Over the past week, Bob and I have been working on creating our own house in this program called "Sweethome 3D". I found Sweethome to be extremely fun to use, especially once I got going and understood how to use it. Although I have never done anything related to architecture, I got lost in the program and wanted to use it as much as possible until we finally finished constructing our house. We started out slow, as on the first day we could barely figure out how to build a four wall room with a ceiling and floor. However, by the end, we had a fully furnished three level house, with everything ranging from a kitchen, to bathroom, to even a "dungeon" for the bad guests. On the first floor, you would enter the house through the study room, which had bookshelves, desks, and a spiral staircase that led up to the second floor. If you were to continue through the study, you would enter the bathroom, which was the first room we made. It had grass textured walls, with a wooden toilet, and windows all around it for minimum privacy. As it was the first room we created, it was sort of a joke to see how hideous we could make it, but fortunately we made the other rooms of the house actually realistic. The final room on the first floor was the kitchen. It was very basic, and there was nothing special about it but it was fully furnished at least. Moving up to the second floor, the stairs lead to a small cozy room with soft chairs, a piano, and an old TV unit. Arguably, it was the most appealing house because it was so small there was little room to mess it up. Next to that, was the one master bedroom, complete with a king sized bed, flat screen TV, fireplace, a laptop, and even a small aquarium. Moving up to the final floor, it is basically the attic/mancave. It had a bunk bed, sofa, TV, and a dresser. Again, like the kitchen, it was nothing special.
Overall I highly enjoyed using Sweethome and all of its perks. I would recommend it to literally anybody because it is not rocket science and you can pick it up pretty quickly. It is free to download and allows for hours of entertainment. http://www.sweethome3d.com/ Image courtesy of http://www.sweethome3d.com/
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