FURNITURE		  
News-Journal Reader's Choice Best Around 17 years in a row
National Home Furnishings Association Member
Holly Hill Chamber of Commerce Member
Daytona Beach, Halifax Area Chamber of Commerce Member
Why it's important and how to measure your home for new furniture
Before buying furniture, it is important to measure the space it will go into. However, there is more to this than just measuring width, height, and depth. A common reason for furniture being returned to the retailer is that the furniture doesn't fit into the room the way the customer expected.

A quick and simple way to test for a furniture fit is to lay out pieces of string with the width and depth of your furniture on the floor. Then have a friend hold another piece of string the height of your furniture from one of the front corners while you stand back in the room and visualize the piece in your room with the string dimensions as a guide. If you are having difficulty visualizing the piece, you can tape cardboard boxes or panels together with the dimensions of your furniture for a more definitive model.

One problem that is not uncommon with large pieces of furniture is that customers will measure to make sure the furniture fits in the room, but do not measure if the furniture will fit through the home to the room it is going in. Common holdups are most often doorways and angled hallways. Please make sure your furniture will not only fit in your room, but also that we can get it there.

Many pieces of furniture are designed with a certain scale in mind. Some couches, for example, are designed to be placed away from the wall in a large room to allow reclining, while others are designed to fit against a corner or wall to maximize space in a smaller room. This is true for all types of furniture, from home entertainment and dining to office and bedroom. Make sure you are buying an item that is appropriately scaled to your room.
Here is a checklist you can print out and follow to make sure your new furniture will fit into your home:
1. What is the size of your furniture? Height Width Depth
2. Do you live in a single family house? Yes No If no, go to 4
  3. Is there easy curbside access for the delivery truck? Yes No
4. Do you live in a high-rise, condo, apartment, or any other type of multi-family housing? Yes No  
  5. Is there a freight elevator? Yes No  
  6. What is the size of the freight elevator? Height Width Depth
  7. Will your furniture fit into the elevator? Yes No  
8. What size is your front door or main entrance? Height Width
  9. Will your furniture fit through this doorway? Yes No If yes, go to 12
  10. Is there a larger entry way? Yes No If yes, answer 9 with that entry in mind
  11. Is there a large enough window through which the furniture could be hoisted? (keep in mind this service may be more costly) Yes No  
12. What size are your interior doorways? Height Width
Height Width
Height Width
  13. Will your furniture fit through these doorways? Yes No  
14. What size is your interior hallway? Height Width
  15. Will your furniture fit through this hallway? Yes No  
  16. Are there any hallway angles? Yes No If no, go to 18
  17. Consider the dimensions of your furniture. Will it fit easily through these angles? (You can use mock-ups made from cardboard boxes or panels taped together to help visualize. You can also enter adjacent rooms to adjust angles if needed.) Yes No  
18. Will your furniture need to go through any stairways? Yes No  
  19. What size is the stairway? (Measure height from bottom of step to ceiling at lowest point.) Height Width
Since we deal with over 75 vendors, it would be a monumental task to keep our website complete and accurate.   We therefore have designed this website to primarily link to each of our vendor’s websites.  Please contact us to give your feedback
© 2007 Oakwood Furniture. All rights reserved. All other company and product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
Webmaster: Ryan Riegner | Email: webmaster@oakwoodfurn.com
Get Adobe Flash Player