Try the room before you move the furniture

Oct 2, 2026

Would the sofa work better on the other wall? Could a desk fit by the window without its chair blocking the way? These are awkward questions to answer in your head. Moving everything to find out takes effort.

diy home renovation gives you a place to try those ideas in your browser. Build a room, place furniture, change surfaces, then look around in 3D. You can also enter the model and see it from a person's viewpoint.

Rendered model of a living room with a sofa, coffee table and reading corner

This is A living room for slow afternoons. The image comes from its actual 3D model. You can open the scene, walk through it and copy it into the editor. It is a design model, rather than a photograph of a finished renovation.

Start with a room that already exists

For a first visit, browse the community. Our team made the initial plans, including bedrooms, kitchens, offices, whole homes and outdoor spaces. Pick something close to the problem you want to work on.

Check the dimensions before copying it. This living room measures 4.8 × 4.2 metres, about 20.2 square metres. If yours is smaller, treat the scene as a starting idea and adjust it to your measurements.

Choose “Copy plan and start my renovation” to get an independent copy. Your changes leave the public plan intact.

Community plan detail showing dimensions, an interactive preview and the copy-plan link

Look at the footprint, then look from inside

The editor showing a floor plan alongside a 3D view of the same living room

This screenshot comes from the working editor. The left side makes furniture footprints easier to see; the right shows how those pieces sit together. Switch between 2D, 3D and Split in the editor.

Then try “Enter room” in the community preview. A view from the doorway can make you notice something you missed from above, such as a cabinet dominating the entrance.

A few reasons to use it

You might be rearranging a rental, deciding where a work desk belongs, or comparing layouts before buying a larger sofa. If people at home have different ideas, putting those ideas into the same room gives you something specific to discuss.

You can also come here just to experiment. Turn a lounge into a reading room, try a colour you would hesitate to paint, or explore a courtyard plan. Undo a change you dislike, or start again with another copy.

What you can expect today

The useful starting point is room planning and comparing ideas. Furniture models help describe a layout; they are not a connected catalogue of products you can buy. Automatic shopping lists, product budgets and a complete purchasing flow are still being developed. Check actual product dimensions with the seller before ordering.

Without signing in, drafts stay in the current browser. For account-based plans, sign in and check My scenes. Browser drafts do not automatically follow you to another device.

If one corner of your home keeps making you think “there must be a better way to arrange this,” open this living room and try one change. Our first-room walkthrough helps you find your way around.

diy home renovation team

diy home renovation team