How to Design a Room Layout Free
When you purchase new furniture, rearrange the furniture you already have, or are moving into a new home, it is easier to design a room ahead of time before doing all the backbreaking work and deciding you do not like it. While there are programs you can use on the Internet for free to design a room layout, it is just as easy to make one yourself using graph paper. The advantage of creating a handmade room layout is that it is more portable and easier to access than those created on a computer. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Measure the room for which you are creating a design. Take note of where doors, openings into another area of the home (such as hallways) or windows are located and the width of these items in addition to the location of the electric outlets, light switches, cable outlet and telephone jacks in the room. Jot these measurements down on a piece of paper.
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Draw the perimeter of the room onto a piece of graph paper. Make one square on the graph paper represent one foot of the room.
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Write down the measurements of the walls, windows and doors onto the piece of graph paper in the corresponding location. Clearly label the location of the door by writing "door" at its location on the graph paper, and draw the direction in which it opens with arrows so you do not accidentally place a piece of furniture in its way.
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Mark the locations of the electric outlets with the letter "E," light switches with the letter "L," cable outlet with a "C" and the telephone jacks with the letter "T."
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Measure the furniture you want to place in the room and draw the perimeter of the furniture onto a new sheet of graph paper, using the one-foot scale. For example, to represent a 5-by-3 couch you would draw a rectangle that is three squares by four squares on the graph paper.
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Write the name of the furniture item inside the respective space you drew for them on the graph paper.
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Cut out the furniture pieces you drew on the graph paper with scissors.
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Place the pieces of paper that represent the furniture onto the piece of graph paper with the room's perimeter drawn on it. Arrange them in different ways until you
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Tips & Warnings
Color the pieces of paper that represent the furniture so they stand out more on the graph paper with the room's perimeter drawn on it.
If you have them, make a note of all the baseboard heaters in the room so you can avoid blocking them.
