Plan3D ~ 3D Online Home Design Tool
Not exactly free; but at $2.95 month, close to it.
Plan3D allows you to design and view a realistic 3D model of your home design ~ right in your browser; or, you may download the program to your hard-drive. Remodel kitchens, bathrooms, or design your entire home in life-like reality! You get 1000's of objects - furniture, cabinets, appliances, landscaping and more - all you need to arrange your home the way you want it. A cost estimator is included to help keep your designs cost effective.

Instant Architect 12 - Free+S&H
Instant Architect is a sophisticated, yet easy-to-use, home design program featuring drag and drop simplicity with the power of full-featured 2D CAD. Custom design, remodel or add - then print plans that work for you. Create and view floor plans, elevations and landscaping plans. Apply automatic dimensioning and print accurately to any scale. Plus, material lists make it simple to bring your project to life. Create the perfect home automatically! We've made it simple and take you step by step through the design process. Easily add plumbing, appliances, plants, electrical, lighting, furniture, and much more! Walk through your designs in realistic 3D to see every detail and make sure everything is perfect before you begin to build. Choose from hundreds of customizing materials. You can also fly around or look around at everything up close! Once you have your design just the way you want it, you're ready to build. Easily calculate square footage, costs, and material requirements in a familiar spreadsheet format with the built-in Project Cost Estimator and start building today!
Windows-7/Vista/XP

Instant Kitchen & Bath 12 - Free+S&H
Easy Kitchen and Bath Design Solution. Everything You Need to Design Your Kitchen or Bath Quickly. Design realistic 3D models of your kitchen or bathroom project with no experience necessary! Create the perfect kitchen or bath exactly how you dreamed it would be. Create the perfect kitchen automatically or design your bathroom using one of the included sample layouts. We've made it simple and take you step by step through the design process. Enhance Your Home Value. Easily add materials, cabinets, plumbing, appliances, floors, lighting, and much more! Walk through your designs in realistic 3D to see every detail and make sure everything is perfect before you begin to build. You can also fly around or look around at everything up close! Once you have your design just the way you want it, you're ready to build. Easily calculate square footage, costs, and material requirements in a familiar spreadsheet format with the built-in Project Cost Estimator and start building today!
Windows-7/Vista/XP

Instant Deck & Patio version 12 - Free+S&H
Easy Deck and Patio Design Solution. Everything You Need to Design Your Deck or Patio Quickly. Design realistic 3D models of your deck or patio project with no experience necessary! Create the perfect deck or patio exactly how you dreamed it would be. Create the perfect deck automatically! We've made it simple and take you step by step through the design process. Easily add a patio or stairs, fences, gates, lighting, furniture, and much more! Walk through your designs in realistic 3D to make sure everything is perfect before you begin to build. Select from over 2,000 plants, flowers, shrubs, and trees to create a beautiful landscape. You can also fly around or look around at everything up close! Once you have your design just the way you want it, you're ready to build. Easily calculate square footage, costs, and material requirements in a familiar spreadsheet format with the built-in Project Cost Estimator and start building today!
Windows-7/Vista/XP

Instant Shed & Shop - Free+S&H
Begin by selecting the dimensions of your shed: width, length, height. Customize the type and layout of your doors and windows. Add porches to create a true indoor/outdoor work or storage space. Finalize your shop or shed with a hip or gable roof, then click once and the model is composed automatically. You can view it in 2D or 3D! Prepare a list of materials and print out your plans. Build your shed or shop, and for years to come you'll enjoy a space designed and built to meet your needs.
Windows XP/98/2000

Instant Deck Design - Free+S&H
Draw a deck or terrace in true vector based CAD, with no CAD training, in less than a minute using simple mouse and keyboard data input. Key New Features: Over 2 dozen new deck design features: all wizard driven! Choose from 50 pre-drawn decks of the most popular designs which can easily be adapted or scaled for use on your own home! Add or remove deck features quickly with our large variety of editing tools - even edit in 3D.
Windows 7, XP/98/2000

Instant Woodworking Design - Free+S&H
Create automatic step-by-step plans. Choose your project, set the dimensions and sit back while the project is automatically drafted right before your eyes. Even print the materials list for easy shopping at the lumber yard. Instant Woodworking Design comes with the power of DesignCAD's most popular drafting tools. Customize the included designs or start from scratch. One click prints the entire design.
Windows 7, XP/98/2000

TurboCAD 15 Deluxe 2D-3D - $9.99+S&H
Precision 2D Drafting & 3D Modeling
With TurboCAD your options are unlimited. From architectural and mechanical drawings, to landscape layouts, circuit boards, hobbies, crafts, woodworking and remodeling, TurboCAD is an all purpose CAD program for all projects at home and office. Create precision 2D drawings and intricate 3D models, and utilize powerful rendering tools to accurately visualize and present your ideas. Requiring no previous experience in computer aided design and backed by an extensive support network of user forums, newsletters and website resources, TurboCAD is the smart choice for a quality, all purpose CAD system.
* More professional features per dollar than any other CAD application.
* Get results fast with a familiar layout with intuitive menus and context sensitive tools.
* Packed with precision design and drafting tools including photorealistic rendering, advanced lighting effects, transparency options, camera views, 3D modeling and more.
* Supports 30 of the most popular industry-standard file formats including AutoCAD© and Google© SketchUp.
* Compatible with AutoCAD©, Google© Sketchup and More.
* 3D Photorealistic Rendering.
Windows-7/Vista/XP

Kitchen & Bath Floorplan 3D - Free+S&H
Design like a professional! Bath Floorplan 3D combines all the powerful tools that home design professionals employ into one easy process. Includes texture library, pre-drawn 3D symbols, customizable plans, custom cabinet builder, and more. Bath Floorplan 3D won't let you make design mistakes! Collision Detection Technology creates perfectly accurate spacing models, preventing you from placing one 3D object on top of another. You can use multiple views of the same drawing to work in 2D and see the results in 3D at the same time.
Windows XP/95/98/Me/2000

Bob Vila's Home Design - Free+S&H
Finally, a floor plan and home design program that's fun, easy-to-use and full of rich multimedia. Hosted by Bob Vila, America's most popular do-it-yourselfer and host of the popular television series 'BobVila's Home Again'. Features a complete set of powerful 2D/3D CAD drafting tools, 1,001 ready made home plans, animated 3D home tours, and more. Easy enough for the weekend hobbyist, yet advanced enough for the experienced builder. Bob Vila's Home Design helps you transform all your ideas into brilliant 3D color plans!
Windows Vista/XP/98

Webster's 6,100 Home Plans - Free+S&H
Webster's Home-Plan Finder™ provides powerful search criteria to help you quickly find the right house plan. This CD-ROM has over 6,100 plans, including over 5,600 single-family plans and over 400 multi-family plans. It has 1-2-3-story, and multi-level plans. The plans range in size from 500 sq. ft. up to 11,000 sq. ft. Blueprints can be purchased for any house plan. Features: thousands of front elevations; hundreds of rear elevations; magnify pictures; view multiple pictures; read descriptions and specifications.
Windows XP/95/98/ME/2000

2,500 Home Plans - Free+S&H
This collection of homes costs much less than buying plan books. And think of all the time it will save you! Plans come from 57 different firms. Define your criteria, from bedrooms to the size of the building site, or search plans by features, architecture, or specific designers. The plans are from 57 different firms, including: Design Basics, Inc.; Donald Gardner, Architects; Frank Betz and Associates; Garlinghouse; Select Home Designs; and many more.
Windows XP/95/98/ME/2000

Kid CAD - Free+S&H
Just grab your mouse and start building! This amazing 3D design studio lets you create practically any type of structure or outdoor environment with electronic building blocks that click into place. And with Kid CAD, building is only the beginning. You can paint and decorate everything in sight, including the kitchen sink. Then fill your customized creationwith a huge assortment of people and pets, furniture and ferns, or even a dinosaur.
Windows 7, Vista/XP/98

Photo Exclusives: Buildings - Free+S&H
Featuring professionally photographed Buildings, this incredible collection contains 100 stunning photos in an easy-to-use cross-platform format, all for a fraction of the price of comparable collections! Features: High-quality, royalty-free photos. Included browser makes viewing a snap.
Windows 7, Vista/XP and MAC

B&D - Everyday Home Repairs - $5.99+S&H
Tired of paying countless $$ for home repairs? In this comprehensive software, you'll find the know-how you need to make those same repairs on your own, quickly and easily. View instructions, material lists, and calculate costs. You'll save time and money! This comprehensive program covers repairing doors & windows, walls & ceilings, basic plumbing&electrical knowledge, as well as exterior home repairs. You'll save time and money by solving those home problems on your own!
Windows XP/Vista/95/98/ME

Home Improvement 123 - Free+S&H
The ultimate power tool for Do-It-Yourself enthusiasts. Master over 150 household projects using video, animation, illustrations, photographs, and narration as guides. Select topics such as plumbing, electrical, doors, windows, cabinets, countertops, shelving, storage and more! Overviews of each topic are provided with full-motion video.
Windows XP/95/98/2000/MAC