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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.

Princeton University · Residence hall · 3 room types

Modern & Standardized Dorms (Yeh, New College West, Whitman)room dimensions.

3 room types at Princeton University in Princeton, NJ, 3 with dimensions published by the university. Use them to plan the room to scale before move-in.

  • Standardized Single · 13 × 11.5 ft
  • Standard Double · 18 × 12 ft
  • Large Double / Triple · 20 × 15 ft
  • Twin XL beds

Floor plans · all 3 rooms at the same scale

Three room types,drawn to scale.

  • Standardized Single · Sleeps 1

    13 × 11.5 ft

    150 sq ft · Twin XL

    Plan this room
    13 ft11.5 ftBEDDESKDRESSER
    Pieces placed where a typical layout puts them1 square = 1 ft
  • Standard Double · Sleeps 2

    18 × 12 ft

    210 sq ft · Twin XL

    Plan this room
    18 ft12 ftBEDBEDDESKDESKDRESSERDRESSER
    Pieces placed where a typical layout puts them1 square = 1 ft
  • Large Double / Triple · Sleeps 3

    20 × 15 ft

    300 sq ft · Twin XL

    Plan this room
    20 ft15 ftBEDBEDBEDDRESSERDRESSERDRESSERDESKDESKDESK
    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′
  • Dresser2.5′ × 2′
  • Desk3.5′ × 2′
  • Desk chair1.5′ × 1.5′

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.

  • Standardized Single · 150 sq ft35 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 115 sq ft open
  • Standard Double · 210 sq ft71 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 139 sq ft open
  • Large Double / Triple · 300 sq ft106 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 194 sq ft open

Modern & Standardized Dorms (Yeh, New College West, Whitman),furnished.

Measurements as published for this building. How we measure