How much space do I need around a coffee table?

Allow at least 45 cm between the coffee table and the sofa for legroom, and 90 cm clearance on the other sides for walking.

Will an L-shaped sofa fit in my room?

Draw your room to scale in Free Room Planner, add an L-shaped sofa from the furniture library, and check clearances on all sides — you need 60 cm minimum for walkways.

How do I plan an open-plan living and dining room?

Draw the full space in Free Room Planner and use the sofa as a room divider between the living and dining zones. Check that both areas have comfortable proportions.

Can I plan a home cinema layout?

Yes. Position your screen and seating in Free Room Planner, then measure the viewing distance to ensure it matches your screen size.

How far should the TV be from the sofa?

As a rule of thumb, sit at 1.5 to 2.5 times the diagonal screen size from the TV. For a 55-inch TV, that's 2.1 to 3.5 metres.

Can I share my living room plan with an interior designer?

Yes — export the PNG and share by email or messaging app. It gives designers a clear starting point.

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Free Living Room Planner — Arrange the Space Before You Commit to It

The living room planner is a free online tool for trying every furniture arrangement before you move a thing. Draw your living room to scale, drag sofas and tables, check traffic flow, and find the layout that works — all free, no account needed.

Updated 19 October 2026

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What’s the best free living room planner?

To check a sofa, chairs and TV unit fit with clear walkways, and try a few arrangements before you move anything, Free Room Planner is free, drawn to scale and needs no account. If you’re furnishing from one retailer, its own planner shows its exact products. If you want a large furniture catalogue to style the room and will keep designing all year, Planner 5D has more items; Premium is $19.99 a month or $59.99 a year (as of October 2026).

LIVING ROOM LAYOUT IDEAS

Start with a room you can change.

Open a furnished example and adjust each wall and item to your room. These are editable plans at the sizes shown.

Sofa and TV layout

3.6 × 4.2 m · example room

A compact seating group with a route around its open side.

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Conversation layout

4.8 × 4.2 m · example room

Facing sofas with a shared table and a separate entrance route.

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Have your own measurements?

Choose a square, rectangle, L-shaped or T-shaped room and enter its inside dimensions. Or start on a blank grid.

Start an empty room →Draw your own walls

How it works

Plan your living room in three steps

Draw your room

Measure your living room walls and draw them to scale. Mark door, window, and radiator positions.

Arrange furniture

Drag sofas, armchairs, coffee tables, and TV units from the library. Try different arrangements. Check traffic paths between doorways.

Share your layout

Export the plan as a PNG and share with an interior designer, partner, or removal company.

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Scale accuracy

Draw your living room walls to the centimetre so you know exactly what will fit.

Sofas, tables, TV units

All common living room furniture in the library, ready to drag and drop.

Traffic flow planning

Check walkways between doorways are clear and furniture doesn't block movement.

Door and window positions

Mark door swings and window positions so furniture doesn't obstruct either.

Label your zones

Add labels like 'reading corner' or 'TV area' to communicate your intent clearly.

Export and share

Download your living room plan as a PNG and share with designers or family.

Living room layout guide

How to plan your living room layout

The conversation zone

Most living rooms work best with seating arranged in a U or L shape facing a focal point — fireplace, TV, or window. In Free Room Planner, try different sofa and armchair positions to find the arrangement that encourages face-to-face conversation without shouting across the room.

TV viewing distances

For a comfortable viewing experience, sit at a distance of 1.5 to 2.5 times the diagonal screen size from the TV. A 55-inch TV works best at 2.1 to 3.5 metres. Draw your room in Free Room Planner and measure the distance from the sofa to the TV wall before buying.

Traffic paths between doors

If your living room has two or more doors, people will walk between them. Keep a clear path of at least 90 cm wide between doorways, and avoid placing coffee tables or rugs in the traffic lane. Mark doors in Free Room Planner to visualise these routes.

Balancing symmetry and function

A symmetrical layout (matching armchairs flanking a fireplace, for example) creates visual calm, but perfect symmetry isn't always practical. Use Free Room Planner to test both symmetrical and asymmetrical arrangements and see which fits your room's shape better.

Open-plan living and dining

If your living room shares space with a dining area, use furniture placement to define zones. A sofa facing away from the dining table creates a natural boundary. Draw both zones in Free Room Planner to ensure each has enough space.

Project calculators

Estimate living room paint and flooring

Planning new finishes too? Use the flooring calculator to estimate floor area, packs and waste, then calculate paint for every wall with the paint calculator. See all calculators.

More ways to plan: popular paint colours to try on your walls in 3D, and IKEA BILLY bookcase dimensions.

More planners

Room-specific planning tools

Planning a different room? Use the planner built for it — same canvas, same free export.

Kitchen Planner

Plan your kitchen layout with units, appliances, and islands.

Bathroom Planner

Position sanitaryware and fittings before the plumber arrives.

Bedroom Planner

Find the best bed position and storage configuration.

Floor Plan Maker

Draw whole-floor plans with multiple rooms, doors, and windows.

What people say

Rated 4.7 out of 5 (“Excellent”) from 48 reviews on Trustpilot, as of 18 October 2026.

“Super simple, really easy to use and very helpful in planning renovation for a new house. By far the best room planner on the internet”
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“Surprised that it's free, easy to use and a life saver when it comes to pre-planning the layout of a room before moving furniture inside.”
Alfred Jones, on Trustpilot

“It's incredibly easy to use, intuitive, free, doesn't require registration, frictionless, exactly what I needed.”
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A sofa that looked right in the showroom can kill a room's flow once it's home. A TV unit positioned opposite the wrong wall means glare all afternoon. These are problems that show up immediately when you draw the room to scale — and they're invisible until then.

The living room planner lets you place sofas, armchairs, coffee tables, TV units, bookcases, and rugs in your actual room dimensions. Try different orientations, see whether a corner sofa works, check that the traffic flow between the kitchen and the door still makes sense. Then export the plan and share it with whoever's delivering the furniture.