Bedroom planner: find the best place for the bed
In most bedrooms the bed decides everything else. Once it has a good spot, the wardrobe and the rest usually find their place.
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- Headboard against a solid wall, not under a window if you can avoid it.
- Ideally where you can see the door from the bed.
- Room to walk on both sides for a double bed (about 60 cm each).
Bed sizes differ by country
A double bed is 135–140 cm wide in the UK and much of Europe often uses 160 cm; a US queen is about 152 cm and a king about 193 cm. Type your mattress size into the bed's properties for an exact fit.
Small bedrooms
In a small room, put the bed against one wall, choose sliding wardrobe doors and use the space under the window for a desk or drawers. The small-bedroom guide has layouts that work.
Templates to start from
Guides
- Small bedroom layouts that work — Practical layouts for small bedrooms — where to put the bed, how to fit storage and a desk, and which furniture sizes leave room to move.
- Space needed around furniture — Clearances that make a room comfortable — walkways, space beside beds, in front of wardrobes, around dining tables and in kitchens and bathrooms.
- Standard furniture sizes — Typical widths and depths of sofas, beds, tables, wardrobes, kitchen units and bathroom fixtures — the same sizes used by the Roomdraft furniture library.
Questions
How much space do I need around a bed?
About 60 cm on each side you use, and 70–90 cm at the foot if you walk past it or there is a wardrobe opposite.
Can I check whether a wardrobe door will hit the bed?
Draw both at their real sizes and measure the gap; leave about 90 cm in front of hinged doors.