What problem this solves
Most furniture regret happens on delivery day: the sofa is 25 cm longer than the showroom sample, the dining table crowds the sideboard, the king bed blocks the wardrobe door. Online room planners help, but they default to one-pixel-per-cm scaling and a fixed camera angle that hides the real-life feeling of being inside the room. This tool does the opposite: it draws the room and the furniture to the same scale, then puts a human silhouette next to them so the eye calibrates instantly.
The presets are drawn from typical residential spec sheets: a 3-seat sofa is 220 cm wide × 95 cm deep; a queen bed is 160 × 200 cm; a 6-seat dining table is 200 × 90 cm. These are not aspirational measurements — if your delivery dimensions differ by more than 5%, edit the width/depth fields and re-render.
Who it’s for
- Designers specifying pieces for a tight floor plan
- Buyers comparing a sectional vs a 3-seat sofa + chaise before committing
- Bedroom designers choosing between queen and king given wardrobe clearances
- Couples picking a dining table size that accommodates dinner parties without dominating the room
Why real-scale beats summary numbers
Designers talk about room scale as if it were an abstract ratio, but humans handle scale visually. A floor plan with measurements is “logical”; an actual-scale render is “felt.” When you can see the human silhouette next to a king bed, you realise a king is the same width as an adult with arms outstretched — useful for figuring out side-table reach, less useful for fitting two king beds in a guest room. The visualization is the point.
Limitations
- Preset dimensions are typical, not exact; your delivery piece may differ.
- No rotation field; all pieces are drawn axis-aligned. Rotate the room instead.
- Circulation verdict is a coarse grid approximation — use Traffic Flow for actual pathfinding.
- No chair overhang from the table; dining chairs add 50 cm when pulled out.
- No height check; this is a top-down view only.
Practical sizing rules
Living room: a 3-seat sofa needs at least 240 cm wall to sit against (sofa 220 + 10 cm each end). Around a coffee table, allow 45 cm to the sofa. Behind the sofa, allow 90 cm for one person to pass. Bedroom: between a queen bed and the opposite wall, allow 60 cm minimum so you can make the bed. Around a king bed, allow 70 cm on three sides. Dining room: between table edge and wall, allow 90 cm so a chair can be pulled out and someone can pass behind the seated person.