Learn professional interior design secrets for arranging furniture, and easy ideal spacing tips.
Ideal spacing and arrangement of the furniture is a very important part of your design - and can often be overlooked. You can choose the perfect interior design style and color - but if your furniture arrangement is wrong, it will let your whole scheme down.
But that’s not going to happen to you.
Not with these pages on arranging furniture at your fingertips!
It helps to imagine your room
from a bird's eye view
How to draw a layout plan
- Professional interior designers always draw a layout plan - it helps them to really play around with arranging furniture - and get it right!
- It’s something I really recommend you do - particularly if you are starting on a major home decorating project. Even if you are keeping exactly the same furniture it may be worth taking a little time out to try this - you may find a great new way of arranging the furniture, that gives you the ideal spacing in your room. I will admit that I don’t do this now for some of the rooms in my house - my lounge, for instance - it is so tiny that there are only 2 ways of arranging the furniture - I have tried both - and have decided which way round I like best. If this is you too, don’t worry - it’s not essential. Just leave this step out - remember, this is interior design to suit you.
I have included some standard dimensions for furniture to help you with the plan.
Click here to learn how to draw the layout plan.
Tips on arranging furniture
Here are some considerations I always like to bear in mind when planning the layout of a room. These tips on arranging the furniture will make sure your room really flows and looks spacious. And there will always be enough room for everyone to move about comfortably.
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Measurements for ideal spacing.
When I discovered these measurements for ideal spacing between pieces of furniture in a room, I really found them a godsend. Never have to squeeze past that tight corner - or push your chair back from the table - straight into a wall!
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Standard dimensions for furniture
These are standard dimensions - for typical pieces of furniture. If you don’t have a specific piece of furniture in mind - these will help enormously with your layout planning and arranging the furniture.- Living room furniture
- 3 seat sofa - 185cm x 85cm / 8ft x 2ft 9
- 2 seat sofa - 150cm x 85cm / 5ft x 2ft 9
- Armchair - 85cm x 85cm / 2ft 9 x 2ft 9
- Small armchair - 50cm x 40cm / 1ft 7 x 1ft 3
- Dining room furniture
- Dining table - 150cm x 90cm / 5ft x 3ft
- Dining chair - 50cm x 50cm / 1ft 7 x 1ft 7
- Study furniture
- Desk - 130cm x 70cm / 4ft 3 x 2ft 3
- Chair - 50cm x 50cm / 1ft 7 x 1ft 7
- Kitchen
- Width of countertop units - 63cm / 2ft
- Bathroom fittings
- Bath - 70cm x 70cm / 2 ft 3 x 2ft 3
- WC - 70cm x 55cm / 2 ft 3 x 1 ft 9
- Washbasin - 56cm x 42cm / 1ft 10 x 1ft 4
- Shower - 90cm x 90cm / 3ft x 3ft
- Bidet - 56cm x 42cm / 1ft 10 x 1ft 4
- Bedroom furniture
- Single bed - 90cm x 190cm / 3ft x 6ft 3
- Double bed - 135cm x 190cm / 4ft 6 x 6ft 3
- King size bed - 150cm x 200cm / 5ft x 6ft 6
- Super king size bed - 180cm x 200cm / 6ft x 6ft 6
- Single wardrobe - 60cm x 60cm / 2ft x 2ft
- Double wardrobe - 120cm x 60cm / 4ft x 2ft
- Chest of drawers - 75cm x 45cm / 2ft 5 x 1ft 5
- Bedside table - 40cm x 40cm / 1ft 3 x 1ft 3
- Dressing table - 135cm x 45cm / 4ft 5 x 1ft 5
Well, good luck with your layout and arranging your furniture. After planning to arrange your furniture, the next step is to look at your lighting - this is a very important part of the interior design process - and should definitely not be overlooked.
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