How Many Square Feet Is an 8x8 Room?
Total area
64 sq ft
Eight feet by eight feet.
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
- Width8 ft
- How many rooms or areas this size1
- Extra area to add0 sq ft
Total area64 sq ft
| One area | 64 sq ft |
|---|---|
| Times 1, plus extra | 64 sq ft |
| Square yards | 7.11 |
| Square meters | 5.95 |
| Perimeter of one area | 32 ft |
What else matters here
Sixty four square feet. That is a walk in closet, a small home office, a nursery or a mud room, and in most of the country it is not a bedroom.
The reason is a code minimum. The International Residential Code requires a habitable room to be at least 70 square feet with no horizontal dimension under 7 feet, so 64 falls six feet short. A room advertised as a bedroom also needs a closet in many markets and, more importantly, an egress window or door, which is the requirement that actually gets enforced at sale.
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 8x8 room?
64 square feet, which is 7.11 square yards and 5.95 square meters.
Can an 8x8 room be a bedroom?
Usually not. The residential code sets 70 square feet as the minimum for a habitable room, so 64 is under it, and a legal bedroom also needs egress.
What is an 8x8 room good for?
A home office, a nursery, a walk in closet, a mud room or a small den. All of those are fine at 64 square feet.
The square footage calculator takes any dimensions you like and hands back the same list.