Java canvas with palette

[rcbsports]

hello there, I'm trying to create a small little java program that allows college students at my university to design their room before they move in. right now im just looking to get the overall jist of the program and will worry about the fine details later on, but I'm having trouble figuring a few things out.

Basically I want to have the furniture options on the right hand side of the screen and when they click on a certain furniture, ie the bed, it would pop over in the design/canvas area. They would also need to be able to change the location of the furniture by dragging it.

Any tips, suggestions would be awesome.

[quad64bit]

All that is doable.

So, You Need to Write a Program but Don't Know How to Start

Also, see:
A Visual Guide to Layout Managers (The Java™ Tutorials > Creating a GUI With JFC/Swing > Laying Out Components Within a Container)