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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.

Yale University · Residence hall · 3 room types

254 Prospect Streetroom dimensions.

3 room types at Yale University in New Haven, CT, 3 with dimensions published by the university. Use them to plan the room to scale before move-in.

  • Medium Room · 10 × 10 ft
  • Large Room · 12 × 11 ft
  • Extra Large Room · 14 × 12 ft
  • Twin XL beds

Floor plans · all 3 rooms at the same scale

Three room types,drawn to scale.

  • Medium Room · Sleeps 1

    10 × 10 ft

    150 sq ft · Twin XL

    Plan this room
    10 ft10 ftBEDDESKDRESSER
    Pieces placed where a typical layout puts them1 square = 1 ft
  • Large Room · Sleeps 1

    12 × 11 ft

    170 sq ft · Twin XL

    Plan this room
    12 ft11 ftBEDDESKDRESSER
    Pieces placed where a typical layout puts them1 square = 1 ft
  • Extra Large Room · Sleeps 2

    14 × 12 ft

    200 sq ft · Twin XL

    Plan this room
    14 ft12 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.

  • Medium Room · 150 sq ft35 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 115 sq ft open
  • Large Room · 170 sq ft35 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 135 sq ft open
  • Extra Large Room · 200 sq ft71 sq ft of standard furnitureabout 129 sq ft open

254 Prospect Street,furnished.

Measurements as published for this building. How we measure