 3-D feature. I don't know about you but when I was a kid, I loved playing with blocks, my doll house and moving the furniture around, and even would take every book off of our bookshelves to build houses. So, even if you can't find a use for this ( hard to believe), you can bring back the Inner Kid in you!!
How can you use this?
1. To help you in Staging a room or rooms before you start ordering inventory, etc.
2. To help your client SEE what can be done.
3. To just have fun!
(I'm sure there must be more ways to use this, or some of you are already using something similar. How about sharing.)
I did this just for fun: Click on the 3D Feature!
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