Living room layouts, drawn to scale
Plan your living room to the inch.
A free living room layout planner: enter your room, doors and window, pick your sofa, chairs and TV, and see every layout that fits, drawn to scale with the walkways, the coffee table gap and the distance to the screen checked.
A 12 × 15 living room
Example roomThe numbers every living room layout starts from
TV sizes and where to sit
Screen size is the diagonal. Sit between the two distances for a screen that fills 30 to 40 degrees of your view.
| TV | Screen, width × height | Where to sit |
|---|---|---|
| 50 in | 43.6 × 24.5 in | 5 ft to 6 ft 9 in |
| 55 in | 47.9 × 27.0 in | 5 ft 6 in to 7 ft 5 in |
| 65 in | 56.7 × 31.9 in | 6 ft 6 in to 8 ft 10 in |
| 75 in | 65.4 × 36.8 in | 7 ft 6 in to 10 ft 2 in |
| 85 in | 74.1 × 41.7 in | 8 ft 6 in to 11 ft 6 in |
16:9 screens; the case adds an inch or two each way. Distances are from your head to the screen, worked out like the TV size calculator.
Find it by feature
Each section has its own icon and code, so you always know where you are.
Draw your living room and see every layout that fits.
Screen sizes, viewing distance and mounting height.
Sofas, tables and stands, measured.
Tables, chairs and the room around them.
Coming next: Living Room Cost.
Living room layouts by room size
Measured plans for each size, every one ready to open in the planner.
Coming up
A new page every day. Here are the next ones.
- 31OCTBench dimensions
- 2NOVChair dimensions
- 3NOVAwkward living room layouts
- 4NOVCorner fireplace layouts
How the planner works
- 01MeasureWall to wall, then where the doors and the window are.
- 02See what fitsThe planner tries every wall for the sofa, against it and floated off it, and shows the layouts that pass.
- 03Adjust and keepSlide the seating along its wall, check the TV distance, then save, share or print the plan.
My living room keeps your plans
Save the layouts you like, on this device. Open one later to keep adjusting it, take it shopping or print it. Nothing leaves your browser.
- No plans saved yet.
Where the numbers come from
Spacing guides from Houzz, Homes & Gardens and Ballard Designs, THX’s and LG’s viewing angles, NKBA’s dining clearances, and furniture we measured from makers’ product pages. Every page names its source under the number it backs up.