Free room planner

Plan a room in five steps

1. Measure. Wall to wall at floor level, both ways, plus where each door and window sits and how high the window sills are. How to measure a room has a checklist.
2. Draw the room. Open a blank plan, press R and drag a rectangle, or type its size while the room tool is active. For an odd shape, press W and click the corners instead. The room shows its net area as soon as it closes.
3. Add the openings. D for a door, N for a window, then click the wall. Select one to set its width, swing and sill height, or flip it to open the other way.
4. Furnish. Press L for the Library and search it ("queen bed", "sectional", "desk"). Drag a piece in, or click it to drop it in a free spot; press R while dragging to turn it. Or right-click the room, choose Furnish as and pick Bedroom, Living room, Office or Kids room for a starting layout you can shuffle.
5. Check and look. Open Review (Shift+I) to see doors blocked by furniture and walkways that are too narrow, then press 3 and switch the camera to Walk to stand in the room.

How much space to leave

Fitting the furniture is half of it; being able to walk round it is the other half. These are common design rules of thumb, not code, collected in our living room and bedroom guides:

FloorGen checks the last row and narrow walkways for you: the Review panel numbers each problem on the plan, such as a dresser in a door's swing or a 60 cm gap between a bed and a wardrobe. The tape measure (M) answers everything else; press P to pin a measurement to the plan.

Rooms you can start from

If your room is close to one of these, open it and drag the walls to your size instead of drawing from nothing:

• 12 × 12 ft bedroom with closet (132 ft² plus an 18 ft² closet).
• Primary suite with bath and walk-in closet.
• L-shaped, U-shaped and galley kitchens, with cabinets and appliances.
• 5 × 8 ft full bath, an accessible bath and a Jack-and-Jill bath between two bedrooms.
• Laundry and mudroom.

Each has its own planner page with sizes and clearances: the kitchen planner, bathroom planner, bedroom planner, living room planner and garage planner.

Limits worth knowing

• Furniture comes from FloorGen's library, sized like common real pieces; you can resize any item, but you cannot import a specific product's 3D model.
• The 3D view is for layout and scale, not a photoreal render of finishes.
• Wall colors and floor finishes are set per room or per wall; there is no wallpaper pattern designer.