Furniture Clearance & Walkway Planner
See whether a piece of furniture leaves a comfortable walkway — enter the room and the furniture’s footprint to check the clearance on each side.
Walkways around the furniture
Every walkway meets your 0.6 m minimum.
As a guide, a main walkway wants about 0.9 m and a secondary squeeze-past route about 0.6 m. “Against a wall” assumes the piece is pushed flush to one long wall.
Furniture that fits — and moves around
A sofa or bed can fit a room on paper and still make it feel cramped, because what you live with day to day is the space left to walk around it. Planning the walkway before you buy — rather than after a delivery you can't return — is the difference between a room that flows and one you edge through sideways.
Sketch the room to scale, drop the furniture footprint in, and check the gaps against the routes you actually use. A tight clearance on a wall you never walk past is fine; the same gap on the main path through the room is not.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much walkway space should a room leave?
As a rule of thumb, a main walkway — the route you use most, such as through a living room or past a bed — wants about 0.9 metres, while a secondary squeeze-past route can work at around 0.6 metres. This planner compares the gaps a piece of furniture leaves against a minimum you set, defaulting to 0.6 metres.
What's the difference between centred and against-the-wall placement?
Centred (island) placement, like a coffee table or a kitchen island, leaves a gap on both sides of each direction, so the tool halves the leftover space per side. Against-the-wall placement pushes the piece flush to one long wall, giving a single walkway across the width and an end gap along the length.
Which dimensions do I enter?
Enter the room's length and width, then the furniture's footprint — its length and width as seen from above. Use the widest points, including anything that sticks out such as a reclining footrest or a handle, since those are what a walkway has to clear.
The tool says the piece fits but the walkway is too tight — what now?
"Fits" only means the furniture is smaller than the room; a tight walkway means day-to-day movement will feel cramped. Options are a smaller piece, a different placement, or accepting a snug route on a side you rarely use. Try a few sizes to see where the clearance crosses your minimum.
Does this account for doors, drawers, and pull-out space?
Not automatically — it plans the walkway around the furniture's footprint. Remember to leave extra room in front of anything that opens: a wardrobe door, a chest of drawers, a dishwasher, or a chair that pulls out from a table. Add that swing or pull-out depth to the clearance you require.
A general planning estimate from the dimensions you enter. It doesn’t account for door swings, drawers, or pull-out space — add those to the clearance you need, and measure the real piece before buying.