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How Many Square Feet Is an 8x10 Room?

Total area

80 sq ft

Eight feet by ten feet.

length x widthextralength, ftwidtharea x how many, plus anything odd shaped, in feet, yards and meters
Every material calculator on the site starts here, which is why this one also gives square yards and square meters. Odd shapes get broken into rectangles and added on, because a rectangle is the only shape a tape measure is honest about.

How that number is worked out

These are the figures this page was built with and every line the calculator produces from them. Change anything above and all of it moves.

  • Length8 ft
  • Width10 ft
  • How many rooms or areas this size1
  • Extra area to add0 sq ft

Total area80 sq ft

One area80 sq ft
Times 1, plus extra80 sq ft
Square yards8.89
Square meters7.43
Perimeter of one area36 ft

What else matters here

Eighty square feet, and it is one of the most searched sizes on the internet because it is the second most common self storage unit in the country.

As a storage unit, 80 square feet with an eight foot ceiling holds roughly the contents of a one bedroom apartment: a bed, a sofa, a dresser, boxes and a few appliances, if it is packed to the ceiling rather than walked through. As a room, it clears the 70 square foot habitable minimum and works as a small bedroom, a home office or a sewing room.

What this calculator assumes

  • Length times width, times how many areas are that size. For an L shaped room, split it into two rectangles and run this twice.
  • Square yards are square feet divided by nine, which is how carpet is still quoted in much of the country.

Questions people ask

How many square feet is an 8x10 room?

80 square feet, which is 8.89 square yards and 7.43 square meters.

What fits in an 8x10 storage unit?

Roughly a one bedroom apartment packed to the ceiling: a bed, a sofa, a dresser, a few appliances and boxes. Less if you need to walk into it.

Is 8x10 big enough for a bedroom?

Yes. It clears the 70 square foot code minimum for a habitable room, though a queen bed leaves little room around it.

Different numbers?

The square footage calculator takes any dimensions you like and hands back the same list.

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