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How to furnish a studio apartment.

A studio is one room doing three jobs: sleeping, living and often working. The trick is to give each job its own zone, so the bed doesn’t take over the room.

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The same bedroom in Japandi style with an oak TONSTAD bed, bedside tables with white lamps, an oak sideboard and a high-pile rug
Bedroom as it is: a wooden bed with a beige duvet, a bedside table, a standing mirror and a desk in front of the curtain
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Japandi with IKEA: TONSTAD bed and bedside tables, STOCKHOLM 2025 sideboard and lamps, BANKKONTOR rug. Made by AI.

Make zones, not walls

Put the bed in the corner furthest from the front door, so it’s the last thing you see when you walk in. Then use furniture to mark the zones:

  • An open bookcase between bed and sofa: it divides the room without blocking light.
  • A rug under the sofa and coffee table makes a living room, even without walls.
  • A pendant lamp over the table marks the dining or work corner.
  • The back of a sofa can face the bed, like a low wall.

Pick the bed first

The bed is the biggest thing you own, so choose it before anything else and plan around it. In most studios a 140 cm wide bed (a European double) is the comfortable maximum; a 160 cm bed needs a room of roughly 20 m² or more to still feel open.

If floor space is really tight, look at a daybed or a sofa bed you can fold away during the day.

Keep it light and low

Low furniture with legs lets you see the floor underneath, which makes a room feel bigger. Keep tall pieces on one wall, ideally the one with the door, and keep the window wall low and free.

Try a layout in a photo

Moving a bed twice is a weekend gone. Take a photo of your studio from the doorway, upload it to redsgn and say what you need. The AI chooses real pieces and shows them in your room at their real dimensions, so you can try a layout before anything is delivered.

Questions

What people ask.

Where should the bed go in a studio apartment?

Usually in the corner furthest from the entrance, ideally out of the direct line of the front door. A bookcase, a curtain or the back of the sofa can screen it from the living zone.

What size bed fits a studio?

A 140 cm wide double suits most studios. A 160 cm bed works in larger studios of roughly 20 m² or more. Leave about 60 cm on at least one side to get in and make the bed.

How do I divide a studio without walls?

Use furniture and light: an open bookcase, a rug for the living area, a pendant lamp over the table, or a sofa with its back to the bed.

See it in your own room.

Upload a photo, say what you need and your budget. The AI picks real IKEA and Sklum pieces and shows them in your room, using their real dimensions. Free, no account.

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