In this era of computer technology, suggesting that you draw a blueprint of your home by hand with a pencil is a bold move. But thinking with a pencil in hand, believe me, is useful. The best training for the brain. There is nothing wrong with a hand-drawn plan on paper. It’s the result that counts. That’s what we’re going for today.  If you can’t learn the basics of computer literacy, if you have no time to study a complicated design program, then it’s time to draw a plan for your own home! How to make a blueprint for an apartment?

Plan (in the interior, architecture, housebuilding) – a drawing, which depicts a plane on a certain scale projection of the house or apartment with the applied elements: walls, openings, communications, and everything needed depending on the task.

Competent measuring of the house / apartment / room

Measurement plan is needed to know:

• the area of the room, house or apartment
• the actual size of the space
• all the advantages and disadvantages

Take pictures of all the space in detail and make a video. Later these photos and videos will make the work very easy and help you remember important details, especially if your house/apartment is far away and it is not easy to re-measure something. After working on the measurement, you’ll have dozens of worksheets with notes of varying importance. This is the basis of the future plan.

Learn about the scale and the scale bar

Scale is the ratio of the dimensions of an object depicted on a drawing to its actual size. In simple terms: scale will help you fit a huge house on a small piece of paper and not make a mistake. You need the scale to:

• draw a plan of a room or house on a regular piece of paper;
• to put real furniture on the plan;
• not to make mistakes with ergonomics;
• know the size of the bathtub, bed, couch, and table that will fit you exactly;
• accurately calculate the dimensions of all aisles;
• draw a sweep of the bathroom walls and lay out your dream tiles nicely on the walls;
• and even come up with a design for the dream closet.

Take the drawing of the plan seriously. Don’t let anyone distract you. Warn everyone ahead of time about the difficult and important work. Prepare a cup of tea or coffee, a glass of wine and start drawing the plan of the dream home. Attention and patience will be required now.

If you can not find a scale bar, then recall the old method: take millimeter paper or just a notebook in a cell, assign to each cell a convenient number of centimeters / meters and draw the plan. The principle of drawing remains the same: Draw the perimeter of the walls, mark doors, windows, partitions, all communications and important elements.