We move furniture to accommodate big-screen televisions. We add bedrooms for new babies. We redesign kitchens and entire homes to make life easier. It's all done through the magic and technology of home design software, a tool that's finally powerful enough, versatile enough and cheap enough to be of The 3D Home Architect Deluxe can display an aerial view of a home and show interior plans in two and three dimensions. There also are programs that help people design landscaping plans, outdoor decks, interior designs and electrical wiring plans.
Some software even keeps a running tally of expenses.
Other programs include encyclopedias geared to home improvement. From crude beginnings Home design software has come a long way since it debuted about five years ago, when it offered the adventurous home computer user little more than crude floor plans and ugly two-dimensional views of completed work. Included software provide tools for designing homes, room interiors, exterior decks, wiring systems and help with more than 500 home improvement projects. Franklin doesn't use consumer-level home design software, but usually appreciates it when his customers do. If the past several years are any indication, that appreciation of consumer home design software will only grow.