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Need Drawings for remodel

2 years ago

Hello. I want to modify and open up my kitchen, formal dinning room, and eat-in. I know a lot of what I want, but some of I simply cannot visualize. I am looking for someone to draw up designs and possible put into a 3D model, sort of like how Joanna Gaines does for her clients

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  • PRO
    2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    Nobody can do this without dimensions of every wall and window , doorway , passage. A drawing, flat on paper before anything, which means measure first : )

    There are online design sources, online programs, but all of it is a mystery meat until you have dimensions, of every inch of the existing condition in your home. Every foot, and every inch. Add pictures as well.

    https://www.houzz.com/discussions/6411000/how-to-houzz-how-to-ask-questions-how-to-get-helpful-answers-and-e#28784466


  • PRO
    2 years ago

    Really what you need is a designer who happens to have the software to give you the plan id 3 d i s your idea I do not like 3D plans without all the 2 D ones in place first. You can get some pretty good free advice here with a plan that shows all the windows , doorways where those lead every measurement clearly shown . On graph paper makes it easier to do . Post here in jpeg format in a comment DO NOT start another post. At least then you have some clue as to doable or not .

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    Put down a 10K retainer with an architect as a start. Then hire the kitchen designer to work with them, to make things functional.

  • 2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    There are plenty of people who will provide basic design services and construction drawings for a rather small amount of money. Call the local lumberyard and they will likely know someone to refer you to. Some will produce 3d renderings, others will not. You can get construction drawings rendered using a service life fiverr for a small fee (that $10k software package probably sells under $1,000 in many countries because of regional pricing).

    This is not to say that you are going to get great design services cheap. Good design costs a good money and there is a good reason for it. However, not every project requires the same level of design, and only you know what compromises you are willing to make.

    ETA: Anyone providing construction documents will have a way to get them stamped. Business facing lumber yards in my area have an engineer who will stamp the plans during the take-offs.

  • 2 years ago

    Aren't you going to need blueprints to receive your remodeling permits and need an architect or engineer to sign off on things? If so, you will be hiring professionals anyway, and I would assume that they would have the programs that you wish to see. If not, there are software programs that you can purchase that will create 3D models.


    Those programs will not protect you from your own lack of design knowledge (and require learning to use the software program). But particularly if you just want to explore ideas, the 3D designs are helpful.


    https://www.homedesignersoftware.com/chief-architect/?gclid=CjwKCAiAu9yqBhBmEiwAHTx5pzIThb4X5yVfSN8i1YvE29PvwNoB6ggn39yHpeuGnVMCuZE-z6FG6hoC_ccQAvD_BwE

  • PRO
    2 years ago
    last modified: 2 years ago

    Before you "need to know what it will look like" implies a vision of painted, of furnished.

    That isn't even necessary until you know how the rooms will be framed, how they will function, where the necessities of appliance and the like will be located in a kitchen, and where the storage will be.

    You can get help with that -free on Houzz

    To get that help? You need to draw the space/s as they currently exist. Accurately, to scale if possible. You don't need a computer program, you need a nice long tape measure, a big pad and a pencil. Every foot and inch, where the windows, walls , doors and other passages are.

    You scan it, upload as a jpeg, along with pictures. same format . Jpegs that blow up on a click.

    THAT is the important beginning. No computer reads your mind, or your house. You are the input.

    Design and decoration, follows framing and infrastructure. You can't pick a counter top if you don't know where the faucet will be.

  • PRO
    2 years ago

    I love it when OPs just disappear when they do not get answers they like .

  • 2 years ago

    I love it when OPs just disappear when they do not get answers they like .


    What makes you think they didn't get the answer they like? I literally told them how to find someone to provide construction documents, how to get them stamped, and how to get them rendered with some design work.

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