Rental homes
Workspace Furniture Planning for Rental homes
Specify the occupied size, operating clearance and route into the building before choosing furniture by catalogue dimensions.
Explore the ideas
Compare the options
- Set the brief
- Use templates at the size of the actual furniture. Include seated users, open drawers and reclined positions where relevant.
- Compare
- Decide which items need to move independently and which benefit from built-in anchoring.
- Before buying
- Confirm that the largest pieces can turn at the entrance, lift lobby and corridor, or specify assembly in place.
Worked example
Imagine choosing a desk, task chair and storage cabinet for a room reached through a tight apartment corridor. Catalogue dimensions appear to fit the room itself.
Tape each item's occupied footprint, including chair pullback and cabinet doors, then measure the entry turns. Prefer knock-down assembly or smaller independent pieces if a full cabinet cannot turn into the room.
How to test it
Overlay the furniture in its stored and in-use positions, then check both against the measured plan.
Apply it to this space
- Layout
- Set a compact desk near an outlet and orient it to avoid window glare and household traffic.
- Detail
- Use a task lamp, portable monitor stand and cable clips that leave no marks.
- Trade-off
- A shared dining table saves space but makes work setup and shutdown repetitive.
- Check outlet reach and cable trip risk
- Test chair comfort and daylight
The Elixir portfolio
Details worth a closer look
