How to Sketch a Bedroom

You may want to sketch your bedroom for any number of reasons. You may be thinking about redecorating, and a sketch will help you figure out how to arrange your furniture. The police may sketch a bedroom to help them recreate a crime. Regardless of the reasons, you can sketch a bedroom accurately if you take the time to do it correctly.

Measuring tape
Sketch paper
Graph paper
Protractor
Ruler

Instructions

- 1
  Take notes of special features in the room. This can include the location of a closet, or some kind of aberration in the design of the room.
- 2
  Draw an outline of the room, without worrying about scale, but noting the location of special features mentioned above.
- 3
  Measure the room so you can make your sketch to scale. Make notes of these measurements on your rough sketch.
- 4
  Draw your final sketch on graph paper. Use a protractor to make sure any angles are at the proper degree, and a ruler to keep your lines straight.
- 5
  Create a legend showing how many squares in the grid equal a foot or inch in your sketch.

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