Do you find yourself lingering over pictures of beautiful bathrooms and creating pinboards dedicated to them, or maybe you just want a change? Then you might be ready for a bathroom remodel, and there is no better place to start then with RoomSketcher Home Designer!

Design Your Bathroom Online

RoomSketcher Home Designer is an easy-to-use floor plan and home design tool that you can use to create a bathroom design online. Visualize your bathroom design ideas and turn them into a reality. In no time, you can create 2D & 3D Floor Plans and images of your new bathroom design in 3D to show your contractor, interior designer or bath fixture salesperson.

This will help you illustrate and communicate exactly what you want and give you something to refer back to once your bathroom remodel is underway.

Create a Bathroom Floor Plan

The best way to start any bathroom design project is with a floor plan. To get started, simply create a free RoomSketcher account and then open Home Designer to create a floor plan of your bathroom. You can draw your bathroom floor plan from scratch or choose a basic room shape to start with. Simple drag-and-drop drawing tools make creating a floor plan easy. This quick video tutorial will show you how to draw a floor plan:

Bathroom Design Tip: You may want to create a floor plan of your existing bathroom as well as a floor plan for your new bathroom. Having both plans will make it easier to see the amount of work involved to create your new bathroom. This will save everyone time and money. And best of all, it’s easy to do with RoomSketcher. Simply create a new level and copy your existing floor plan.

Find Bathroom Finishes

The next step is to add finishes to the floor, walls and ceiling of your bathroom design. Click the Materials button and select the finish type such as tile or stone from the drop-down menu. Simply drag finishes into place on your floor plan. This video will show you how:

Bathroom Design Tip: Do you want tiles only on certain walls, such as in the shower enclosure or surrounding the tub? This video will also show you how to apply finishes to individual walls.

Choose Bathroom Fixtures

With your finishes in place, you can now add bathroom fixtures. Click the Furniture button and select Bathroom from the drop-down menu. Here you’ll find hundreds of bathroom fixture options – tubs, shower units, vanities, sinks, toilets and more! You can also find bathroom accessories such as mirrors, towel bars, and even robe hooks. And don’t forget to add bathroom lighting! To add an item, simply click on the item and drag it onto your floor plan. You can adjust the size of your fixtures as needed to match your bathroom layout in Properties.

Bathroom Design Tip: Be sure to add accessories such as towels, bath mats, shower curtains and window treatments to personalize your bathroom design. You can even change the material or color on items using the Replace Materials feature.

See Your Bathroom Design in 3D

Use the integrated camera tool to preview your bathroom design in 3D. View any part of your bathroom design as if you are actually standing there. Simply position the camera and click to take a Snapshot. You can also adjust the camera height and aperture to get wide-angle view of your bathroom or zoom in to see details close-up.

Save your Snapshots to the Image Gallery to review and compare different your design options. Then upgrade your favorites to stunning 3D Photos to get a “life-like” view of how your bathroom design will look.

If you need additional inspiration, you can find more great bathroom design ideas here on the blog or in the RoomSketcher Home Design Gallery.

Get Started

With RoomSketcher, every user can access the Home Designer and the Snapshot tool for free, so you can start your bathroom planning straight away.

Once your bathroom layout is ready, upgrade to RoomSketcher VIP or Pro for awesome 3D features such as – 3D Photos, 3D Floor Plans and interactive Live 3D!

Get started on your bathroom design today!

Frankie Elmquist is an interior architect and our Home Design Specialist. She’s worked around the globe for some of the top design firms in the world and now she brings her expertise to you.