Drawn to scale
Every room in these guides is drawn on a one-square-equals-one-foot grid, with the furniture at its published size and the walkway measured. Not a mood board — a plan you can check your own room against.
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A $2,000 Bedroom, Itemized
Bed frame, mattress, two nightstands, two lamps and a rug, priced from the manufacturers on one day. Worked backwards from $2,000, the mattress gets $248.85 — and every queen Saatva makes for an ordinary bed costs more than the whole budget.
Start where you are stuck
01
Will it fit?
Doorways, corners, stairwells, and the published footprint. Everything between the delivery truck and the spot you cleared for it.
02
The space around it
Furniture takes the floor it sits on plus the floor you walk on. Walkways, gaps, and rug sizes, drawn to scale.
- Bedroom Layouts: The Walkways Around a Queen and a King
- The 18-Inch Gap: Coffee Table Size and Clearance
- Dining Table Sizes: How Many People Actually Fit
- Rug Sizes Under a Dining Table: The 24-Inch Rule
- Rug Sizes Under a Sofa: What Actually Anchors a Room
- Studio Apartment Layouts: 5 Floor Plans Drawn to Scale
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The spec that decides
Seat depth, frame height, monitor distance, total cost. The one number on the spec tab that settles the purchase.
Print and take it with you
Several of the guides end in a worksheet built for paper, because the measuring happens with a tape in one hand.
- Delivery route sheetThe eight places to measure between the truck and the room.
- Will-it-fit worksheetDoorway, corner and walkway numbers on one page.
- Bed height worksheetMattress plus foundation plus frame, totalled before you buy.
- Room budget sheetPublished price per line, including what only shows at checkout.