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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.

UW-Madison · Residence hall · 2 room types

Chadbourne Residence Hallroom dimensions.

2 room types at University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI, 2 with dimensions published by the university. Use them to plan the room to scale before move-in.

  • Double Room · 14.3 × 10.7 ft
  • Triple Room · 24.6 × 16.8 ft
  • Twin XL beds

Floor plans · both rooms at the same scale

Two room types,drawn to scale.

  • Double Room · Sleeps 2

    14.3 × 10.7 ft

    152 sq ft · Twin XL

    Plan this room
    14.3 ft10.7 ftBEDBEDDESKDESKDRESSERDRESSER
    Pieces placed where a typical layout puts them1 square = 1 ft
  • Triple Room · Sleeps 3

    24.6 × 16.8 ft

    412 sq ft · Twin XL

    Plan this room
    24.6 ft16.8 ftBEDBEDBEDDESKDESKDESKDRESSERDRESSERDRESSER
    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′
  • Dresser2.5′ × 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.

  • Double Room · 152 sq ft71 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 81 sq ft open
  • Triple Room · 412 sq ft106 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 306 sq ft open

Chadbourne Residence Hall,furnished.

Measurements as published for this building. How we measure