Guide

How to measure your room.

Tape, a phone, ten minutes. We'd rather you over-order by one box than under-order by half a wall.

  1. 1.

    Sketch the room from above.

    Stand in a corner and draw a rough floor plan. Closets and doorways get their own little box on the side. You're after the shape, not the art.

  2. 2.

    Measure each wall in feet, end to end.

    Tape measure flush to the baseboard. Write each wall length on your sketch in feet (round to the nearest inch — we'll convert).

  3. 3.

    Multiply length × width per rectangle.

    For an L-shaped room, split it into two rectangles, measure each, then add. The result is your square footage.

  4. 4.

    Add 10 % for waste.

    Cuts, mistakes, future repairs. 10 % is the standard buffer — bump it toward 15 % for a room with lots of angles and cuts.

  5. 5.

    Divide by box coverage.

    Every box covers a specific square footage — listed on the product page. Round up. That's how many boxes you'll need.

Skip the math.

The Design Studio on the home page has a built-in calculator — type in your square footage and it'll show you boxes, waste, and subtotal in real time.

Open the Design Studio →