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Building your own home is a challenging, thrilling, rewarding and sometimes frustrating process. It is one of the processes that invokes dreams people have sometimes held throughout their life and represents a one-time chance for many people. The process itself can be made easier with the many floor plans that are available online.

People who are building a home or people who are interested in architecture and design can enjoy browsing many websites that provide floor plans, from log cabins to tiny houses, from two-bedroom starter homes to homes with more than four garages. Or, some sites provide free software that allows users to design their own homes. Enjoy browsing the sites and learning more.

Design Your Own Home

Some sites provide free software that lets users create a 3D rendering of their dream home. In many cases, premium features, such as the ability to create multiple plans, are available for a fee. Users can get started choosing from thousands of items from the catalogs of leading brands that let them furnish and accent their spaces. Often, users must create an account to unlock the sites and get started creating designs. One example of a popular such site is Homestyler, and another is Floorplanner.

Draw Floor Plans Easily

When you draw a floor plan for your home, you want to be able to share it with friends and family. Many online tools allow such sharing and are simple to use. Even if you are not building a house, think about all the ways you can use a tool that allows interactive design and sharing. You might be remodeling just one room in a home, starting from scratch on an adorable small house, revamping a bathroom or garden, or even organizing a large event.

You can use online tools' libraries to select the items you want in the space and to place them accordingly. And them, you can move them around until you get just the look you want.

Download Your Floor Plan

If you want to start with someone else's inspiration, check out the various sites online that offer floor plans to download. Some sites, such as Floorplans or ePlans, offer powerful search functions that allow you to quickly customize your search. You can look at hundreds of plans from top designs, and you can customize many of them to suit your needs.

If you're a savvy consumer, you'll want to do some research before choosing the site that is best for you and to be sure that you understand the pricing guidelines. Most plans are offered for a flat fee, with additional fees based on any customization you do.

Enjoy the Process

Even if you are just thinking about building a house, the sites that offer you house plans are worth browsing. Start with their lists of frequently asked questions, for instance, which essentially walk you through the process of building a home, from permitting to pitches of rooftops.

Then, you can have fun thinking about the many styles of homes, whether farmhouse, beach house, ranch, barn style, cottage, Craftsman or traditional, and others. You can add custom touches by indicating the number of baths, bedrooms, garages and floors. You might opt to shop by plans, based on the number of bedrooms or preferred regional styles, such as Texas homes.

Leverage Online Tools

Sometimes, you can choose from particular architects and their designs. Or, you may be able to find the floor plans of builders whose work you have admired; simply search for the builder's name and you can browse through dozens of their designs.

Have fun with the process of searching out and studying floor plans, or with creating them. You don't have to spend much time online to discover that you are not alone in your house planning, and you have many tools at your fingertips to help you enjoy the process even more. Some sites even catalog the best home plan sites out there, narrowing the initial search down for you. Browse, compare and enjoy making your dream home come true.