1. Making a scale floor plan
Making a floor plan
Scale floor plan – drawing that shows the size and shape of a room
First step is to measure the room. Walls, doors, windows, etc.
Scale of ¼” = 1 foot means that ¼ inch on paper is the same as 1 foot of your room
Use graph paper and make each square equal to a certain measurement (1 foot)
Draw walls, leave openings for doors and windows.
Draw doors & windows using correct symbols
Indicate placement of vents, and electrical outlets using correct symbols

2. Create furniture templates
Measure depth and width of furniture
Create furniture templates using same scale as floor plan (1/4” = 1’)
Use furniture templates to arrange furniture on scale floor plan

3. Arranging Furniture – place large pieces first
Factors to consider
Activities that will take place in the room
Space needed for each piece of furniture
Group furniture for each activity to organize space
Sleeping area – bed, night stand
2 feet clearance on three sides of bed unless a twin bed (6” from wall)
Study area – desk and chair, bookcase, space for hobbies and computer
2-3 feet to pull chair back from desk
Guest area – TV stand, music equipment, chairs/floor cushions
Dressing area – chest of drawers near closet
3 feet clearance in front of dresser to pull out drawers
Room to open closet doors

4. Traffic Patterns
The paths within a home that people take to get from one room to another and from one part of a room to another
Nothing should block traffic patterns
Should not have to squeeze between objects
Should avoid cutting through a conversation area or in front of someone’s view

5. Using Accessories Decorative Functional
Pictures, flowers, statues
Functional
Clocks, lamps
Select accessories with textures and colors that go well with the rest of the room
Keep proportion in mind
Small table = small vase w/ small flower

6. Practice drawing a room to scale
Draw one wall 12 feet long.
Draw one wall perpendicular to the first wall 11 feet long. (creates a corner)
Create 3rd and 4th wall same as 1st and 2nd to complete a rectangle.
Along one 11’ wall place a door (36”wide), 6 inches from the corner.
Along the opposite 11’ wall place a window (42” wide), 1 feet from the corner, then another window (42” wide), 2’ from the first window.
Along the adjacent 12’ wall, place a sliding closet door (6’ wide), three feet from the corner.
On the remaining 12’ wall place three electrical outlets, each 3 feet apart, beginning 3’ from the corner.
Place a vent 6x12” on the wall with the exit door,3.5’ from the corner w/o door.
On line below drawing indicate the scale used. (scale: 1’=1/4”)

7. Making a scale floor plan
__________________________________________
First step is to _____________________.
Walls, doors, windows, etc.
Determine the scale
Scale of ____________means that ___________________________
______________________________________________________
Use __________________ (1/4”) and make each square equal to a certain measurement (1 foot)
Draw walls, leave _________________________________.
Draw doors & windows using correct _________________
Indicate placement of ______________, and __________ ________________ using correct symbols

8. Create furniture templates
Measure ___________ and _________ of furniture
Create furniture __________ using ____________ as floor plan (___________)
Use furniture templates to _________________on scale floor plan

9. Arranging Furniture – Place large pieces first
Factors to consider
___________ that will take place in the room
_____________ needed for each piece of furniture
________________for each activity to organize space
Sleeping area – ____________________
Requires __________________________on three sides of bed unless a _______________ bed (_____________ from wall)
_________________– desk and chair, bookcase, space for hobbies and computer
Requires ___________________to pull chair back from desk
Guest area – TV stand, music equipment, chairs/floor cushions
_____________ area – _________________near closet
Requires _________clearance in front of dresser to pull out drawers
Need room to _______________________

10. Traffic Patterns
The _____________ within a home that people take ____________________________ and from __________________________________________
Nothing should ______________ traffic patterns
Should not have to ________________between objects
Should ___________ cutting through a _____________ area or in front of someone’s _______________

11. Using Accessories ___________________
Pictures, flowers, statues
Clocks, lamps
Select accessories with __________ and ______________ that go well with the rest of the room
Keep _______________ in mind
Small table = small vase w/ small flower