Draw a floor plan to scale for any room. Use cut out pieces of furniture at the same scale to plan various furniture layouts for the room. Decide on a layout before moving heavy pieces of furniture. Take the plan when shopping. The store design associate will help you decide on a new arrangement for furniture or counters.
Step 1
Purchase a graph pad where each square on the paper equals one quarter of an inch (four squares equal one inch) or create your own grid of equal squares on a blank sheet of paper.
Step 2
Imagine each square represents one foot (12 inches)
Step 3
Measure the length of one wall with the tape measure.
Step 4
Draw a line on the graph paper to represent this length of wall by counting the squares. For example: The wall is eight feet six inches long. Count out eight and a half squares.
Step 5
Measure the length of each wall around the room.
Step 6
Measure the length of each door and window opening (without frames) from the corner of the closest wall and add to the drawing.
Step 7
Draw windows as double lines and doors with a line and an arc.
Step 8
Measure the length and widths of all built in fixtures such as counters and add to your plan.
Step 9
Measure the length and width of each piece of furniture for this room with the tape measure.
Step 10
Draw the furniture on another sheet of graph paper - the squares represent 12 inches.
Step 11
Cut out the individual pieces of furniture with scissors.
Step 12
Glue or tape the cut outs onto a piece of cardboard for weight.
Step 13
Move the cut out furniture around on your plan to decide on a suitable arrangement.
Things You'll Need
- Paper - graph pad – 4 squares to an inch
- Tape measure 16 ft. or longer
- Sharp pencil
- Scissors
- Cardboard
- Glue stick or scotch tape
