Furniture Plan
Whether redecorating or just reorganizing, a furniture floor plan can make the task simpler. Knowing your space in an objective way is the first step toward designing a room you'll love. Making a furniture floor plan will allow you to understand your room's advantages and obstacles as you arrange your furniture and purchase new pieces for your home. With a few simple tools you can begin designing a furniture floor plan and understanding your space in a completely new way. Does this Spark an idea?
Instructions
Measure the Room
1. Gather all necessary supplies, survey your space and furniture, and move furniture away from walls where necessary. This is important because accurate measurements should always be taken against the wall.
2. Take your rooms measurements, being careful to measure all walls, closets and windows. Rooms are measured length times width when determining square footage, while walls are measured height times length.
3. Take note of all electrical outlets and switches when taking measurements, they will need to be noted on your floor plan. Knowing where your plugs and switches are allows you to plan the best possible place for electrical fixtures, such as lamps.
4. Draw a sketch of your space, using graph paper and a pencil. Use the measurements taken from the room to draw the room to scale. An architect's scale is particularly useful for this step, but is not required. When scaling your room use a 1/4 inch to one-foot scale. This means, for example, that 1/4 inch on paper will represent one foot of actual space. Scaling is extremely important for ensuring your furniture floor plan is accurate.
5. Draw all doors, windows, and closets on the floor plan. Note electrical outlets, switches and wall mounted fixtures, such as lighting. Make note of any hanging fixtures, such as ceiling fans and chandeliers. Be sure to measure all of these elements to properly note them on the floor plan, and make certain to note which way doors open.
6. Photocopy the finished floor plan and store copies away. This can prove useful for future renovation or reorganization projects.
Measure the Furniture
7. Using a measuring tape, measure your furniture as closely as possible, and note the measurements for each piece.
8. Using a new sheet graph paper, draw a scaled sketch of the furniture that was measured. Since the room is scaled down on a 1/4 inch to one foot scale, use the same scale when drawing furniture. This is important because you want the furniture to fit in the space correctly. Make a photocopy and store with floor plan photocopies.
9. Cut out each piece of graph paper furniture, noting which cut-out represents which piece of furniture. Though it may sound like common sense, making sure you know exactly what each cut-out is can save time when laying the cut-outs on the furniture plan.
10. Arrange the furniture cut outs on the scaled room space. If you're planning to purchase new furniture for the space, it's a good idea to measure the furniture before purchasing it. This way you can fit it into your floor plan correctly.
11. Once you've decided how the furniture will be laid out, you can begin moving your furniture and purchasing new pieces. If you find yourself dissatisfied with the result, go back to the floor plan and move the furniture around some more. Rearranging furniture is often trial and error, but the furniture plan can make the process easier.
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