Will it fit? Check your wall in thirty seconds

This is the first thing we check on every design visit, so check it first yourself. Three measurements, one tap, and you know whether a queen fits your wall or whether a horizontal bed is the answer.

Before you measure

• Use a tape, not a guess. Ceilings are the number people get wrong most.
• Measure at the wall, at both ends of where the cabinet would sit and in the middle. Use the smallest.
• Note anything in the wall: outlets, switches, vents, a thermostat. Outlets and switches can be moved; vents and plumbing decide where a bed cannot go.
• Check the swing: doors, closet doors and ceiling fans in the path of the bed coming down.

What the checker knows

It uses the same cabinet footprints as the sizes page: vertical and horizontal cabinets for twin, full, queen and king, plus the extra depth a desk or a sofa adds and the extra width side cabinets add. It leaves two inches of ceiling for standing the cabinet up during install. For the golf simulator it uses the swing-height numbers on the fold-away golf simulator page.

If it says no, it tells you which number is short and by how much, and what usually rescues the wall. If it says yes but tight, we confirm on the visit before anything is built.

After it says yes

Run the cost estimator for a market range, then send the three numbers and a phone photo of the wall in the form below. We reply the same business day.