If you’re not used to making plans, it’s a great idea to get a handle on the room you want to draw, before you begin to make your floor plan. Measure the length of each wall in the room. Take note of any doors, windows or recesses as you go. Rooms that appear to be simple rectangles often have small…
If you’re planning an interior room, you may have seen the item you’re envisioning (a sofa, a chaise, a sectional) in one or more rooms on a magazine photo or a website. As much as you’re drawn to the idea of the piece, it’s helpful to understand that the photo is not showing you the actual item size. Depending on…
Beginners tend to focus on making all the pieces look nice together, rather than focusing on the paths that people will be taking as they move through the space. Circulation patterns deserve as much attention as the furniture groupings themselves. Tracing the lines of traffic is easy when you first start working on a room layout, and much harder to…
Two layouts with the exact same furniture can result in vastly different spaces. Even moving just one large piece can dramatically change circulation paths, block the access to the window or the space you have around certain functional areas. Drawing to Scale is an excellent tool for you to test this theory and understand the importance of layout before you…