How to Measure a Room For a Sofa Sleeper

Obtain the dimensions of the sleeper sofa you want to place in your room, and choose the location you would like the sleeper sofa to sit in your room.

Measure the length of the sofa on your tape measure, and place the extended tape measure where you want the back edge of the sofa to sit. Run a piece of tape on the floor next to the tape measure that corresponds to the length you have measured. If you are placing the sofa up against a wall, place the tape six to eight inches away from the wall to allow for the pitch of the back of the sofa.

Measure the depth of the sofa on your tape measure, and place two pieces of tape corresponding to this measurement extending from each end of the tape, representing the length of the sofa.

Connect the two sides of the depth so you have the outline of a rectangle on the floor. This is the amount of floor space your sofa will take up when the sleeper mechanism isn't pulled out.

Measure the height of the sleeper sofa, and plot this on the wall on which you are placing the sofa. This is especially important if you have windows on this wall as you will want to determine if they are clear of the back of the sofa.

Review the measurements of the sleeper mechanism of the sofa, and plot these on the floor with the tape. You should now have one rectangle in tape that corresponds to the sofa and another rectangle of tape that corresponds to the sleeper mechanism.

Observe how much space is left in the room. Is there enough room to get out of the bed? Will you be able to pull out the sofa bed without having to move other pieces of furniture?