The Guides
Design advice from the critique desk
Editorial guides on getting rooms right — layout, placement, proportion, and the measurable rules working designers apply without sentiment. Written by the same standards RoomFix holds your room to.
The Method
The Method
6 min read
What an AI Interior Design Critique Actually Tells You
Room generators hand you a fantasy. A critique hands you a plan. Understanding the difference is the fastest way to actually improve the room you live in.
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7 min read
The Furniture Placement Rules Designers Actually Use
Professional rooms are not arranged by feel. Behind every effortless-looking space is a short list of measurements applied without sentiment.
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Living Rooms
7 min read
Seven Living Room Layout Mistakes — and Exactly How to Fix Them
Most living rooms don't need new furniture. They need the furniture they have to stop committing the same seven errors.
Read the guideLiving Rooms
6 min read
Small Living Room Layouts That Make the Room Feel Twice Its Size
Small rooms are not a punishment; they are a discipline. Every centimeter has to earn its place — which is precisely why a well-arranged small living room outclasses a careless large one.
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5 min read
How High to Hang a TV: The 42-Inch Rule (Plus Exceptions)
The most common wall error in domestic rooms is measurable: a television mounted for a standing audience in a room where everyone sits.
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5 min read
What Size Rug for a Sectional: The Front-Legs Rule Explained
The sectional is the largest object in the room, and it exposes an undersized rug faster than any sofa-and-chairs arrangement ever could.
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5 min read
Living Room Rug Size Guide: Charts for Every Sofa Configuration
Rug size is not a taste question. For any given arrangement of seating there is a correct range — and most living rooms are one full size below it.
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5 min read
How High to Hang Curtains: The High-and-Wide Rule
Curtains are the cheapest architecture you will ever buy — and hanging them at the window frame throws the entire benefit away.
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5 min read
How Far Should Your Couch Be From the TV? (Distance Chart by Screen Size)
Most living rooms answer this question with whichever wall the couch happened to land on. The screen has an opinion, and it is a multiplication problem.
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5 min read
Coffee Table Size: The Two-Thirds Rule and Height Match
The coffee table is the most-used surface in the house, and it is sized by rule, not by eye: two-thirds the sofa, cushion height, one stride away.
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5 min read
How High to Hang Pictures: 57 Inches on Center, Explained
Almost every piece of art in almost every home hangs too high. Museums solved this decades ago with one number, and it works on residential walls unchanged.
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Bedrooms
7 min read
How to Arrange Bedroom Furniture: The Order of Operations
Bedrooms are arranged in the wrong order: dresser first, bed wherever it fits, lamps as an afterthought. Reverse it, and the room composes itself.
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5 min read
Nightstand Height: Match Your Mattress Top (Chart by Bed Type)
The nightstand is used exclusively by a person lying down in the dark. Its height is ergonomics, not styling — and the mattress, not the floor, is the reference plane.
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5 min read
Rug Size Under a Bed: Queen, King, and Full Charts
A bedroom rug is bought for one moment — bare feet at 6:40 a.m. — and sized for one optical job: mooring the largest object in the room to the floor.
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