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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 · 3 room types

Merit Residence Hallroom dimensions.

3 room types at University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI, 3 with dimensions published by the university. Use them to plan the room to scale before move-in.

  • Single Type A · 10 × 8.8 ft
  • Single with Bath · 17.2 × 14.9 ft
  • Double with Bath · 17.7 × 17.5 ft
  • Twin XL beds

Floor plans · all 3 rooms at the same scale

Three room types,drawn to scale.

  • Single Type A · Sleeps 1

    10 × 8.8 ft

    88 sq ft · Twin XL

    Plan this room
    10 ft8.8 ftBEDDESKDRESSER
    Pieces placed where a typical layout puts them1 square = 1 ft
  • Single with Bath · Sleeps 1

    17.2 × 14.9 ft

    256 sq ft · Twin XL

    Plan this room
    17.2 ft14.9 ftBEDDESKDRESSER
    Pieces placed where a typical layout puts them1 square = 1 ft
  • Double with Bath · Sleeps 2

    17.7 × 17.5 ft

    310 sq ft · Twin XL

    Plan this room
    17.7 ft17.5 ftBEDBEDDESKDESKDRESSERDRESSER
    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.

  • Single Type A · 88 sq ft35 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 53 sq ft open
  • Single with Bath · 256 sq ft35 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 221 sq ft open
  • Double with Bath · 310 sq ft71 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 239 sq ft open

Merit Residence Hall,furnished.

Measurements as published for this building. How we measure