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DIGITAL DESIGN - MEASUREMENT GUIDE

A step-by-step guide to taking & submitting measurements

TAKING MEASUREMENTS

Having the right measurements is crucial in helping us create a space that is perfectly laid out with a functioning traffic flow. 


Tools Needed:

  • Paper (graph paper works best)
  • Pencil or pen
  • Tape measure


Follow the steps below to provide the needed measurements: 


FULL ROOM MEASUREMENTS (SEE EXAMPLE BELOW)

  • Draw an outline of your space indicating where the doors, windows, and other structures (e.g. fireplace, built-ins, columns, or furniture that cannot be moved) are located.
  • Measure the overall width and length of the space.
  • Measure each section of the wall to the nearest structure (window, door, etc.) or if there are no structures on that wall, measure to the end of the wall.


MEASUREMENT NOTES:

  • MOULDING - when measuring up to a structure with molding, measure up to the molding and then to the other side of the molding so you have a dimension from outside molding to outside molding.
  • DOORS - note the direction of the door swing.  Do they open out or into the room? Do they open to the right or left? 


ADDITIONAL FEATURES -

  • Please note any other features of the room that we should know about (e.g. a chandelier or ceiling fan that we need to center layout around, etc.). 
  • Are there columns in the room? 

Note any additional features on the drawing


Room Measurement Example

SUBMITTING MEASUREMENTS

Submitting your measurements is simple and should just take a few minutes.  Once you’ve uploaded all of your photos to your personal Dropbox folder, we’ll be able to access them.


  1. Take a photo of your measurements so you can upload them to your personal Dropbox folder.
  2. Check the Welcome email that you received to find the link to your personal Dropbox folder.
  3. Click on the link to take you directly to the folder. 
  4. Click the Join Folder button. 
  5. Sign in to Dropbox to access your personal project folder.
  • EXISTING DROPBOX USERS - log in to your existing account
  • NEW DROPBOX USERS - follow the prompts to create a new account

If Dropbox does not automatically take you to your personal project folder, it can always be found in SHARED.  


Upload the photo of your measurements:

  • COMPUTER - select the folder we shared with you and either DROP FILES or use the UPLOAD button to put your photos in the folder.
  • PHONE - you can easily upload photos directly from your photo library.