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Visualize your ideal space with a floor plan

Create a floor plan

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A functional room starts with a floor plan. Canva Whiteboards’ floor planner has the design tools you need to create one for any purpose, from building your dream house to maximizing office space or rearranging your client’s furniture layout.

Visualize a more efficient use out of any space

Whether you’re a beginner or a professional, creating 2D floor plans is a breeze on Canva Whiteboards. Use our intuitive design tools and editable templates to reimagine the layout of your room. Sketch out decors with the Draw tool or drag and drop floor plan elements from our media library for a more accurate design—perfect for integrating into your project management plans⁠(opens in a new tab or window)— all on an infinite canvas.

How to create a floor plan

Build your design ideas effortlessly

You don’t have to be an architect or an interior designer to create a floor plan. Regardless of your design experience, visualize your ideas for any space on Canva Whiteboards. Kickstart your project with one of our customizable floor plan templates. Design with ease using our drag-and-drop editor and browse our media library for floor plan elements that match your specific vision.

Realize your vision without limits

Canva Whiteboards has an unlimited canvas to house all your great ideas. Explore different layouts for your home renovation or try out new furniture arrangements for an office without ever worrying about running out of room. You can even integrate a mood board into your floor plan or swimlane diagrams⁠(opens in a new tab or window) complete with color swatches and decor pictures to have a clearer visualization of your ideal space.

Create an accurate visual reference for any space

With Canva Whiteboards, recreating the layout of any room is quick and simple. Add lines, shapes, and other elements from our media library to symbolize permanent fixtures like doors, walls, or windows. Resize and fix their placements to reflect how the actual place looks like. You can also use the Draw tool to sketch out furniture and decors to ensure your floor plan is detailed and accurate.

Make your floor plans a team effort

Collaborate with your family, friends, or design team and get ideas flowing to bring your vision to life. Control who gets to access and edit your project, leave sticky notes, or assign tasks in a few clicks. On Canva, it’s easy to share your floor plan so everyone is aligned with the design goals and requirements.

FAQ

A floor plan is a scaled diagram that shows how the architectural elements of a space are arranged. It shows where the rooms, walls, doors, windows, bathroom fixtures, storage, and more are within a building. The bird’s eye view it offers of the layout gives architects, contractors, interior designers, and their clients a clear understanding of the connection and flow between different areas and how occupants could navigate them.

You can create a floor plan by drawing a bird’s eye view of a room on a sheet of graph paper. On a separate piece of paper, draw any movable furniture to scale, cut them out, and place them on your floor plan. For an easier process, use free online floor plan creators for both professionals and non-professionals to make one easily.

If you’re looking for the floor plan of a particular house, you can request its real estate agent for a copy. Other sources can be local inspectors, assessors, and building officials, and the archives of the local historical society’s library, in case it’s a heritage structure. If it’s a structure in a housing development where the buildings are constructed similarly, you can check out a similar house nearby to get an idea of the layout.

Floor plans are usually designed by various professionals, from architects to interior designers and contractors. However, they can also be created by homeowners, students, or design enthusiasts who have a vision they want to bring to life. Regardless, you can benefit from online design platforms like Canva that provide you with all the design tools and templates you need to easily make a floor plan on your own or with your team.

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