Seeing dream is believing
Newcastle Herald
Saturday March 26, 2011
THE journey between dream-home concept and dream-home plan can be arduous.Relaying ideas to a second or third party to get details down on paper is fraught with frustration.Much can be lost in translation. Demands on both time and money can be excessive.But modern technology has enabled even the most inept to convert ideas to paper plans.Thanks to house-design software, creating an image of your dream home has been simplified.Once expensive, the relevant software is now affordable and user-friendly.Homemaker magazines often include an information-packed disc as a free bonus.Most of the software has basic features which means the general design of the house can be mapped out and modified and tried and tested long before the need to employ the services of an architect.When it comes time to take ideas to a professional level, details will have been committed to paper, making the dream easier to interpret.Design software also goes well beyond the shape and size of the building.It's also possible to try out colour combinations on walls, ceilings and floor coverings.Even furniture selection and placement is possible.Taking the concept further, software is available to help design surrounds of the building.Paths, gardens and other exteriors can all be included.A mouse, computer and disc are all that stands between a plan and a beautiful picture.
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