Before going to furniture store behind new furniture, you, of course, have to represent as why you are going to buy. Besides, your purchase will depend also on the space of room which you want to arrange. In a word, it is necessary to calculate furniture.
Instruction
1. Modern furniture generally has standard dimensions. Therefore to count quantity of the furniture necessary in this room, rather simply. You have to consider function which is performed by any given room and also the number of family members and their wish.
2. Besides, there is optimum extent of arrangement of furniture indoors which also should be considered upon purchase and arrangement of furniture.
3. Take leaf of scaled paper, ruler, pencil, eraser, construction tape measure and color paper. Measure length of walls of the room and also their height with an accuracy of centimeter. At measurement consider all bends of walls, ledges, window and door openings.
4. Draw in scale your room on scaled paper. Note all features of the room, window, door, arrangement electricof sockets and communications on the plan. Take color paper and draw on it the rectangles corresponding to the necessary pieces of furniture in scale. So floor kitchen cabinets have height of 850 mm, depth of 450 - 600 mm, and width of 600 mm. The curbstone under washing has width of 800 mm, and depth of bookshelves – 250 mm. Standard dimensions of furniture objects are usually specified in advertizing leaflets or price tags.
5. Cut the received rectangles and arrange them on the drawn plan of the room. Moving rectangles of your future furniture on the plan, achieve optimum arrangement of pieces of furniture. Consider zones of opening of windows and doors, arrangement of communications and central heaters. Keep in mind that before cabinets and the built-in furniture there have to be not less than 90 cm of space that you could use furniture freely. And height of the topmost hinged shelf has to be no more than 200 cm, otherwise you will not reach it. Mass-produced furniture is made for apartments with height of ceilings of 245 cm if ceilings in your apartment are higher or lower, then arrangement of furniture can be another.