Starting from a furnished template
Don't start from a blank page — RoomSketch3D ships two dozen pre-furnished layouts: living rooms, kitchens, apartments from a budget studio to a large four-bed, and thirteen small-business plans. Pick the closest, then resize walls and swap pieces.
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Start from the L-Shape Kitchen template
Open it in one tap, resize the walls to your room, swap any piece, and walk it in 3D.
Template page: L-Shape KitchenThe fastest way to start a RoomSketch3D design isn't drawing a room — it's picking one that's already drawn AND furnished. Two dozen templates ship with the app: three living rooms, four kitchens (L-Shape, U-Shape with Island, Galley, One-Wall), five apartments (a budget studio, a studio, a small 1-bed, a medium 2-bed, a large 4-bed), and thirteen small-business layouts — Cozy Café, Corner Café Restaurant, Family Restaurant, Fast-Food Restaurant, Corner Convenience Store, Grocery Store, Laundromat, Neighborhood Library, Apartment Lobby, Apartment Mailroom, Doctor's Office Waiting Room, Family Arcade, and Fitness Gym — each sized to a real space with every piece pre-placed to scale.
Once a template is loaded, every editor tool works exactly like a from-scratch design. Resize the room, swap pieces, change colors — the template is the starting point, not a constraint.
What you'll need
- •Nothing — every template is sized for typical residential rooms and ready to customize.
Step by step
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Open the Template tile
From the New Design window, find the Template tile in the bottom-right of the grid (the purple one with the NEW badge and the "Pre-designed layouts" subtitle). Click it to open the template picker.
The Template tile — bottom-right of the New Design grid. - 2
Pick a layout
Use the category tabs — All, Living Room, Kitchen, Apartment, Commercial, Café — to narrow the list. Every card shows the footprint and item count. Living Rooms (3) — Cozy Living Room (14' × 16'), Spacious Living Room (18' × 20'), Modern Open Living. Kitchens (4) — L-Shape Kitchen (12' × 14'), U-Shape Kitchen with Island, Galley Kitchen, One-Wall Kitchen. Apartments (5) — Budget Studio, Studio, Small 1-Bedroom, Medium 2-Bedroom, Large 4-Bedroom. Commercial & Café (13) — Cozy Café, Corner Café Restaurant, Family Restaurant, Fast-Food Restaurant, Corner Convenience Store, Grocery Store, Laundromat, Neighborhood Library, Apartment Lobby, Apartment Mailroom, Doctor's Office Waiting Room, Family Arcade, Fitness Gym. Each is furnished and laid out so you tweak instead of starting from scratch.
Filter by Living Room, Kitchen, Apartment, Commercial, or Café. - 3
Preview, then click Use This Template
Tapping a template card opens a preview modal — the full floor plan rendered with every piece in place, plus dimensions, item count, and a one-line description. If it looks right, click the blue Use This Template button to load it. If not, hit ✕ and pick a different one.
L-Shape Kitchen preview — 12' × 14', 18 furniture items, Use This Template highlighted. - 4
Customize from here
The template loads into the editor fully furnished. From here every tool is identical to a from-scratch design: - Resize the room. Click Edit Floor Plan Shape in the left panel (Structural section) to drag corners or type exact wall lengths. - Swap pieces. Click any item to select it; the catalog on the right filters to similar items so you can drop a different model 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 kitchen, see the cabinet doors, check the work-triangle.
The L-Shape Kitchen loaded — base cabinets, wall cabinets, range, fridge, all to scale.
Tips
Pick by room shape, not by furniture count
Templates are sized to a real room — the L-Shape Kitchen is 12'×14', not just "a kitchen". Pick the one whose dimensions are closest to your real room; you can resize later but starting close means less dragging.
Use the filter tabs
The All / Living Room / Kitchen / Apartment / Commercial / Café tabs above the cards narrow the list — with two dozen templates, jump straight to the kind of space you're planning.
Templates are full designs, not skeletons
When you click Use This Template, you don't get an empty L-shaped room — you get the room AND every piece pre-placed to scale. Resize the room and the pieces stay put; you'll likely need to nudge a few to match your actual layout.
The 3D view is the wow finish
Switch to 3D after loading a template and you'll see the cabinets, the range hood, the refrigerator — everything modeled. It's the fastest way to understand what the template gives you.
Common mistakes
Picking the wrong-shape template
If your real kitchen is a galley and you pick the U-Shape Kitchen Island, you'll spend more time deleting pieces than starting from the L-Shape or Galley template. Match the shape first; you can swap individual pieces later.
Treating templates as final
Templates are starting points. Every wall length, every item, every color can change — they exist so you don't start from a blank page, not because the layout has to stay exactly as shipped.
Frequently asked questions
How many templates are there?
Twenty-five — three living rooms, four kitchens, five apartments (budget studio to large 4-bed), and thirteen small-business layouts: café, restaurants, fast food, convenience and grocery stores, laundromat, library, apartment lobby and mailroom, doctor's office, arcade, and gym.
Can I customize a template after I load it?
Yes — completely. Once a template is in the editor, it behaves exactly like a design you drew from scratch. Resize the room via Edit Floor Plan Shape, swap pieces from the catalog, drag items to new positions, change colors. There's no template-vs-custom distinction in the editor.
Can I save my own templates?
Not yet — the shipped templates are the catalog. You can save your finished design and clone it later, but they don't show up alongside the official templates in the picker.
Are there templates for businesses, not just homes?
Yes. The Commercial and Café categories hold a cosy café, small and family restaurants, a fast-food spot, a corner convenience store, a grocery store, a laundromat, a library, an apartment lobby and mailroom, a doctor's office waiting room, a family arcade, and a fitness gym — plus commercial fixtures (vending machines, coolers, shelving) in the catalog.
Does using a template count as a separate design?
Yes — each Use This Template click creates a brand-new design that you can rename and customize independently. The shipped templates themselves are read-only; your copy is what you edit.
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