That was my wife’s first reaction when she saw my suggestion for how we could solve having two workplaces in a very tiny space and still be comfortable.

Well, I can understand her reaction. My drawing skills are not exactly great. But I really wanted to show her that I could do better and that I had a good idea.

A few weeks earlier, Lars Rødseth, a friend of mine had shown me their house made in SketchUp from Google. They are thinking about changing the house and are playing with different solutions using this program. So if they can use it for a whole house, I should be able to use it for a room?

I downloaded it, got Eni to measure everything in our office and started to work on my masterpiece. After several hours and quite a few mistakes I got something I was satisfied with and saved a version that I sent to Eni. Success! She approved the idea immediately. Obviously, my skills with SketchUp are better than my freehand drawing

She then called a carpenter, he came in and checked the drawing and got to work. And now I am sitting here at the new desk in our office feeling quite comfortable. Good space for my feet, enough space for the computer and accessories and best of all - we can both work comfortably at the same time.

Have you tried SketchUp for any of your projects?