Room makeover budget: materials, furniture and extra costs

Choose the work you are actually doing

Use the project budget checkboxes to include the jobs you intend to purchase. Flooring, paint, wallpaper and wall panels keep separate material and labor estimates while sharing room dimensions.

Assign each wall one main finish: existing, paint or wallpaper. Lower panel zones are deducted from paint and wallpaper when panels are included in the budget. You can combine an accent wallpaper wall with painted walls without counting the same main finish area twice. Panel paint and backing remain excluded.

Replace starting prices with your quotes

The prices shown when you open the planner are examples. They are not live retailer prices, regional averages or promised costs. Enter the product specification and price from your own quote.

Compare another price changes one unit price while holding coverage and quantities constant. Compare designs A / B saves complete configurations, so you can compare different pack sizes, finishes, measurements, openings, included jobs and labor. Use it for a like-for-like comparison. If a new flooring product has a different pack size, update pack coverage as well; changing only its price will not capture that difference.

• Materials: rounded whole packs, cans, rolls or boards.
• Labor: enter the relevant rate or flat quote in the active tool.
• Material tax: an editable percentage on materials only.
• Contingency: an extra reserve on materials, labor and material tax.

Add the pieces that make it a room

Open Furniture & accessories to add pieces from the catalog or a custom item. Enter actual width, depth and height; drag in the 2D floor plan, rotate the piece or enter its exact center position. A/B designs preserve the complete furniture arrangement.

Mark an item as already owned to exclude it from new purchase costs. New items start with no entered price, and the budget flags them until you add your quote. Material tax and contingency also apply to new furniture. The 3D models are generic dimensioned representations, not branded products.

Keep scope gaps visible

The planner does not automatically include removal, delivery, subfloor or wall preparation, equipment, permits, trims or every finishing product. Review the calculation notes for each job and write down the missing items before approving a purchase.

The material tax field is a budgeting input, not a tax determination. Enter the rate and taxable scope appropriate to your quote. If labor is taxable in your situation, account for that outside this materials-only tax model.

Save a version before you shop

Valid room edits save automatically to your account after a short pause, within your plan limits. Save connected spaces explicitly with Save space. The status beside the project name shows whether saving finished. The shopping checklist and A/B snapshots save with the project. Failed saves remain in the open tab; retry before leaving.

Print a basic budget summary on Free. Plus and Home Pass add detailed PDF reports and CSV downloads for spreadsheet software. A shared link contains a snapshot of the plan, so a recipient’s changes do not modify your saved project.

Before ordering, compare the printed quantities against the final product packaging and your installer’s measurements. The planner is a decision aid; a supplier or contractor quote remains a separate document.