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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.

Rutgers · Residence hall · 2 room types

Barr Hallroom dimensions.

2 room types at Rutgers University-New Brunswick in New Brunswick, NJ, 1 with dimensions published by the university. Use them to plan the room to scale before move-in.

  • Traditional Double · 18 × 12 ft
  • Traditional Single · 12.5 × 10 ft (est.)
  • Twin XL beds
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Floor plans · both rooms at the same scale

Two room types,drawn to scale.

  • Traditional Double · Sleeps 2

    18 × 12 ft

    216 sq ft · Twin XL

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    18 ft12 ftBEDBEDDESKDESKDRESSERDRESSER
    Pieces placed where a typical layout puts them1 square = 1 ft

  • Traditional Single · Sleeps 1

    12.5 × 10 ft

    125 sq ft · Twin XLEstimated

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    Estimated based on similar rooms. Official size not published.
    12.5 ft10 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.

  • Traditional Double · 216 sq ft71 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 145 sq ft open
  • Traditional Single · 125 sq ft (estimated size)35 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 90 sq ft open

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Barr Hall,furnished.

Measurements as published for this building. How we measure

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