Guides
The background behind the planners: where the clearance figures come from, how to measure so the answer is right, and what to do when the answer is no.
- How much space you need around a dining table
The 24, 36 and 44 inch figures, what each one actually buys you, and how to measure your own chairs instead of trusting any of them.
- How to get a sofa through a narrow door
The four measurements that decide it, why the hallway corner beats the doorway, and the two minutes with a screwdriver that buy you an extra inch and a half.
- How much space a Murphy bed needs
The four figures to take off a wall bed's spec sheet, why the mattress size is the wrong one to measure, and what a floor plan can never tell you about the wall.
- VESA patterns, and what to do about a mismatch
How to measure the four holes on the back of a monitor, which patterns desk arms actually take, and whether an adapter plate fixes a mismatch.
- How much space a home gym really needs
The floor a rack, a treadmill or a rower takes up is mostly the empty space around it. Here is how to find the right figures for your own machines.
- What size bed fits my room
How to measure a bedroom for a bed, why the mattress size is the wrong number to plan with, and what to do when the bed you want is an inch too wide.
- How much room a pool table really needs
The playing surface is not the table, and the table is not the room. Where the cue-length rule comes from, and what a shorter cue really costs you.