- Make room for grout! When laying a backsplash, tiles are spaced 1 ⁄ 8 of an inch apart. Purchase enough tile to cover 110 percent of the area; this will ensure that you have backup tiles in case of breakage or mistakes.
- Repurposing a table for use in a home office? The typical desk height is 29 inches.
- For functional flow, a person requires 30 inches of space around them for ease of movement. Major traffic paths, such as front walks used at Halloween, should have a clearance of three to six feet.
- Investing in a bigger bed? A standard queen mattress measures 60 inches by 80 inches, while a king is 76 inches by 80 inches; for adequate support, look for 375 coils in a queen and 450 coils in a king.
- Say goodbye to itsy-bitsy dining rooms. The area rug should extend two feet from the edges of the table, so when a chair is pulled out, the front legs remain on the rug. The distance between the dining table and the wall shouldn't be less than three feet, and each person should have 24 to 30 inches of tabletop.
- Keep artwork in proportion to furnishings. Art hanging above a sofa should be two-thirds the full width of the sofa.
- A gallon of latex paint should offer 450 square feet of coverage.
- A bathroom sink should be 34 to 38 inches high for comfort.
- Two people require 12 to 14 cubic feet of fridge storage. Add two cubic feet for each additional housemate.
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