This website offers a great tutorial for figuring out exactly what numbers work best for you.
Floor layout excel.
The multiple to use for rounding is provided as the significance argument.
The excel floor function rounds a number down to a given multiple.
That makes it the easiest for planning out the space.
If the number is already an exact multiple no rounding occurs and the original number is returned.
Rather than spend money on a commercial tool for designing floor plans interior design or laying out your landscaping you can tweak microsoft excel to make an adequate replacement.
Edraw floor plan maker provides built in symbols and easy to customize templates that are tailored for professional floor plans.
It s presented as a game where you add furniture to the floor layout i see it as an invaluable floor layout template.
Designing a floor plan and presenting it in excel is super easy using edraw.
What you need to do is to drag and drop these symbols onto the canvas and then customize them to fit your purposes.
I like to create a grid of squares where each square represents one square foot.