Top 5 Home Design apps for Mac

Everyone has an idea about how their dream house would look like or how their room should be furnished. However, being able to actually visualize the dream could help you improve it or make it easier for others to understand your vision. Whether you're a professional designer creating plans for your clients or a regular user who just wants to turn their concept into an actual project, here are the best home design applications that you can use on your Mac:

Live Home 3D

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Live Home 3D ($29.99)

Previously known as Live Interior 3D, Live Home 3D is one of the best home design solutions currently on the market. What's great about it is that both the 2D and the 3D objects available in the application have very high-quality visuals. The tool includes over 2,000 materials for construction and a huge collection with thousands of furniture and object choices. Other cool features include the ability to easily export your designs as PDF, JPG, TIFF, and PNG or share them on social media. Lastly, Live Home 3D is one of the very few applications of its kind to take full advantage of the Touch Bar.

Home Designer Suite ($99.99)

Home Designer Suite

Unlike the previously mentioned application, Home Designer Suite is better suited for professionals as you can deduce from its price tag. The tool is great for creating a project from scratch as well as for remodeling a house as it includes a free-hand drawing tool and the ability to easily import floor plans. Another cool thing about it is that offers tons of templates that you can quickly modify and adapt to your own requirements. It also includes measurements, which are updated in real time and a collection of over 6.500 objects that you can use in your design.

Roomle (Free)

Roomle

Available for both regular users (free) and businesses (premium), Roomle is a minimalist tool capable of creating 3D and 2D designs. In my experience, the application is better for creating floor plans than for interior design as you can choose the thickness, materials, and coloring of the walls. Just so we're clear, there's also a catalog with various furniture and other products from Samsung or Ikea that you can purchase directly from its interface, you just don't have as many choices as in the previous titles. Finally, there's also a Roomle VR Viewer for seeing your designs in virtual reality.

SmartDraw ($9.95/month)

SmartDraw

Practically a multipurpose diagram-drawing tool, SmartDraw is also great for creating 2D floor plans and blueprints. It includes tons of templates both for entire floor plans as well as for rooms or wall types that are easy to modify. The elements that you add to your project will automatically snap to the already existing objects, making it very easy to create a symmetrical design. Lastly, even though you can't export your projects as Visio files, you can import VSD and VSDX designs, which could come in rather handy.

Autodesk Homestyler (Free)

Autodesk Homestyler

Even though Autodesk Homestyler doesn't actually have a dedicated Mac client, you can use it through your browser and it's a very powerful tool. What's great about it is that, depending on the objects that you add, the application can give you an estimated price for your project. Additionally, you can add elements like gravel, grass or water into your designs and share your creations via Facebook, Twitter or Pinterest. Also, Autodesk Homestyler can be used for free and it has been recently updated, so it's a lot more responsive than it was in the past.

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As I said in the beginning, these apps can be useful for both amateur and professional home designers. And in case you have an interest in architecture or if you're out of ideas for new designs, you can always take a look at CyArk's VR presentation of various world wonders and hopefully get inspired.

I can’t believe it’s been almost a full year since we were featured on BRAVO’s Buying It Blind! People always ask about our experience buying a house, sight unseen and I honestly, it was a lot of fun. We still absolutely LOVE our home and plan on spending as many years here as we can. While small (around 1650 square feet), our first home provides us with all the space we need plus a backyard for Bowie. Our neighbors are lovely and there’s so much development happening in our area, I can’t wait to see how much things change in the next few years.

But, there was one thing about this house that really just drove me absolutely nuts. And that was the exterior paint color. The second we stepped foot on our front yard I knew this paint color situation had to be fixed. Given the large tree front and center on our lot, the house almost got lost behind it. The day we moved in I told Adam “We’ve got to paint this house!” so finally, a year later, we did!

Why Did We Decide To Paint The Exterior Of Our Home

The original beige-tan color of our home felt so blah and, as I said, got lost behind the big tree. It took a full year but we finally got to painting the exterior of our house with the help of Home Depot. What seemed like a daunting task was made so much easier than I ever could have imagine! So, let’s get started.

Picking A Color With Home Depot’s Project Color App

Before partnering with The Home Depot on this project, Adam and I spent countless hours looking up potential paint colors for our home. As you would guess, that are literally a million options. Given that this was a pretty big decision to make (hello, we’re painting an entire house!), we were wanting to make sure we picked the best color for us and our home.

We ended up using the ProjectColor app that Home Depot offers to finalize our exterior paint color. On the app, you can take a photo of your home and “test” colors right on it to see how the final product will look. Seriously, so cool! After trying out a bunch of different shades (from blues, grays and even greens) we chose Behr Cold Steel (MQ5-20). I loved the way the blue-gray shade popped against the big green tree, white trim and peachy-pink door.

The Process Of Painting The Exterior Of Our House

Once we finalized a color, we had to find painters! We did some online research to find the perfect company in our area to help us complete the project. Day 1 was spent pressure washing the house and prepping it for paint. Day two was the big day where they painted the entire exterior. It only took a few hours and y’all, the impact was immediate!

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The Final Look…And What’s Next

Not to brag, but isn’t my little blue house so stinking cute?! The curb appeal has 100% improved and my house just looks happier. I love the way the green leaves of the tree really pop against the blue color as well. Honestly, I’m obsessed!

But let’s be honest, a home is never actually “finished”. There’s area already a few more to-do’s on my wish list to complete the exterior of our home. We’re wanting to refinish our porch/back deck for sure. Also, we’d like to get a new front door and add some plants. Given that we move in year increments I’m hoping that by this time next year all those additional projects will be complete.

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If you’ve been thinking about painting the exterior (or interior) of your home, start at The Home Depot! Their ProjectColor app really put our minds at ease that we found the best color for us for our house. It’s so nice to be able to actually visualize how the final product will look.

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