Thanks Hans. I'm not sure these options are quite what I am after really.

I would ideally like to be able to treat an imported image as a piece of furniture and move it around. When using a texture, the texture appears in the 3D model but not the 2d model.

Something like the image in this link (if I'm allowed to post it) is basically what I would like to be able to see in 2d plan view.

http://www.express-stairs.co.uk/images/stair_plan_6.jpg