Home-office layout planning worksheet

Plan a work area using the room, furniture and equipment you already have. Measure the available space and record the positions of doors, windows, sockets and shared routes before placing a desk or storage item in the plan. This makes the layout a record of your own room rather than a universal desk arrangement.

Create a candidate layout using measured footprints and note what needs to open, move or remain reachable during normal use. Keep an alternative layout if the room serves more than one purpose. The worksheet helps compare practical arrangements; it makes no medical posture claims and does not certify clearances or installation safety.

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This tool does not save your entries automatically. Download a copy to keep your work, and clear the worksheet on a shared device before leaving. Do not enter passwords, account numbers or other sensitive personal information.

Measure the room and fixed features

Use centimetres throughout and choose one corner as the reference point for positions.

Usable room width, cm

Usable room depth, cm

Reference corner and direction used for positions

Door swings, windows, sockets, radiators and other fixed positions

Other uses, shared routes and access that must remain available

Record existing furniture and equipment

Add each footprint and its use-space requirements before looking for additional furniture.

Entry 1

Existing desk, chair, storage or equipment

Measured footprint width, cm

Measured footprint depth, cm

Measured space needed for movement or opening

Power, cable or connection requirement

Relevant manufacturer instruction or unresolved requirement

Make a candidate layout

Describe item positions from the reference corner, then check normal room use.

Entry 1

Layout name

Item positions: distance from reference sides, orientation and occupied width/depth

Door, drawer and chair movement observations

Shared-route and access observations

Cable and socket questions to resolve

Unresolved fit or use question

Choose the next practical check

Try a reversible paper or tape layout before ordering furniture, where appropriate.

Layout to investigate further

What you observed in a trial and what needs changing

Measured requirement not met by existing items

Using your worksheet

Measure furniture footprints and the extra room they need when in use.
Describe every position from the same reference corner so layouts can be compared.
Check door movement, shared routes and ordinary room tasks with the proposed arrangement.
Use the manufacturer’s requirements for equipment placement and installation.

Assumptions and limits

No minimum clearance, posture, pain-prevention or medical recommendation is supplied.

A written footprint plan does not establish safe electrical installation or accessibility compliance.

All dimensions and practical requirements are entered by the user.