Trying to set up a small room

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#293996 26-Feb-2022 17:42

We live in loud wind and storms so I want to make a safe and quiet winter living area on the peaceful side of the house from a single bedroom which already has a bookcase and desk. I want to add sofa(s) and an old TV that will have a box plugged in. The second Wi-Fi deco mesh is also in there and it works great in exactly that spot so prefer to work around that as well.

Having a hard time trying to visualise where to put pieces to maximise space and fit in a second small sofa as their are limitations on one wall which has a built in wardrobe and there is also a nook and wall lights in the way.

Is there some sort of layman’s website to help with mapping out furniture placement. I’ve one sofa arriving on Wednesday and would like to have it decided by then as I could get the second piece at the same time if it will fit. Getting confused putting newspapers on the floor and measuring fifty times on various parts of the floor. Thanks

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#2875420 26-Feb-2022 18:07

When I redid our kitchen I cut out the appliance sizes to scale and moved them around to get the best fit.
Graph paper is good if you have it , or just get a piece of A4 paper draw your room size and then cut out the sofas ,furniture etc, to scale that should help give you an idea what may work.

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#2875423 26-Feb-2022 18:16

Brunzy: When I redid our kitchen I cut out the appliance sizes to scale and moved them around to get the best fit.
Graph paper is good if you have it , or just get a piece of A4 paper draw your room size and then cut out the sofas ,furniture etc, to scale that should help give you an idea what may work.

yep we regularly do this. Measure everything and cut it all out to scale. makes things easy for laying things out and saves your back.

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#2875426 26-Feb-2022 18:25

The pieces already in the room are heavy to move so it’s not a clear space to work with and they are in the way of the possible placement. Plus other stuff that needs to be moved (where) That’s why I was having problems with newspapers all over the place.

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#2875439 26-Feb-2022 19:18

I had this dilemma some years ago. I found an easy to learn piece of free (Gnu) software called Sweet Home 3D did the trick without the heavy lifting.

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#2875440 26-Feb-2022 19:18

CAD is good - I use Sketchup but something like http://www.planyourroom.com/ looks like a lower barrier to entry* - but there isn't a substitute for actually seeing spaces in a room. I use masking tape on the floor.

*If you can deal with the barbarian units of measurement.

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#2875505 26-Feb-2022 20:07

mdf:
CAD is good - I use Sketchup but something like http://www.planyourroom.com/ looks like a lower barrier to entry* - but there isn't a substitute for actually seeing spaces in a room. I use masking tape on the floor.

*If you can deal with the barbarian units of measurement.

Thanks. That looks quite good. Of course all my tape measures are metric which means would have to convert every measurement. You’d think they have an auto convert feature.

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#2875509 26-Feb-2022 20:20

Hmm not that easy to use on an iPad it wasn’t very intuitive and bookcase would not flip around.

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#2875516 26-Feb-2022 20:40

Sweet Home 3D is great for this kind of thing.

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#2875535 26-Feb-2022 21:22

timmmay:
Sweet Home 3D is great for this kind of thing.

Opened it in US format and of course it’s feet and inches. There’s no U.K. version in the flags. Looks ok though. Tried on App Store for others but they all have in app purchases or are aligned with a shop that sells their furniture. Will persevere with this one when I find a measure.

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#2875540 26-Feb-2022 21:43

Opened it in one of the European flags and it’s metric so all good thanks all.

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#2875596 27-Feb-2022 08:30

Eva888: Opened it in US format and of course it’s feet and inches. There’s no U.K. version in the flags. Looks ok though. Tried on App Store for others but they all have in app purchases or are aligned with a shop that sells their furniture. Will persevere with this one when I find a measure.

You don't have to convert anything. Measure everything in cm and enter that value as inches. Everything is scaled at the same ratio and you'll achieve your purpose of fitting items into a room. So you measure 75cm, input as 75 inches. In the end, everything including the room will be scaled up by the same factor (2.54:1), so everything will be correct relative to everything else.

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#2875640 27-Feb-2022 10:50

The job just became easier re placement. Guilt won, Am now not putting in a second sofa. Spoke to daughter in Oz whose room this was and she sounded so forlorn that her bed was gone and where would she sleep. So I will now leave enough space for a trundler from another room...in case.

Seems like even after so many years the nest remains sacred, even though she normally sleeps at her sisters place when in NZ.

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#2875641 27-Feb-2022 11:03

My partner was quite miffed as her father couldn't wait to convert her bedroom to his home office years ago. When she visits she has to arrange separate accommodation as "we can't put you up now"

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#2875692 27-Feb-2022 11:35

wally22:
My partner was quite miffed as her father couldn't wait to convert her bedroom to his home office years ago. When she visits she has to arrange separate accommodation as "we can't put you up now"

Not making room for the kids would never be an option, this is home. Our grandchild gives us similar strife as her room is crowded with toys she’s grown out of but it’s sacred space and she won’t hear of anything changing. It’s the sentimental gene that runs through the line.

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#2875818 27-Feb-2022 17:00

Eva888: Is there some sort of layman’s website to help with mapping out furniture placement. I’ve one sofa arriving on Wednesday and would like to have it decided by then as I could get the second piece at the same time if it will fit. Getting confused putting newspapers on the floor and measuring fifty times on various parts of the floor.

There are several web sites that'll let you do this, you can drag and drop the room size and things you want to put there, then get a 3D visualisation of the space. I used one several years ago to help a friend visualise a proposed reno, it only takes a few minutes to do. Can't remember any of them offhand but Google should find a few.