Basement Floor Plan
Cedreo’s online basement floor plan designer allows you to quickly create stunning layouts.
Draft a Professional Basement Floor Plan in No Time
Putting together an accurate basement floor plan has never been faster. With Cedreo, you can use simple drag-and-click controls to draw walls, place design elements, and specify exact dimensions of your floor plan. Your entire basement layout can be composed in a few clicks, ready to be converted into a professional 3D rendering and photorealistic visualization.
2D Basement Floor Plans
Quickly draw basement blueprints with a top-down view. It’s simple to insert markers for doors and windows - all customizable to match your real-life scale and dimensions.
Add symbols for furnishing and appliances to enhance readability. The color coding, labeling, and importing of existing plans all serve to speed up your process and make it easier to develop polished 2D floor plans.
3D Basement Floor Plans
2D basement blueprints can be quickly converted into lifelike 3D floor plans. As you draw in 2D, the 3D viewer will update in real-time.
Our online system does all the work, so there’s no need for your computer to have a high-end graphics card or powerful processor. Refine details such as lighting, decor, and materials to create the most realistic presentation of your proposed design.
3D Basement Floor Plan Visualization
Take your finished basement floor plan a step further with Cedreo Software and create 3D renderings to immerse your client’s in their future space.
3D floor plans enable you to present your client’s basement construction project from a general overview. With our 3D rendering technology take your business proposal a step further and help your clients project themselves in their future homes.
6 Key Basement Floor Plan Considerations
Plan the Layout First
Basements can often be tight quarters. Making the most efficient use of the space available necessitates some thorough planning. Think about the way the client intends to use the space, what the most common traffic patterns will be, and what parts of the room should be most accessible. This will help you develop a functional layout. A few versions may need to be evaluated in order to find the layout that accommodates the best traffic flow. Cedreo’s quick editing makes it simple to change up your layout and figure out what works best.
Determine Your Ceiling Height
Ceiling height is an important consideration for basements, not only for building code compliance but also for comfort. When deciding upon the height of your ceiling, don’t forget any ductwork or piping that may run through and reduce the open vertical space. If these utility lines are meant to be covered by a drop ceiling, that extra space will need to be accounted for in the ceiling height.
Identify Open Space Requirements
Egress points are important safety features in basements. Check with your local building codes to determine how much space you’ll need to allot for a window that can be opened and climbed out of in the case of emergency evacuations. The codes will give you guidance on how far the bottom sill can be from the floor, how wide the window must be, and other critical measurements.
Factor in Storage Needs
Basements are often used as storage spaces, even when their primary function is something else. Ensure that your design facilitates all of the storage your client needs by considering the rest of the storage space available in the home, and whether or not the basement’s own mode of use will require any storage accommodations.
Consider Lighting
The submerged structure of basements often makes it difficult to access enough daylight. Your design will need to account for how to best leverage the natural lighting opportunities available via windows, and possibly even outdoor landscaping. The design plan will also need to provide artificial illumination in the form of recessed lighting or individual light fixtures. Because basement ceiling heights are often on the lower side, you may need to avoid hanging fixtures.
Choose an Interior Design Style
In order to bring all the previous key layout considerations together for your basement floor plan, having a general interior design style idea can help with these decisions. For instance, considering lighting goes with choosing the colors of the walls. The furniture used will depend on
the open space requirements and built-in storage if there is any. When drawing floor plans every detail of the construction project comes together, which is why they are so important.
Basement Floor Plan Examples
