9 guides · 22 room sizes
Room sizes
Common and minimum sizes for the rooms in a home, drawn to scale and checked against the building code.
- Every room to the same scale
- Common bedroom 144 sq ft
Guides
Guides by room
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Bedroom sizes
Common 10 × 12 to 12 × 12 ft · code minimum 70 sq ft
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Living room sizes
Code minimum 70 sq ft · no side under 7 ft
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Kitchen sizes
No code minimum · work aisle 42 in (NKBA)
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Bathroom sizes
Toilet 15 in to a wall · 21 in in front
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Closet sizes
No code minimum · not habitable space
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Laundry room sizes
No code minimum · ceiling 6 ft 8 in
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Powder room sizes
Toilet and sink: 15 in to a wall · 30 in apart
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Dining room sizes
Code minimum 70 sq ft · no side under 7 ft
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Hallway sizes
At least 3 ft wide (IRC R311.6)
Popular sizes
Popular sizes
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