Starting from a furnished template

Step by step

1. 1

   Open the Use Template tile

   On Home, under Start a new floor plan, click Use Template (the purple tile with the "Pre-designed layouts" subtitle). In the editor, the house button at the top left takes you to Home. The New Floor Plan window opens on the template gallery.

   

2. 2

   Browse the gallery

   The gallery shows every template as a full-colour picture of its plan: the same walls, floors and furniture you'll get in the editor. Each card has the template's name and its outside size, and two- and three-floor plans add the number of floors (76' × 30' · 2 floors). With no search typed, the cards are grouped the way the chips are ordered, homes first. On a computer the cards sit three to a row, on a phone two. All 93 templates, by chip: | Chip | Templates (outside size; the card shows it in your units) |\n|---|---|\n| Houses · 4 | Ranch House with 2-Car Garage (62' × 52'), Modern Farmhouse (Two-Story) (76' × 30', 2 floors), Three-Story Townhouse (20' × 40', 3 floors), Family House 10 × 12 m (12 × 10 m) |\n| Barndominiums · 5 | 30 × 40 Starter Barndominium (40' × 30'), 40 × 50 Family Barndominium (50' × 40'), 40 × 60 Shouse (Shop House) (60' × 40'), 40 × 60 Barndominium with Loft (60' × 40', 2 floors), Two-Story Barndominium + RV Shop (70' × 40', 2 floors) |\n| Tiny Homes & Cabins · 3 | Tiny House with Sleeping Loft (24' × 8' 6", 2 floors), Backyard ADU (20 × 30) (30' × 20'), A-Frame Cabin with Loft (24' × 32', 2 floors) |\n| Apartment · 6 | Budget Studio Apartment (16' × 20'), Small 1-Bedroom Apartment (24' × 22'), Medium 2-Bedroom Apartment (30' × 26'), Large 4-Bedroom Apartment (40' × 32'), T3 Apartment 70 m² (10 × 7 m), Airbnb-Ready 1-Bedroom (30' × 22') |\n| Living Room · 5 | Cozy Living Room (14' × 16'), Spacious Living Room (18' × 20'), Modern Open Living (16' × 18'), Pet-Friendly Living Room (18' × 16'), Holiday Living & Dining Room (28' × 16') |\n| Kitchen · 4 | L-Shape Kitchen (12' × 14'), Galley Kitchen (8' × 10'), U-Shape Kitchen with Island (14' × 16'), One-Wall Kitchen (10' × 8') |\n| Bedroom · 6 | Small Bedroom (10' × 12'), Medium Bedroom (12' × 14'), Large Primary Bedroom (16' × 18'), Kids' Shared Bedroom (12' × 12'), Nursery (12' × 12'), Kids' Playroom (16' × 14') |\n| Bathroom · 5 | Master Bathroom (14' × 11'), Guest Bathroom (5' 7.5" × 8' 6"), Accessible Bathroom (9' × 9'), Powder Room (6' × 5'), Walk-in Shower Bathroom (8' 6" × 6' 6") |\n| Home Office · 5 | Small Home Office (8' × 8'), Home Office (10' × 11'), Shared Home Office (12' × 12'), Podcast Studio (20' × 16'), Craft & Sewing Room (14' × 12') |\n| Basements & Garages · 2 | Finished Basement (40' × 28'), Garage Gym & Workshop (24' × 24') |\n| Outdoor · 2 | Backyard with Pool & Outdoor Kitchen (80' × 60'), Small Garden Patio (30' × 20') |\n| Commercial · 19 | Cozy Café (27' × 20'), Corner Café Restaurant (22' × 19'), Family Restaurant (48' × 34'), Fast-Food Restaurant (26' × 22'), Corner Convenience Store (30' × 26'), Grocery Store (60' × 48'), Laundromat (26' × 22'), Neighborhood Library (34' × 28'), Apartment Lobby (28' × 24'), Apartment Mailroom (14' × 12'), Family Arcade (50' × 40'), Fitness Gym (60' × 44'), Hair Salon & Barbershop (25' × 40'), Daycare Classroom (30' × 40'), Open Office for 10 (50' × 40'), Banquet & Event Hall (68' × 80'), Boutique Clothing Store (25' × 50'), Dry Cleaner (40' × 30'), Recording Studio (36' × 28') |\n| Medical & Labs · 7 | Doctor's Office Waiting Room (20' × 18'), Dental Office (50' × 40'), Hospital Clinical Lab (56' × 28'), Blood Draw Center (44' × 30'), Research Lab (50' × 36'), Family Medical Clinic (60' × 40'), Infusion Center (50' × 36') |\n| Salon & Spa · 4 | Barbershop (30' × 24'), Nail Salon (32' × 24'), Day Spa (40' × 32'), Tattoo Studio (30' × 24') |\n| Events & Hospitality · 3 | Hotel Room (King) (13' × 28'), Wedding Reception (80' × 60'), Wedding Ceremony (50' × 70') |\n| RV, Boat & Container · 5 | Class C Motorhome (8' × 25'), Camper Van Conversion (6' 2" × 12' 6"), Sailboat Cabin (11' × 28'), Shipping Container Home (40' × 8'), Container Studio (20' × 8') |\n| Sports Facilities · 8 | Basketball Gym (110' × 88'), Pickleball Courts (4) (133' 4" × 83' 4"), Tennis Club (2 Courts) (136' 8" × 126' 8"), Badminton Hall (4 Courts) (120' 10" × 75'), Volleyball Gym (91' 8" × 83' 4"), Ice Hockey Arena (220' × 125'), Squash Club (3 Courts) (75' × 53' 4"), Sports Park (195' × 116' 8") | Every template also has its own page on this site, with screenshots of it opened in the editor and in 3D: see the [template gallery](/help/templates).

   

3. 3

   Search by name or size

   Start typing in the search box (Search: barndo, 3 bedroom, 30x40, salon…). On a computer the box is ready as soon as the gallery opens; on a phone tap it first, so the keyboard doesn't cover the plans. Results update as you type, with a line counting them (4 templates), and the chips recount to show only what's left. - A name or part of one: farmhouse, galley, tennis. Words match from their start, so bed finds bedroom. - A size: 30x40, 30 x 40, 30×40 and 30 by 40 all read the same. A size matches where it's written in the template's name or description, so 30x40 finds the 30 × 40 Starter Barndominium, the Shouse and the Two-Story barndo (both have a 30 × 40 ft shop) and the 30 × 40 ft Daycare Classroom. A size the template doesn't mention in words won't match; browse its chip instead. - Several words: every word has to match, so 3 bedroom or barndo loft narrows the list instead of widening it. Press Esc or tap the × in the box to clear the search.

   

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   Search by what the space is for

   You don't need the template's exact name. The search knows the other words people use: barndo finds barndominiums, adu finds the backyard ADU first, then the container homes and the tiny house (granny flat, casita and in-law do the same), rv or camper finds the motorhome and the camper van, and nail salon, tattoo, dental, lab, hotel, podcast, nursery, pool and christmas each bring their templates to the top. Category names count too, and they're searched in the app's language: a German Küche or a Spanish Cocina finds the kitchens even though template names are in English. Results are ranked: a word in the name counts most, then the template's search words, tags and category, then its description. That's why salon lists the Hair Salon, Nail Salon and Barbershop first, and also the Sailboat Cabin, whose description mentions the boat's salon. Short words match the start of longer ones, so a very short or common word (spa, 3) can bring in extra plans further down; add a second word or tap a chip to trim them.

   

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   Narrow the list with a category chip

   Tap a chip to see only that kind of space; the chosen chip turns blue. Each chip shows how many templates it holds (RV, Boat & Container · 5), and when you've typed a search, how many of the matches are in it. Chips work together with the search: type loft and tap Tiny Homes & Cabins to see only the tiny house and the A-frame. If a new search leaves nothing in the chip you picked, the gallery goes back to All rather than show an empty page. The chips are translated into every app language; template names and descriptions are in English for now.

   

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   When nothing matches

   If no template matches, the gallery says so (No templates match “treehouse”.) and suggests a shorter word, a size like 30x40, or another category. Tap Clear search to see everything again. Nothing close? Pick the template with the nearest footprint and change it, or start from a blank rectangular floor plan.

   

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   Open a template's page and look at every floor

   Tap a card to open the template's own page in the same window: a large picture of the plan, then its outside size, the floor area, the number of floors and how many items it comes with, then its description and the reminder that it's only a starting point. Two- and three-floor templates get a tab for each floor (Ground floor, Upper floor, Loft, Second floor…). Tap a tab to see that floor's plan. The item count covers every floor: the Modern Farmhouse shows 2 floors · 76 items (52 downstairs, 24 upstairs), the 40 × 60 Barndominium with Loft 71 items. All floors, and the stairs between them, come with the design. Tap ‹ All templates to go back; the gallery keeps your search, your chip and your place in the list.

   

8. 8

   Name your design, then tap Use this template

   At the bottom of the template's page, Name your design starts with the template's name. Type your own (Lakeview farmhouse, option A), up to 120 characters, so the design is easy to find on Home later, then tap the blue Use this template. The button stays greyed out while the name is empty. The name box and the button stay pinned to the bottom of the window, so they're in reach however far you scroll the description.

   

9. 9

   It opens in the editor under your name

   The design is created in your account with the name you typed (it shows at the top of the editor) and saves like any other. A multi-floor template opens on its ground floor: switch floors from the floor picker at the top of the Floors panel (see multi-story floor plans). The template itself never changes; using it twice makes two separate designs.

   

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    Customize from here

    From here every tool is identical to a from-scratch design: - Resize the room. Click any outer wall on the plan to drag it, type its exact length, or split it (see edit walls on the plan). - Swap pieces. Click any item to select it, then type its real width, depth and height, or delete it and drop a different piece from the catalog in the same spot. - Move pieces. Drag any item; it snaps to other items and to walls. - Switch to 3D. Click the View in 3D button in the top toolbar to walk around the room, see the cabinet doors, check the work triangle.

    

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