Fit tools
Studio Solver
Pick your studio’s size, place the doors, window and kitchen, and choose your furniture. Get up to three floor plans that pass every clearance check, from 200 to 600 sq ft.
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How it checks
Every layout is tested, not guessed
01 — Fit
Inside the room, no overlaps
Every piece sits inside your walls without touching another piece, the kitchen counter, a door’s swing or the space in front of the closet.
02 — Use
Room to use every piece
Space beside and at the foot of the bed, room to cook at the counter, pull out the desk chair, sit at the table and open the dresser. Chairs, drawers and legroom stay out of door swings.
03 — Move
A path that connects
A walking route from the entrance reaches every area you use, at the width you pick, checked to the inch.
This is a planning model, not a guarantee. Measure your real room, and check what it doesn’t model: radiators, outlets, columns, side tables and lamps.
How to use it
- Pick your studio’s size, its bathroom size and its shape, and the solver works out the main room’s width and length. If you know the room’s inside size, enter the width and length instead.
- Place the entrance door, the bathroom door, the window, the closet and the kitchen counter on their walls, by where each one starts.
- Choose a twin, full or queen bed, then add the pieces you want: a sofa and coffee table, a desk, a dresser and a small dining table. Change their sizes to match yours.
- Choose a clearance level. Standard (30″ paths) suits most homes; Minimum (24″) is for very small studios; Roomy (36″) for wheelchairs, walkers or busy households.
- Compare the layouts. Each one tries a different idea: the sofa as a room divider, everything against the walls, or a floating sofa. Each card shows how far the bed is from the door swing and the kitchen, and how close the desk is to the window.
- If nothing fits, you see the closest attempt, what failed, and single changes that would work, such as a smaller bed or a loveseat. Each change is rechecked before it’s shown.
Want to see finished plans first? Studio Apartment Layouts has solved plans for seven sizes, worked out with this same solver. Jump to a size in sq ft: 200 · 300 · 350 · 400 · 450 · 500 · 600.
The numbers behind it
These are the rules every layout has to pass. Nothing is relaxed silently: if a room fails, the solver says which check failed.
| Check | Minimum · Standard · Roomy | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Walkways from the entrance | 24″ · 30″ · 36″ | Houzz gives 30–48″ for main routes and 24″ for minor ones; Homes & Gardens gives 30–36″, or 24″ in tight rooms. |
| Beside and at the foot of the bed | The walkway width | One side of the bed, or both if you choose, gets a full-length walkway, and so does its foot. |
| Sofa to coffee table | 14″ · 16″ · 18″ | Houzz, Homes & Gardens and Ballard Designs all give 14–18″. |
| Kitchen work space | 42″ | NKBA Kitchen Planning Guidelines: a work aisle for one cook. |
| Dining chairs | 32″ at each end of the table | NKBA Kitchen Planning Guidelines: from the table edge for a seated diner. |
| Desk chair | 30″ | House Plans Helper: 30″ for a larger chair (23″ at the least). |
| Dresser | 34″ in front | A 16″ open drawer plus 18″ to stand. |
| Closet | 24″ in front | A solver planning rule, the same as the narrowest walkway. |
| Door swings | Kept clear | A square as wide as the door stays free of furniture, and of the space for chairs, drawers and legroom. |
Starting sizes
| Piece | Starting size | Where it comes from |
|---|---|---|
| Twin bed | 42×79 | Mattress plus about 4″ for the frame (Amerisleep) |
| Full bed | 58×79 | Mattress plus about 4″ for the frame (Amerisleep) |
| Queen bed | 64×84 | Mattress plus about 4″ for the frame (Amerisleep) |
| Loveseat | 60×34 | Most are 52–66″ long (Wayfair) |
| Apartment sofa | 68×34 | Under 70″ long (Wayfair) |
| Sofa | 84×37 | 71–86″ long; 84″ is the most common (Wayfair) |
| Coffee table | 36×20, 42×22 or 48×24 | Sized to the loveseat, apartment sofa or sofa you pick |
| Desk | 48×24 | Change it to match yours |
| Dresser | 32×18 | Change it to match yours |
| Dining table | 30×30 | Change it to match yours |
| Kitchen counter | 25″ deep | Measure yours; you also set its length |
| Bathroom | 40 sq ft | Taken off the studio’s total; change it to match yours |
What it doesn’t check
- Murphy beds, loft beds and bookcase dividers.
- A TV, side tables, lamps, rugs and plants.
- Radiators, outlets, vents and window sill heights.
- Which side a door is hinged on. It assumes every door swings fully into the room.
- How many people a table seats. It checks chair space at the two ends of the table only.
- Metric units. It works in feet and inches.
Questions people ask
How does it get the room size from square feet?
It takes the bathroom off the total, then makes the room’s length 1, 1.25 or 1.6 times its width for a square, standard or long shape. A 300 sq ft studio with a 40 sq ft bathroom leaves 260 sq ft. In the standard shape that’s √(260 ÷ 1.25) = 14.4 ft wide and 14.4 × 1.25 = 18.0 ft long, or 14′ 5″ × 18′ 0″.
Why does it put the sofa at the foot of the bed?
That’s the room-divider layout. The sofa’s back faces the bed, which separates sleeping from sitting. The other layouts put everything against the walls or float the sofa somewhere else.
What if nothing fits?
You see the closest attempt and what failed, then single changes that would work: minimum clearances, a smaller bed, a loveseat, or leaving out the dining table, dresser or desk. Each change is rechecked before it’s shown.
Does it save my studio?
No. Everything runs in your browser and nothing is sent anywhere. Use “Print this plan” to keep a copy.
Sources
- How to Get Your Furniture Arrangement Right (Houzz)
- A guide to living room clearances, measurements and spacing (Homes & Gardens)
- How to space furniture in your room (Ballard Designs)
- Kitchen Planning Guidelines (NKBA)
- Desk dimensions (House Plans Helper)
- Sofa dimensions: how to choose the right size (Wayfair)
- Mattress sizes and dimensions (Amerisleep)
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