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A white clay model of a furnished dorm room with two beds, two desks and dressers, its walls edged in blue.

Harvard University · Residence hall · 1 room type

The Historical Yardsroom dimensions.

1 room type at Harvard University in Cambridge, MA, 1 with dimensions published by the university. Use them to plan the room to scale before move-in.

  • Narrow Single · 12 × 8.5 ft
  • Twin XL beds

Floor plans · drawn to scale

One room type,drawn to scale.

  • Narrow Single · Sleeps 1

    12 × 8.5 ft

    102 sq ft · Twin XL

    Plan this room
    12 ft8.5 ftBEDDESKDRESSER
    Pieces placed where a typical layout puts them1 square = 1 ft

Standard furniture footprints

What's alreadyin the room.

  • Bed · Twin XL3.17′ × 6.67′
  • Desk3.5′ × 2′
  • Desk chair1.5′ × 1.5′
  • Dresser2.5′ × 2′

The built-in pieces the layouts plan around, at the sizes we use for fit checks. All drawn at the same scale · 20 px per ft

Open floor,once it's all in.

Our estimate from the footprints above, one of each piece per person. For most furnished singles and doubles, a 5 × 7 rug fits the open floor better than a larger size.

  • Narrow Single · 102 sq ft35 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 67 sq ft open

The Historical Yards,furnished.

Measurements as published for this building. How we measure