Furnishing a floor plan sensibly

Use realistic dimensions

Work with real furniture sizes: a double bed is 1.80 by 2.00 metres, a dining table for four roughly 1.20 by 0.80 metres, a standard kitchen run is 60 centimetres deep. Every viewer knows these dimensions from their own home.

Clearances matter just as much. A wardrobe needs about 70 centimetres in front of it to open, a dining table about 80 all round to push a chair back. A plan that respects those clearances is a defensible argument.

• Double bed 1.80 × 2.00 m, single 0.90 × 2.00 m
• Dining table for four roughly 1.20 × 0.80 m
• Kitchen run 60 cm deep, working aisle at least 1.20 m
• Keep circulation routes of at least 80 cm clear

Less is more in a listing

Furnish as much as the proof requires and no more. Beds, wardrobes, a sofa, a dining table and the kitchen run are almost always enough. Plants, rugs and decoration make the plan busier without making it more convincing.

Make sure furniture does not obscure the plan. Room names and areas have to stay readable even with a bed underneath them. When in doubt, labels to the front and furniture quietly behind.

Let the check review the layout

Before export, the plan check reports furniture crossing walls, overlapping other furniture, or sitting outside every room. Those three errors are exactly the ones that jump out once a portal enlarges the image.

A second look in the 3D view is worth it. There you immediately see whether a door swings into a wardrobe or a sofa blocks the only route to the balcony — things easily missed on a flat drawing.