FN / 001 · Printable · 4 pages · US Letter
Home Measure
Everything to capture before you plan a room.
Most people measure a room twice: once badly, and again after realising what they forgot.
This is the list that prevents the second trip. Four printed pages you take to the room, work down, and tick as you go.
What is on it
- The room. Length, width, ceiling height at two corners, offsets, columns, ceiling changes.
- Openings. Door and window sizes, sill heights, swings, and where each one sits relative to a corner.
- Fixed elements. Built-ins, fireplace, radiators and baseboard depth, stairs, plumbing, obstructions.
- Services. Outlets, switches, lighting, HVAC supply and returns, thermostat, data and TV.
- Nine photographs, with the reason each one matters.
- A before-you-leave check, so you find the gap while you are still standing in the room.
The one thing most checklists miss
A window is 36 inches wide whether or not you know where it is. A measurement without a dimension back to a corner cannot be drawn, and a room you cannot draw is a room you cannot plan. Page 2 shows the difference in one drawing.
Where this comes from
Tenonfold is made by Tyheem Joiner, a designer who spends his working life measuring rooms and drawing them accurately. This is the list he works from.
If two measurements disagree, do not average them. Measure again.
Room Measure
A checklist tells you what to capture. Room Measure adds a room record laid out to fill in on site, two plan grids at a quarter inch to the foot, the clearance numbers that decide whether a room feels right, and 32 furniture cut-outs at matching scale.