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Icovia Room Planner
One of the best things you can do before buying new furniture is lay out the room to scale and see what fits. A company called Icovia has a great room planner that's relatively easy to use.
To use the planer click on this link:
http://designedition50.icovia.com/ic...spx?promo=RCZP
You can then work up your room layout.
Have fun!
Update 2-23-11 : I have canceled my account due to the monthly cost and low usage. You can use their designer edition for free, but won't be able to save the work.
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Re: Icovia Room Planner
Hi Dr. Collie,
We have the room planner also, and although several people use it, I do not see anyone coming in with any printed sheets showing their room's layout. So I am not sure if the cost is worth it. A nice feature is having the ability to post your plan on Facebook, however this option is a bit costly.
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Re: Icovia Room Planner
Duane,
I have done the Icovia room planner but need a second set of eyes. I am getting a 122" x 46" long dining room table and also a 79" x22" buffet. I am thinking an 18" x 15" dining room. I am afraid to go smaller lengthwise. I want the table displayed at 122" as well. (no leaves taken out). Can you let me know your thoughts? I saw that you would recommend a 96" table for 16"x12" dining room so think my measurements will be ok.
Thanks so much!
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Re: Icovia Room Planner
A 10' table in an 18' room give you 4' of walk around space on the ends. It takes at least 2' to pull a chair out and that means you have 2' beyond that. 122" is a lot of table for that room size, but do-able if you want to fill the room with table and chairs.
I have a 21' x 18" dining room in my house and have a 120" x 48" table in there, but only display it at 100" as I like to preserve the space (we leave out one 20" leaf ad only install it if we are having more than 8 for dinner). I custom-built my table for that dining room and as you can see I tend to be conservative on measurements. I see a LOT of homes overcrowded with furniture and only a few that are less full. Less full looks better - its a common mistake to put too much furniture in a given space.
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Re: Icovia Room Planner
Thanks so much Duane. Based upon your recommendation I am definitely adding some sq footage to the dining room and displaying with one less leaf. You are absolutely right.
Thanks again!