About room.tips

Every measurement on this site is either a standard furniture dimension or a published clearance minimum. A queen mattress is 60 by 80 inches because that is the North American standard, not because it looked right. A main walkway is 30 to 36 inches because that is the range residential design practice has settled on for a path one person uses daily.

Where a figure is a range rather than a single number, the guides say so and name the condition that moves it. Where designers genuinely disagree, the guides say that too instead of picking a side and presenting it as settled.

Room plans are drawn to the real proportions of the footprint. A 10 by 20 foot room is drawn twice as long as it is wide, because drawing it square would contradict the only thing this site is for.

Furniture is positioned as a percentage of the room, which means each piece resolves back to real inches. A queen bed occupying 50 percent of the width of a 10 foot wall is exactly 60 inches. The legend under each plan reports those figures so you can check the drawing against the text.

Recommendations lead with the measurement that decides whether a piece fits, followed by what to check before buying. They are filtered by room type and by room size, so a guide for a 6 by 8 office does not suggest something built for a 12 by 12 one.

Outbound links currently earn nothing. If that changes it will be disclosed on every page that carries one, and it will not change how pieces are selected.

It is not a substitute for measuring your own room. Published dimensions describe typical furniture; the piece you are looking at may differ by several inches, and older homes are rarely square. Measure wall to wall, twice, before you buy anything.

It is also not structural or electrical advice. Anything involving wall mounting, load-bearing walls or wiring belongs with someone qualified to sign off on it.