20 illustrated rules The Decorator's Cheat Sheets
The 20 measurements designers memorize. Yours for the price of one wrong nail hole.
How high to hang art, how big the rug should be, where curtains actually go. Twenty one-page illustrated answers in inches and centimeters.
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Sound familiar?
- You hang art, step back, and take it down again. Twice.
- You are mid-store googling 'what size rug for living room' right now
- Every room has one thing that feels off and you cannot name it
The room is not wrong. A few measurements are.
Meet The Decorator's Cheat Sheets
Everything you need to make it come together
Decorators do not guess. Art centers at 57 inches. Living room rugs catch the front legs. Curtains hang high and wide. Twenty questions like these decide whether a room feels right, and the answers fit on one page each. Every sheet gives you the rule in one sentence, the exact numbers in inches and centimeters, and a diagram you can read at a glance. Pin up the sheet you need, do the thing, done. It is the cheapest decorating insurance you will ever buy.
Walls and art
The 57-inch rule, the two-thirds sofa rule, gallery spacing, headboard art and entry mirrors.
Rugs and furniture
Rug sizes for living, dining and bedrooms, coffee table clearances, console proportions and walkway widths.
Windows, lighting and screens
Curtain height and width, pendant and chandelier drops, TV height and viewing distance, lamp heights by use.
Bath and detail heights
Towel bars, vanity mirrors, sconces and the small measurements that quietly make a home feel finished.
This is what's actually inside
Real pages from the files you'll download, not marketing mockups.
The specifics
- 20 rules of thumb, one illustrated page each
- Exact measurements in inches and centimeters
- Covers walls, rugs, curtains, lighting, furniture and bath
- Clear diagrams readable at a glance
- Print only the sheet you need for today's job
- US Letter and A4 versions included
- File format
- PDF (US Letter + A4), delivered as a ZIP
- License
- Personal use only. See our Terms.
This is for you if
- You want quick answers, not an interior design course
- You are furnishing a place and keep second-guessing sizes
- You give decorating advice to everyone you know and want the numbers handy
Probably not for you if
- You want a full decorating course rather than fast answers
- Your project is renovation, not arrangement
Good questions
Where do these numbers come from?
They are the standard rules of thumb used across the interior design industry, the same starting points professional decorators apply before adjusting to a specific room.
Are the measurements metric too?
Yes. Every key number appears in both inches and centimeters on the same sheet.
Do rules like these really matter?
They are why professionally styled rooms feel calm. Rooms rarely fail on taste; they fail on a rug 2 feet too small or art 10 inches too high. These sheets fix exactly that.
Is this a physical product?
No, nothing ships. Your files arrive by email within minutes of purchase, and you can view them on any phone, tablet or computer, then print whatever you want to hold in your hands.
What if it's not for me?
Then it costs you nothing. Email [email protected] within 14 days of purchase and we fix the problem or refund you in full. No forms, no interrogation. Details in our Refund Policy.
Cheaper than the wall filler for one row of wrong nail holes.
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