Short answer. Plan with the actual products, not lookalikes. Measure the room, shortlist real pieces from shops that deliver to you, take each one's width, depth and height from the shop's page, and place them at those sizes in a plan of your room. Then walk past them, check walkways and doors, and add up the prices.
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Why "a sofa" is not your sofa
Generic pieces are fine for a first sketch, but "three-seat" sofas run from under 190 cm to over 240 cm (75 to 94 in) wide and from 80 to over 100 cm (31 to 39 in) deep. A plan that fits with a generic sofa can fail with the one you buy, and the same goes for beds, wardrobes and tables. Real furniture means a specific product at its true size, with a price, a link to buy it, and sold where you live.
How to plan a room with real pieces
- Measure the room wall to wall, with doors, windows, sills, radiators, sockets and the ceiling, in one unit.
- Draw or scan it into a planner and check one wall against your tape.
- Start with the biggest piece, try two or three real options, then add the rest.
- Keep the walkways: about 90 cm (36 in) for main routes, 60 cm (24 in) beside a bed, 75 cm (30 in) behind a dining chair.
- Walk it at eye level, then add up the list and swap the piece that breaks the budget.
Reading a product's sizes
A 140 × 200 cm mattress can sit in a frame of 160 × 215 cm or more. If the shop lists inches, convert once (1 in = 2.54 cm) and write it down, and remember a delivered sofa has to pass your doors.
How Flatwalk does it
Flatwalk's catalogue is thousands of real pieces from real shops at true size, filtered to shops that sell in your country (or the nearest one). Place a piece, walk round it, and its price and shop link come with it. Everything you place goes on one "Shop the flat" list with the total, a budget, grouping by shop or room, and links to each shop; tiles and floorboards are counted in packs with 10% extra. A piece that is not in the catalogue can come from a shop link or your photos with "Bring your own", an AI tool with one free try. Prices and stock change, and a screen is never the fabric: check the shop and order a sample.
Common mistakes
- Planning with placeholders, then buying something else.
- Forgetting open sizes: the wardrobe fits closed and blocks the bed open.
- Mixing units, one sofa in inches, the room in centimetres.
- Looking only from above, and ignoring the way in.
What Flatwalk does that older planners skip
Lights
Real lamps and ceiling lights you can buy, switched on, so you see the room in the evening.
Your flat in its city
Give the address and the street and buildings around you appear in 3D where the map has them.
Sun for your address
See where the sun falls on a new sofa or rug by date and hour.
One piece, in your own room
Through the live camera or in a photo of the room, stand the real sofa on your own floor at its true size before you buy.
Detail
Kitchens, wardrobes, bathrooms, floors, tiles and paint, built piece by piece around your furniture.
Made for a thumb
Tap a piece and its choices appear: move it, turn it, replace it, open it at the shop.
Swipe for more. Every picture is the app itself.
One flat, free
Most people plan one home. For that, Flatwalk costs nothing: no trial clock and no card. Real furniture at its true size, the shopping list with prices, lights, sun and walking are all part of it, and each AI tool gives one free try. A membership is for people who want more flats or more AI.
Questions people ask
Is there a room planner with real furniture? Yes. Some planners use real products from shops at their real sizes, with prices and links. Flatwalk uses real shop pieces at true size and keeps a shopping list with the total.
Are the sizes in room planners accurate? In a planner with real products, they should match the shop's own page. With generic furniture, they are only a guide. Always check the product page before ordering.
Can I add furniture that is not in the catalogue? In Flatwalk, yes: paste a shop link or use your own photos, and the piece is made in 3D at its real size.
How much space should I leave around furniture? About 90 cm (36 in) for main walkways, about 60 cm (24 in) beside a bed and about 75 cm (30 in) behind a dining chair.
Can I see the total cost of the furniture in my plan? In Flatwalk, the shopping list adds up every piece from a shop, with a budget you can set.
Flatwalk plans your room with real furniture from real shops at its true size, with prices and buy links, free for one flat. It is launching on Google Play; join the waiting list at flatwalk.app.
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