Project Planning: How Do You Get Started?

Project Planning

Where do you begin?  When you have the great idea to knock out the living room wall and expand the dining room, how do you work that into a communicable plan?  Perhaps you have the magnetic planners, where everything is proportional to the gridlines on the magnetic floor plan.  Or, maybe you are more sophisticated and simply use online design programs or your own software.  There are even scaled furniture and designers who actually your room or project before you begin.

Me?  I like a combination of many factors.  Nothing beats three dimensional perspective renderings…and the bigger the better.  But, with so many options for self design and conceptual tools, why is there a need for design professionals?  I know why, but do you?  Let’s hear how you get your ideas out there for your personal home projects.