Games Room Designer

Designing your games room is one of life's great pleasures. You've looked forward to this for years. But, fiddling about with graph paper and a pencil is not as fun as you'd thought.

This is where our "Games Room Designer" comes in. It's incredibly easy to use, you don't really need any instructions. Just start clicking about and you'll pick it up in no time.

To get started just click on the icon on the right, and you'll be off and running!

If you'd prefer some guidance, then read on. We will guide you through the whole process, from logging in, to dragging and dropping pool tables, to saving and printing your design.

Instructions:

Step One: User Login

Having clicked on the get started link above you will find yourself faced with a screen asking you to create an account. Type in your email address and enter a password, which is easy for you to remember. Then click on "Create new account".

Step Two: Create Your Account

	The pop up window you see to the left will appear, with your email and password pre-populated. The only compulsory boxes are for your first and last name, the rest you can leave blank if you wish.
	Don't worry, we won't send you any spam emails or pass your details onto anyone else. We promise! This will then allow you to come back and update your design, print it off, or email it to yourself or a friend.
	Once you have got everything entered, and we suggest that you write it down somewhere safe just in case, you can click on create account.

Step Three: Welcome Screen

You will be welcomed to our Room Planner. From here you can start a New Plan, see Examples of Plans, or use the Quick Start Guide. To get started just click "Continue".

Step Four: Start Building

Here you can either Start with a Room, by entering the dimensions - you can choose either metric or imperial measurements. Or, you can Start from Scratch where you being with a blank sheet.

Step Five: Empty Room

Once you have entered the size of your room it will appear in front of you, on virtual graph paper.

Step Six: Drag and Drop

You can then drag the icons from the section on the left and drop them into your room. You can rotate them, click on them again to pick them up and make minute movement changes. You can even change the dimensions of each item to match the size of the product you are planning to actually place in your room. It really is dead easy to use, with a bit of trial and error.

Step Seven: Add Furniture

By using the drop down menu in the left hand section you can change the selection of objects from "Home Leisure Direct" to "Generic Furniture". This has lots of different categories from which you can choose to add sofas, tables, chairs, book shelves etc. Whatever you have in mind for your room. Again you can adjust the sizes and colours of each so you can achieve an completely accurate plan.

Step Eight: Floor Coverings

Once you have got all the games room equipment and furniture in your room it's time to sort out the flooring. By clicking on the Floor Coverings drop down menu this will open the section where you can pick from a huge variety of floor coverings.

Step Nine: Doors and Windows

By clicking on the Doors and Windows drop down menu you can select from a number of different types of Doors and Windows to accurately simulate the features of your actual room. Just a drag and drop them onto your plan and then re-size them to mimic your actual fixtures.

Step Ten: Save Plan

Once you have got your plan as far as you want, or you need to take a break, grab a beer and seek some inspiration, you can Save Your Plan. Just click on the second icon from the left at the top of the page, the one with a down arrow pointing at a sheet of paper.

Type in the name for your plan, where you can see the red circle below, around my Example Plan. Hit Save Plan and then you can return and continue to edit to your heart's content until you have your project perfected.

We hope you will find this an incredibly powerful and easy to use tool. Having scoured the web for a graphic design package for us to use with clients we found this to be the outstanding choice. You can create stunning plans quickly and easily. It's fun to use and easy to tinker about until you get everything just right.

Many companies would charge you a fortune to allow to you use something as versatile as this, but here you can access it for free, whenever you want. You can return again and again and your plan will always be sat there waiting for you.

If you need any help or advice using this package just give us a call on 0800 622 6464 or drop us an email to customerservice@homeleisuredirect.com and one of our team will be happy to assist you.

If you have a plan you are particularly proud of and would like to share it please email it to andy@homeleisuredirect.com and we will feature the best ones on our Blog.

To get started just click on the icon to the right, saying "Get Started"...

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