Kitchen layout software/app

10 years ago

I'm totally new to this, so I apologize for the amateur question: what software or app do you all use to design your kitchen or bathroom space? I've seen some very nice layouts on this forum but don't know how they are created. Thank you!

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Red Tizzy

10 years ago

I think a lot of people are using the IKEA kitchen planner. It's fairly terrible, though.

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Kim Ladin
10 years ago
If the Ikea kitchen planner works for you, great. It has never worked for me. I finally gave up on it and spent $79 on Home Designer Interiors, and I'm very happy with it.
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Dream
10 years ago
Just yesterday I tried the Lowes designer and love it, so much easier than IKEA.
perky_2
10 years ago
I invested the $99.00 in Chief Architect and it was worth every penny. But, I had to invest time to learn it.
Red Tizzy
10 years ago
The IKEA one is super finicky. I had to use a different browser than I usually do (Chrome instead of Safari) and I accidentally registered on the UK site at one point. It's a mess. It was worth it for me since I was interested in IKEA's pricing but I can see being willing to pay $100 at some point in the process to not have to deal with it.

The Lowes one I could never get to load properly.
lapsangtea
10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago
Great question, elham. I'm tuning in to the answers in this thread with interest, too.

@perky how much time did it take to learn Chief Architect, approximately??
DIY2Much2Do
10 years ago
I designed my kitchen using Sketchup Make, which is free. (There is also a Sketchup Pro which is $$$.)

Sketchup has a significant learning curve, but there are tons of tutorials on YouTube.

There is also a "3D Warehouse" which has thousands of pre-made components, including kitchen cabinets, which you could download and rearrange to get started.

Sketchup 3D Warehouse "kitchen cabinet" search
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Kim Ladin
10 years ago
Perky and Lapsang, correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe Chief Architect is the professional version of Home Designer, the program I use. But Chief Architect costs $2,000 or more. I started with the $79 version, Home Designer Interiors. I liked it so much I decided to put down $500 for Home Designer Pro, which has a lot more capabilities but not as many as Chief Architect.

Here's a comparison chart with pricing of the Home Designer products: https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/products/product-chooser.html

And here's info on Chief Architect: https://www.chiefarchitect.com/products/interiors/#buy

As far as learning how to use these products, they have some really good training videos. Here's a very thorough one on using HD Pro for kitchen design: https://video.homedesigner.chiefarchitect.com/player/player.php?id=1589&th=1&autoplay= You might watch this to get an idea how it works before you buy it.

Also, I'd be happy to try to answer questions about using it.