Is SpacePlanner free?

Yes. SpacePlanner is a free online space planner. You can draw a complete plan without paying and without signing up.

Do I need to sign up to start drawing?

No. Click Start Drawing and the editor opens instantly. You only need an account when you want to save, export or share your plan.

What can I plan with it?

Rooms, apartments, houses, offices, gardens, patios, backyards, pools and outdoor kitchens, including multi-level and split-level spaces.

Does it work on mobile?

Yes. SpacePlanner runs in any modern browser on desktop, tablet and mobile. There is nothing to install.

Can I plan indoor and outdoor together?

Yes. You can connect a house to a lower garden level with stairs and design indoor rooms and outdoor areas on the same canvas.

How do I plan a room layout without measuring everything twice?

Measure each wall once and type the length in. SpacePlanner draws that wall to scale with a live dimension label, so the shape on screen matches the room you are standing in. Furniture then snaps in at true size against those walls.

How much space should I leave to walk around furniture?

A main walkway usually needs about 36 in (90 cm) and a secondary path about 30 in (75 cm). Leave roughly 24 in (60 cm) beside a bed and 36 in (90 cm) behind a dining chair so it can pull out. The clearance table on this page lists the rest.

Can I check whether a sofa or bed actually fits before buying it?

Yes. That is the main reason to plan a room in 2D first. Draw the room to its real dimensions, drop in a sofa or bed at true size, and you can see immediately whether walkways stay clear and doors still open.

Does the room planner work in feet and inches as well as metric?

Yes. Switch between feet/inches and centimeters or meters whenever you like. Wall lengths, furniture sizes and the room area all convert automatically, so you can plan in whichever units you actually think in.

What is the difference between the room planner and the floor planner?

The room planner focuses on one room at a time, where furniture fit and clearances matter most. The floor planner connects several rooms into a full apartment or house. Both use the same canvas, so a room you draw here can grow into a whole floor later.

Do I need an account to plan a room?

No. Click Start Drawing and the room planner opens straight away in your browser. A free account is only needed when you want to save a layout, export it as an image, or share it with someone else.

2D room layout

Free 2D Room Planner

Plan one room at a time, drawn to its real dimensions. Draw the walls, place furniture at true size, and find out whether the layout works before you move anything heavy.

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Bedroom drawn to scale with minimum clear dimensions marked in feet and inches

Every room type

One planner for every room in the home

Start from the room you actually need to solve, then keep the same canvas as the plan grows.

Most room planning starts with one specific problem: a bed that may not leave enough space to walk past, a sofa that might swallow a small living room, or a kitchen run that has to fit between two doors. SpacePlanner is built for exactly that moment. Draw the single room to its real dimensions, place the furniture that matters at true size, and the answer becomes obvious before anything heavy gets moved. Each room type below opens the same 2D canvas with the pieces and clearances that matter for that space.

Bedroom

Fit the bed, wardrobe and bedside tables while keeping a clear path on at least one side.

Living room

Balance sofa, seating and a TV wall without blocking the way people actually walk through.

Kitchen

Lay out counters, appliances and islands, then check the aisle between opposite runs.

Bathroom

Place the toilet, vanity and shower first, then confirm the door path stays clear.

Home office

Position the desk for daylight and power, and leave room for the chair to roll back.

One bedroom apartment floor plan with room dimensions labelled throughout

The whole floor

Once the room works, connect it to the rest of the apartment or house on one canvas.

How it works

Drawn to real dimensions, not rough boxes

A sketch tells you where things go. A scaled 2D plan tells you whether they fit.

Walls typed in at their real length

Enter each wall in feet and inches or metric and SpacePlanner draws it to scale with a live dimension label. Corners square up automatically and the room area recalculates as you resize, so the outline on screen stays honest to the space you measured.

Room drawn to scale with overall width and height dimension lines in feet and inches

Furniture at true size, not icons

Beds, sofas, tables, desks and storage are drawn at real-world dimensions rather than generic symbols. Slide them around to compare two or three arrangements and you can see straight away which one leaves the room usable and which one only works on paper.

Apartment floor plan with furniture drawn at true scale in each room

Door swings, walkways and clearances

Add doors and windows to any wall and the openings update live as you move them. Because everything is to scale, a blocked door swing or a walkway that has quietly shrunk to 20 inches shows up on screen instead of on moving day.

SpacePlanner editor showing a room layout with doors, windows and furniture placed to scale

Step by step

How to plan a room in 2D

Four steps from an empty canvas to a layout you can trust.

Measure and draw the shell

Measure each wall once and type the lengths in. Draw the room outline first, including alcoves and chimney breasts, so the footprint is right before anything goes inside it.

Add doors and windows

Place every opening on the correct wall. Doors matter most: the leaf needs its full width to swing, and that arc quietly rules out a surprising number of furniture positions.

Drop in the large furniture

Start with the biggest pieces, the bed, sofa or kitchen run. If the large items do not leave sensible walkways, no amount of rearranging the small ones will rescue the layout.

Check the gaps, then adjust

Measure the space left between pieces against the clearances below. Move things, try a second arrangement, and keep the version that leaves the room comfortable to move through.

Reference

Room clearances worth checking

Common minimums used when laying out a room. Draw them once and the layout stops being guesswork.

Room size alone never tells you whether a layout works. What decides it is the space left between things: the gap you walk through, the room a door needs to swing, the space a chair needs to slide back. These are the figures worth checking against your own plan before you commit to a layout.

Typical minimum clearances used when planning a room layout
Clearance	Imperial	Metric	Why it matters
Main walkway through a room	36 in	90 cm	The primary route people take through the space.
Secondary or occasional path	30 in	75 cm	A route used by one person at a time.
Beside a bed	24 in	60 cm	Enough to walk past and make the bed comfortably.
Foot of the bed to a wall	36 in	90 cm	Keeps the end of the room usable rather than blocked.
Dining chair pulled out	36 in	90 cm	Measured from the table edge to the wall behind.
Sofa to coffee table	16 in	40 cm	Close enough to reach, far enough to step past.
Kitchen aisle between runs	42 in	107 cm	Allows a drawer or appliance door to open fully.
Desk chair roll-back	36 in	90 cm	From the desk edge to whatever sits behind it.
In front of a wardrobe	30 in	75 cm	Space to open the doors and actually stand there.
Wheelchair turning circle	60 in	150 cm	A full turn within the room, where accessibility matters.