Room guides. The numbers designers use, with sources.
Plain guides to room layout, rug and furniture sizes, light and colour. Every number in cm, with its source beside it.
12x12 living room layout with a TV: three plans in feet and inchesThree 12x12 living room layouts with a TV, drawn to scale in feet and inches: sofa sizes, a 36 in walkway, the rug size and how far from the TV you sit.3x3 bedroom layout: where the double bed and the wardrobe goA double bed fits a 3 × 3 m bedroom with 77 cm each side and 95 cm at the foot. Four plans drawn to scale show where the wardrobe can go.3x4 living room layout: three plans for a 3 m × 4 m roomThree 3x4 living room layouts drawn to scale: sofa, corner sofa, and a table for two, with the walkway, sofa sizes, rug and TV distance for 3 m × 4 m.4x4 living room layout: three plans for a 4 m × 4 m roomThree 4x4 living room layouts drawn to scale in cm: a floated sofa, a corner sofa and two sofas facing, with sofa sizes, rug and TV distance for 16 m².Small bedroom layout: UK bed sizes, clearances and three plans in cmSmall bedroom layouts for 3 × 3, 3 × 3.5 and 3 × 4 m UK rooms, drawn to scale, with UK bed sizes, the space to leave round a bed and where the bed goes.Box room ideas: three layouts for a 2.4 × 3 m room, drawn to scaleBox room ideas for a 2.4 × 3 m UK box room, drawn to scale: a home office with a day bed, a guest room and a child's room, plus what fits in smaller rooms.How high to hang curtains: pole height and width in cmFit the pole at least 15 cm above the window, or two thirds of the way to the ceiling, and 15–20 cm past each side. With UK curtain drops worked out.How to decorate a rented flat without painting (UK)Renter-safe ways to change a rented flat in the UK without paint or holes: light, rugs, layout, textiles and art, plus what tenancies usually allow.Feng shui bedroom layout: the commanding position, in real UK roomsWhere feng shui puts the bed: the commanding position explained, drawn in cm, and fitted into UK bedrooms and box rooms. A tradition, not a science.Moving into your first home: a UK checklist, room by roomA UK first home and first flat checklist for the rooms: what to measure before moving day, what to buy first, what to wait on, and what fits the door.How to make a room cosy: 12 changes, cheapest firstHow to make a room cosy, cheapest first: lamps at three heights, 2700 K bulbs, a rug big enough for the sofa, seats pulled in. All renter-safe, in cm.How to make a room look bigger: 10 moves, with plansMake a small room look bigger: clear the view from the door, keep a 75–90 cm walkway, choose furniture on legs, a bigger rug, mirrors and high curtains.Living room measurements: every clearance in cmEvery living room clearance in one table, in cm: walkways, coffee table gap, seating, TV height and distance, rug, art and lamps, each with its source.Living room layout with a TV: where it goes, in cmPut the TV on a wall beside the window, not opposite it, and sit 1.2–1.6 × its diagonal away. Plans in cm for a corner TV and a chimney breast.Long, narrow living room layout: plans in cmRun one 75–90 cm walkway down one side, float the sofa across the room and split the length into zones. Plans in cm for 3 × 6 m and 3.5 × 7 m rooms.Magnolia walls: what goes with them, and how to ask to paintWhat goes with magnolia walls: colours, woods, metals and bulbs that work, what needs care, a grey carpet fix, and how to ask your landlord to paint (UK).Small living room layouts: 8 plans with measurementsEight small living room layouts for common UK room shapes, drawn to scale in cm, with the walkway, coffee table, rug and TV distances for each plan.Warm white vs cool white: which bulb for each room?Warm white is 2700–3000 K, cool white about 4000 K, daylight 5000–6500 K. Which bulb lighting shops suggest for each room, and what studies found.Why does my room look wrong? Ten causes, each with a fix in cmA room that looks off usually breaks one of ten measurable rules: rug size, art height, lamps, sofa scale, curtains, whites. Each with the fix in cm.How to tell if furniture will fit: the room, the piece and the way inWill this sofa fit my room? Measure the room, the piece and the route in, tape the footprint on the floor, then do the walkway check. Every number in cm.