It’s a fact. No matter how much planning you do on paper, something always seems to change when your actual furniture gets into your space. You over estimated the width of a wall between two doorways, so now, that rad console-the one that was gonna look so good there- has to live somewhere else. Or you guessed incorrectly, and that bay window is made up of 38 degree angles- not 45, because that would make your life too easy.

That’s why I think this product my friend just turned me on to is so genius. It’s called Lay It Out , and they’re life-size furniture templates. Just pieces of paper really, but in the size and shape of sofas, rugs, chairs, tables, beds… you get the gist.

I think this is a great idea if you’re moving into a new home and have limited access or time to properly document measurements and draw the whole shebang out. So, whether it’s on your one walk through, or the morning of your actual move in, you can move furniture around to see where it should live without ACTUALLY moving furniture around. And you can do all of this before the moving truck arrives, so that the movers don’t talk about you behind your back after they move your sofa for the third time…

You can buy different packages like living room, dining room bedroom, or go for the whole kit and caboodle with the Total Home Package. Package rates vary from $19.99 to $99.99. Y’all are gonna thank me for this one : )