Key Measurements to Help You Design Your Dream Bedroom

We spend more time in bedrooms than in any other room in the house. Even though we are sleeping most of that time, we end and begin our days there. An organized and well-considered space can improve your mood when you need to get to sleep, and get your day off to a good start when you wake.

Planning bedrooms starts with learning standard bed sizes, which one you prefer and which one will work in your plan. Other bedroom furniture comes in all kinds of sizes. Once you determine your room and bed dimensions, you can make good decisions about dressers, chests, benches, chairs, nightstands and so on.

This cutaway plan illustrates a large bedroom; it’s 17 feet, 8 inches long and 14 feet wide. The furniture pieces have standard dimensions, and the principles of the uses of the space apply to many bedrooms.

With this much space, you will have an entry point and a circulation route, and perhaps a dressing or sitting area. Next to the bed you need the “slipper rest,” my term for the area used for disengaging feet from the earth and entering the subliminal plane.

Keep your entry and circulation 30 to 36 inches in width. Dimensions for dressing and sitting areas all depend on your needs and available space. The areas do not have to be as spacious as shown, but you could allow a circular area in front of the furniture that’s 36 inches in diameter at minimum. Allow a 30-inch-diameter space for your slipper rest.

Cribs. There are standard dimensions for mattresses, but keep in mind that frames or other bed furniture will add to the overall space required to place them in your room. The smallest of all is the crib. Crib mattress dimensions can vary, but cribs are usually 28 inches wide and 52 inches long. Mattress thickness also varies greatly for any mattress size.

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