Design ideas need to go from your head to the paper.
Room dimensions are limited by the space available. It's the practical side of designing. When you are designing a house you only have so much space, but ... you get to design how the space is used. On paper or with an interactive website program, you can add and subtract or change the dimensions within the space you have to work with. Think of the house as one big rectangle and you get to fill it with lots of little rectangles. They just all have to fit in the house. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
1. Start on paper or a website with design features and section off the exact width and length of your house. On graph paper, measure each square as one foot. A 40-foot-long by 24-foot-wide house will section off that many squares.
2. Decide what matters most to you. Divide the rooms with a large kitchen and attached family room or a small kitchen and a large living room. The room will need to fit into the space provided by the whole house. Pencil off 10 squares for a 10 foot wall.
3. Draw a second floor or basement plan on a separate sheet of graph paper or a second web design page.
4. Design the rooms with the furniture you have or want. A large dining room table will need a large dining room.
5. Design hallways and door openings into your plan. They will cut down on the space available but are necessary. Pocket doors take up less space and will give you extra room.
6. Pencil in closets and stairways that will make a difference in your rooms' dimensions. Interactive website designs will automatically let you know if your plan will fit the space.
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