You have been thinking about making over your kitchen/bathroom/entire house for months.
You have been reading design blogs and perusing those glossy home magazines for just as long.
However you have no idea what any of the things that have appealed to you would look like in your own home. You would like to have at least a rough idea of what to tell the home remodeler when you go for that first consult.
Internet behemoth Google can help. Not just by being the search engine via which you find all the remodeling tidbits youve been reading but by providing you with a free software program that can help even the least computer literate people in the world create a mock up of their home and begin to envision what a finished home remodeling project might look like.
Google Sketchup takes about two minutes to download and install and is relatively easy to learn, especially since Google has been kind enough to post a great many tips and tricks as well as step by step instructional videos. It can be used to create 2D plans or 3D models and you can easily import jpeg photos taken around your home of those features you are interested in incorporating into your plans.
A paid version of the software Google Sketchup Pro is often used by interior designers, remodeling contractors and architects themselves and offers more complex features but is not really suitable for homeowner use. All you really need is a way to begin to visualize what a remodeling project might look like and have a visual to share with your remodeling professional. And for that, Google Sketchup is perfect.