Design a sunroom corner — the nap-in-the-sun spot
The sunroom corner has one job: catch the light and hold you in it. A chaise lounge angled toward the glass, a round rug under it, a round end table where your hand falls, greenery on both flanks, and a floor lamp so the spot still works after sunset. Six catalog pieces, an 8×9 corner — plan it in 2D, then check the light lines in 3D.
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Design a sunroom corner in 40 seconds
Every piece at its true size, clearances checked, then a walk around it in 3D. The list, sizes, and steps are below.
A sunroom fails when it's furnished like a second living room — sofa against the wall, everything facing everything. It succeeds when one piece is aimed at the light: a chaise you can stretch out on, angled toward the glass, with nothing between you and the window but a plant.
Six catalog pieces make the corner. Search the exact names in the Furnish panel, place them in your own room, and check in 3D that the chaise really faces the brightest wall before you move anything real.
Or let the app place it: tap the Auto-furnish wand in the toolbar, drag a box over the area you want to use, type Sunroom Corner in the search box and pick its card. Every piece lands against your walls, with a Fits or Tight badge for the space you drew — then edit anything. More in Auto-furnish.
What you'll need
- •Chaise Lounge (30″ × 60″) — the whole point
- •Round Rug 6ft (72″ across) — the sun patch, drawn on the floor
- •Round End Table (18″) — in reach, never in the way
- •Large Plant (48″ tall) + Small Plant — one on each flank
- •Floor Lamp (60″ tall) — so the corner survives sunset
- •An 8×9 ft corner with glass on one or two sides
Step by step
- 1
Draw the sun patch with the round rug
Search Round Rug 6ft and place it in the corner the light actually reaches — watch where the sun lands in the afternoon, not where the wall space is. The round shape reads as a pool of light on the floor, and rugs underlay, so everything else drops right on top.
The corner on the plan — a chaise on a round rug, table in reach, green on both sides. - 2
Angle the chaise into the light
Search Chaise Lounge (30″ × 60″) and set it on the rug with its foot toward the glass — you should be looking out, not at a wall. In a corner with two windows, split the difference and angle it between them. This is the nap-in-the-sun spot; everything else arranges itself around it.
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The round end table where your hand falls
Search Round End Table (18″) and place it at the head of the chaise, a couple of inches off the armrest side — close enough to set a glass down without sitting up. Round matters here: no corner to catch a hip on the way past.
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Green on both flanks
Search Large Plant and stand it on the window side of the chaise — it gets the best light in the room and frames the view without blocking it. Then search Small Plant and tuck it on the opposite flank, so the corner reads green from every angle. Plants are the sunroom's real furniture.
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A floor lamp for after sunset
Search Floor Lamp (60″ tall) and stand it behind the chaise's shoulder, on the room side. All day the corner runs on daylight — the lamp is what keeps it a reading and dozing spot once the glass goes dark, instead of the coldest, blackest corner in the house.
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Check the light lines in 3D
Switch to 3D and orbit the corner. Lie the camera down along the chaise: do you face the glass? Does the large plant frame the window instead of blocking it? Is the table one arm's length away? If any answer is no, nudge the piece on the plan and look again.
The corner in 3D — the chaise aimed at the light, everything else in orbit around it. - 7
Or let Auto-furnish place the Sunroom Corner for you
Everything above can also be done in one go. Open your plan, tap the Auto-furnish wand in the toolbar and drag a box over the spot, tracing the walls you want the pieces against — at least 8 × 9 ft for this layout. In the Ideas list, type Sunroom Corner in the search box and pick its card; if it isn't among the first six cards, tap Show more. A Fits badge means the layout fits the box you drew, Tight means it is up to about 12% too big and a piece may sit a little past an edge. The six pieces land against your walls, and Variation 1–5 offer other arrangements — mirrored, turned to another wall or corner, or with a piece swapped for a similar one; where it can, it skips arrangements that would land on furniture already in your plan. If the plan still looks empty after you pick the card, tap Variation 2 (or any other variation) and the pieces appear — a known glitch can leave the first variation undrawn. Tap View in 3D to check it, then Done: the whole placement is one undo step, and every piece stays editable. More in Auto-furnish.
Drawn over the top-left corner of a plain 12×12 ft room, the Sunroom Corner lands in a few taps — six pieces, a choice of variations, every piece still editable.
Tips
Aim the chaise, don't square it
Furniture set parallel to walls reads as a waiting room. A few degrees of angle toward the glass is what makes the corner feel deliberate — and in 2D you can rotate the chaise freely until the sightline lands on the brightest pane.
The plants take the best light, on purpose
The window-side flank is prime real estate — give it to the Large Plant, not a table. Plants placed where they actually thrive is the difference between a sunroom and a room with plants in it; the plant corner article takes this idea further.
No glass wall? Face the biggest window you have
This layout doesn't need a true sunroom. An 8×9 zone of a living room or bedroom with one good window works — the rule is only that the chaise's foot points at the light.
Common mistakes
The chaise against the window wall
Backing the chaise onto the glass means lying with the light behind you and a view of the room's interior. Put it across the corner, foot toward the window — the sun on your legs is the whole point.
Tall things between the chaise and the glass
Nothing taller than the armrest belongs on the sightline to the window. The Large Plant frames the view from the flank; a bookcase or screen in front of the glass turns the sunroom back into a hallway.
No light source for the evening
A sunroom with no lamp is abandoned at 6 p.m. The floor lamp behind the shoulder is what lets the corner keep working after dark — skip it and the most-loved seat in the house goes unused half the day.
Frequently asked questions
What furniture does a sunroom corner need?
Six catalog pieces: a Chaise Lounge, a Round Rug 6ft, a Round End Table, a Large Plant, a Small Plant, and a Floor Lamp. Search each name in the Furnish panel and place them in your own plan.
How much space does this layout need?
8×9 ft — the rug takes a 6 ft circle of it and the plants and lamp stand just off its edge. It fits a true sunroom, a conservatory, or the sunny corner of any larger room.
Can I swap the chaise for a different seat?
Yes — the layout logic survives the swap. Try the Reading Chair with a Storage Ottoman in front for a more upright corner (that's essentially the reading nook moved into the light), or a Recliner if leaning back matters more than stretching out. Keep the rule: the seat aims at the glass, the table stays one arm's length away.
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