There's nothing quite like being able to see that couch you love so much in the showroom, lined up and laid out in the setting of your own living room. Today, Design Within Reach is launching an online design tool that allows customers to do just that. The Design Within Reach 3D Room Planner uses mydeco.com's unique 3D room design technology: visitors to the DWR site can upload a floor plan or customize a room template, furnish their room with DWR's accurate 3D furniture models and generate a photorealistic rendering to save and share with their larger community.

The 3D planning tool gives users three options to start designing: using a furnished room, an empty room or uploading a 2D floorplan. Customize rooms by moving walls to the correct size and shape, drag and drop windows and doors, choose paint colors, wallpaper and floor coverings. Furnish rooms with hundreds of modern classics from DWR's catalog—Herman Miller, Knoll, Cassina and DWR Design Studio—using dimension or color search tools. In just 2 hours you will receive a high-quality rendering that you can save or share with the community for comment. Get the tutorial and check out some of examples of rooms built with the technology after the jump or go straight to DWR.com to check it out for yourself.