If you want to be involved with your home design, chances are you'll be experimenting with design options yourself.
There are still some things that are better accomplished by drawing by hand rather than using floor plan software. This might mean drawing on paper or drawing by hand onto a screen.
When it comes to experimenting with options, often things don't need to be too exact so a sketch will do, and really the definition of sketching is that it's done by hand.
It's the quickest and arguably the most enjoyable way of trying out ideas for your home design.
And if you're old school, you can still draw all the necessary drawings for you home design by hand on paper.
Here's the pages available on hand drawing home design tools.
The following pages might also be useful: Floor plan symbols, Blueprint symbols, Free Floor Plan Software