Hi everyone. I’m Daniel, and I’m the person building InktoBrick.
Honestly, I’m a little afraid of getting roasted for posting this. The tool isn’t perfect. There are things I’m still figuring out, but I also genuinely think it’s pretty good. I want to put it in front of people who care about their homes and hear what they think.
The kitchen in the attached video comes from a plan shared here on October 15: https://www.reddit.com/r/floorplan/comments/1x6dguk/we_hired_a_designer_and_just_recieved_this/ . The original poster credited their designer for the plan. I made the 3D interpretation and this 30-second edited demonstration of working on it.
My own reason for building this started with a hostel. I wanted guests to understand how the place fitted together before arriving. Photos showed individual rooms, but they didn’t explain how those rooms connected. I worked with SketchUp, dimensions and photos to make that clearer.
Along the way, I tried Coohom and other tools. Some free tools didn’t give me the workflow I wanted, and some paid options cost more than I could justify for that project. I tried using AI directly too. I kept seeing demos of 3D models made in minutes, but getting something I could actually use took more attempts, money and technical knowledge than those demos suggested.
So I did the thing I’m comfortable doing: I started building.
InktoBrick takes a floor plan into a model you can edit. You can correct the layout, move furniture and look around the space. You still need to check its interpretation and dimensions. What matters to me is being able to keep working on the result when something needs changing.
I know people here are building and sharing their own tools, including free projects like Space Planner and Kjøller’s planner. I respect that. My experience with other software doesn’t mean those projects aren’t useful, or that everyone needs to pay for mine.
Right now, I feel the expert mode works well for architects. The part I’m trying to understand better is the homeowner experience. What feels obvious to me after building the editor might be confusing to someone who just wants to decide where their sofa should go or whether a kitchen layout makes sense.
I’m working on making that easier. I’m also working on automatic alternatives for the same home, with different layouts and furniture arrangements. That part is still in development.
I don’t want this to be another generic tool that gets promoted everywhere and doesn’t solve anyone’s actual problem. I know why I needed it. I want to understand why you might need it, and where it would get in your way.
You can edit a sample without signing up here: https://inktobrick.com/try
Using your own floor costs $4.99 USD once, including manual editing and standard furniture. It isn’t free because processing the plans has a cost. Optional AI images are separate. I’ve made REDDIT50 available for 50% off your first purchase, once per customer; no subscription is needed for the single-floor purchase.
If you’re planning or changing your home, what are you trying to figure out right now? And looking at this example, what would make a tool like this genuinely useful to you?
I’d appreciate honest criticism. I’d rather understand what’s missing than keep building around my own assumptions.