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Design your own custom floorplans

If you are the DIY type and have ideas as to how you want your dream home to look, you owe it to yourself to try your hand at designing it yourself.  Inexpensive software programs offer you the chance to become your own architect.  Create rooms, move walls, add windows, change the pitch of your roof or create that spacious closet just by dragging your mouse.

If you are building a custom home, planning a remodel or home improvement project FloorPlan® 3D has ideas and inspiration to transform your house to the home of your dreams. Extensive materials library, assign your choice of materials to everything, including flooring, wall surfaces, exteriors and editable objects. Learn more...

FloorPlan 3D

Punch Software - #1 home design software for the past 7 years. is the home design software package that lets you design all of the critical components for your home. Beginners will appreciate the simple drag & drop functions for windows, doors, landscape plantings, building materials, color and other functions. And you'll be amazed at our powerful 3D graphics engine that lets you create real-time walk or fly-throughs - for a Hollywood-style voyage through your new creation!

Punch! Professional Home Design

3D Home Architect created the most consumer-friendly home design software packages for more than ten years and has led the way in ease of use for new users and won acclaim for developing powerful software applications for designers to showcase their residential home design and landscape design creations. Their landscape design software is especially geared toward do it yourself remodeling, redesigns, gardens, and interior decoration.

3DHA Design Suite

Garden and Landscape Design Software for Novice or Professionals looking to plan, design, and build the ultimate outdoor experience for their home. This landscape and deck design software comes packed with deck design tools, drag and drop outdoor furniture and plants, and much, much more!

Punch! Ultimate Deck And Landscape


and don't forget....

Log Home TipsLog Home Design tip!

Start with the BIG picture.  Begin with the structure, the look of the home of your dreams.  Then drill down to laying out the interior rooms - sizes, placement in the home, etc.  When developing room dimensions, keep in mind that logs are thick; a 12 x 12 bedroom shrinks considerably when your walls are 8-12" (or more) deep.  Look for opportunities to add built-ins wherever possible; shelves, closets and cabinets conveniently spaced will help to control the inevitable clutter that always appears from nowhere

Although your architect or log home manufacturer will meet the code standards for things like electrical outlets, consider adding more than what the average code calls for in rooms that will have high demands.  Decide where you will place your entertainment centers, computers and other such gear and make allowances for such needs.
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