Snuug room calculators

Use when someone asks how to use a feng shui bagua map in a room or a home, which area of a room is wealth or relationships, or where their door falls on the bagua. It reports what the tradition says; feng shui is a tradition, not a science.

Use when someone asks what size curtains, curtain pole or track to buy, how high to hang a curtain pole, or which UK ready-made curtain size fits a window. Returns the pole’s length and height, the ready-made pair and the made-to-measure sizes.

Use when someone asks what size dining table fits a room, how many people a table seats, or how big a room must be for a table for a number of people. Uses UK stock table sizes and the space a chair needs behind it.

Use when someone asks how big a flat or house should be for a number of people or bedrooms, whether a home or bedroom is big enough, or what England’s nationally described space standard requires. England only; it is a planning standard for new homes.

Use when someone asks for their feng shui kua number, East or West group, or favourable directions from a birth date. It reports what the Eight Mansions school says; feng shui is a tradition, not a science.

Use when someone asks how much paint, how many litres or which tins they need for a room’s walls, its ceiling or one feature wall. Returns litres and the cheapest mix of 5 l and 2.5 l tins.

Use when someone asks how high to hang a pendant or chandelier over a dining table or kitchen island, how long its drop should be, or what diameter of light suits a table or room.

Use when someone asks how high to hang a picture, a print, a mirror or art, on an open wall or above a sofa, bed or sideboard. Returns the hook’s height from the floor and checks the art’s width against the furniture.

Use when someone asks how bright a room’s lights should be, how many lumens, bulbs or downlights a room needs, how far apart to space downlights, or what colour temperature to choose.

Use when someone asks for a room’s floor area, perimeter, volume or carpet and skirting amounts, or what a size such as 3 × 4 m or 12 × 12 ft means (a box room, a single or double bedroom). Handles L-shaped rooms and bay windows.

Use when someone asks what size rug fits their living room or goes under or in front of their sofa. Returns the UK and US stock rug sizes that run past each end of the sofa and leave bare floor to the walls.

Use when someone asks whether a sofa (or another large piece) will fit through a door, round a turn in a hall or up to a room. Applies the furniture shops’ straight, tipped-back, on-end and swing tests and grades each ok, tight or no.

Use when someone asks how high to mount or hang a TV, whether it can go above a fireplace, or how far to sit from a screen of a given size. Returns the centre height, the edges, the viewing angles and the THX and SMPTE seat distances.

Use when someone asks how many rolls of wallpaper they need for a room, some walls or one feature wall, including a pattern repeat and a straight or offset match.