How to Use the Room Layout Calculator
Enter the room's dimensions and the furniture items you're considering, including their footprint and clearance needs — the calculator shows whether the combined furniture and clearance requirements fit the room's usable space, helping verify a layout before purchasing or moving furniture.
The Room Layout Calculator checks furniture fit against usable space, not just raw dimensions — here's how to use it.
Entering room dimensions and existing fixtures
Enter the room's dimensions and note any existing fixtures or doorways that reduce usable space — as covered in the fit-checking guide, this gives a more accurate usable-space figure than the room's raw total dimensions alone.
Entering furniture items with clearance needs
For each furniture item being considered, entering its full functional footprint (including clearance to open doors or pull out chairs, as covered in the fit-checking guide) rather than just its static dimensions gives a more reliable check on whether it will actually work in the space.