Will This Furniture Fit My Room?
Measure the room, measure the piece, and leave room for the space around it. Then see it at real scale before you buy.
It fits if the footprint goes into the room and there is still space left for the room around it: roughly 45 cm (18 in) between a sofa and a coffee table, 60 cm (24 in) for a chair to pull out from a dining table, and at least 60 to 70 cm (24 to 28 in) to walk past. Add the piece to a floor plan at its real size and Nooked shows you where it does not.
Why a Tape Measure Is Not Enough
A listing gives you one number, the width. Whether the piece fits depends on more than that: how deep it is, how far the arms stick out, what has to open or pull out around it, and where the doors and windows are.
That is why a sofa that is 20 cm (8 in) narrower than the wall can still be a bad fit. Nobody can sit down if the coffee table is jammed against their shins, and nobody can get past the end of it if the gap to the wall is 40 cm (16 in).
What Fitting Really Means
Check four things, in this order. Each is a question you can answer with a measurement rather than a feeling.
- Footprint. Width and depth of the piece, taken at the widest point. Measure arms, a rolled edge or a sloping back, not the frame.
- Clearance. The space the piece needs around it to be used: a sofa wants about 45 cm (18 in) in front of it before the coffee table, a dining table wants 60 to 75 cm (24 to 30 in) on every side a chair is pulled out from, and a wardrobe wants 60 to 90 cm (24 to 35 in) in front of its doors.
- Walkways. You should be able to pass between two pieces, or between a piece and a wall, without turning sideways. 70 cm (28 in) is comfortable, 60 cm (24 in) is the least that works.
- Doors and windows. A door has to swing, and a radiator or window can rule out a wall. A piece that blocks the swing of a door does not fit, however well it fits the wall.
Check It at Real Scale in Nooked
Draw your room from its measurements, add the doors and windows, and place the piece at its real width and depth. If you have a product link, Nooked reads the size from the shop page, so you are not typing in someone else's numbers.
The piece is drawn to scale and never silently resized. If it is too big for the space it overhangs where you can see it, and each clearance that is too tight shows up as a marked gap with the distance on it.
Four Questions People Ask Before Buying
The same check answers most of the questions that come up when you are about to order something.
- Will my sofa fit? Compare the width and depth with the wall it is going on, then leave about 45 cm (18 in) in front of it before the coffee table and 60 to 70 cm (24 to 28 in) to walk past the end. Will my sofa fit? goes through it step by step.
- Will my dining table leave enough space for chairs? Leave 60 to 75 cm (24 to 30 in) between the table edge and the wall or the next piece, on every side a chair is pulled out from. Less than that and someone has to stand up to let another person through.
- Will this wardrobe block the door? Hinged wardrobe doors need 60 to 90 cm (24 to 35 in) in front of them, and the room's own door needs its full swing. Nooked flags a piece that sits in a door's swing.
- Is there enough room around my bed? Aim for 45 to 60 cm (18 to 24 in) on each side you get in and out, and 60 cm (24 in) at the foot if you have to walk past it.
Getting It Through the Door
Nooked checks that furniture does not block a door's swing once it is in the room. It does not check the route into the room. For that, measure the front door, the stairwell and any tight corners in the hall, and compare them with the piece's smallest dimension. Many sofas and wardrobes arrive flat-packed or with removable legs, which is worth checking on the product page.
Common questions
- How do I know if furniture will fit in my room?
- Measure the room and the piece, then check that the footprint fits and that there is room left for clearances: about 45 cm (18 in) between a sofa and a coffee table, 60 to 75 cm (24 to 30 in) around a dining table for the chairs, and at least 60 to 70 cm (24 to 28 in) to walk past. Placing the piece on a scaled floor plan shows all of this at once.
- How much space should I leave around furniture?
- At least 60 cm (24 in) to walk past, and 70 cm (28 in) if you can spare it. In front of a wardrobe leave 60 to 90 cm (24 to 35 in), in front of a TV stand or unit 45 to 60 cm (18 to 24 in) for the doors and drawers, and on each side of a bed 45 to 60 cm (18 to 24 in).
- Does Nooked check whether furniture fits through my door?
- No. Nooked checks that furniture inside a room does not block a door's swing, but it does not measure delivery routes. Measure your doorway, hall and stairs yourself and compare them with the piece's smallest side.
- Where does Nooked get the size of a piece?
- From the product page when you paste a link or save a piece with the extension, or from the numbers you type in. A size that is only a guess is marked as one.
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