I like the look of their 3D rendering, but it’s a bit clunky to navigate around and I had issues with things not showing properly (see below how my counter got wonky and my rug disappeared from the kitchen).
Kitchens are probably one of the toughest rooms to design, so Floorplanner is quick to fall short when it comes to trying to precisely layout a kitchen (I could only find one type of base cabinet, for example). You can create one plan for free, but after that you may have to fork over some dough. 2D or 3D: It lets you easily toggle between a 2D and 3D view.You won’t find perfect matches to your real life items, but you can usually find something similar. Floorplanner comes stocked with dozens of furniture options (chairs, tables, rugs, plants, appliances, etc) to help decorate your spaces. They have a lot of standard finishes, like flooring, with adjustable colors so you can bring more life to your drawing. I find the interface very user-friendly, so if you’ve got your room measurements handy you can have a simple whole house plan done in a matter of minutes. But when I gave it spin last week to render our new kitchen plans, here’s what I observed: Each have pros, cons, and a different scenario where they might take the win.į is what we’ve used to create just about every digital floor plan you’ve seen on our site (like this one), so we’ve got a soft spot for it. But having been a loyal user of in the past and having recently become acquainted with Ikea’s Kitchen Planner, I thought I’d give you my take on how these three 3D modeling tools stack up against each other… because there’s actually not a clear winner in my book. This blog will not be coming to you in any additional dimensions today.Īs you saw in our latest kitchen planning post yesterday, I finally bit the bullet and learned me some Google Sketch-Up (as many of you recommended) to help us plan our kitchen renovation.
Break out the 3D glasses! Okay, not really.