| Redecorating or refurnishing your home? By now | | | | style. You can place objects exactly how you want |
| you're probably confused by the wide array of wall | | | | them, within your home's exact dimensions, and view |
| coverings, cabinets, furniture styles, flooring, window | | | | the rooms from a variety of angles in full color.The |
| treatments and other products currently available on | | | | latest in the 3D Home Design Series, "3D Home |
| the home market. Don't worry, where there's a will, | | | | Interiors" lets you browse more than 100,000 home |
| there's a way. There are now interior design programs | | | | decorating products, according to Broderbund, most of |
| that let you decorate your home in a multitude of | | | | which are actual items from leading manufacturers. |
| colors and materials right on your PC, complete with | | | | You even get model numbers. The program lets you |
| 3D renderings of every room, including kitchen and | | | | choose a manufacturer, then view each product in |
| bath.With these home decorating programs, you're not | | | | different styles and colors.When reviewing the |
| designing from a sample book, you're actually mixing | | | | software programs, be sure to check out how many |
| and matching styles and colors in a virtual reality | | | | manufacturer and product categories are actually in |
| mock-up of your home's interior. For example, | | | | the program. If your favorites don't appear, that makes |
| Broderbund's "3D Home Interiors" is one of the original | | | | it hard to design from your preferences. Check the |
| software releases that proves you don't have to | | | | web sites of the software companies or supplement |
| spend your entire life in a shopping mall, trying to | | | | the choices from the web sites of the manufacturers |
| envision how certain colors or styles would look in your | | | | themselves.Make sure you have the necessary |
| home. Just boot up the ole PC."3D Home Interiors" is | | | | hardware, too. Graphics programs tend to monopolize |
| fairly easy to use, although somewhat time-consuming, | | | | lots of RAM so it wouldn't hurt to install more than the |
| and has plenty of features. There's more than enough | | | | minimum system requirement. Make sure you have up |
| to get a real sense of how your room or rooms will | | | | to 64 MB or more, to make the program run smoothly |
| look with a certain wall covering, flooring or furniture | | | | and to avoid freezing up. |