How to Draw the Best Nursery Room Layout

BABY & KIDS

Aug 31

with Cruelty Free Design Consultant Jane Mercer

"In terms of drawing your own floor plan, you have a few options:

Good old pencil and paper. We recommend gridded paper, so you can keep things as organized as possible. For instance, every two to four squares on your paper can represent one foot of your room's actual measurements.
Or, you can utilize Google's SketchUp program. That's what I used to create these floor plans. They offer a 30 day trial program, and you can either download the program right onto your computer or use it on the web.
And finally, for our design professionals, you can also use AutoCAD. This is like a step up from SketchUp.
Before translating your room onto paper or into a computer program, be sure you've taken all of these measurements, the length and width of the room, the distance of the windows from adjacent walls, the placement of outlets on each wall, how far from the adjacent wall doors sit, and their width, and whether or not the doors swing in or out of your space."