Plan your room makeover in a weekend, with a four-week plan to finish it
A complete planning kit for one room, any budget, metric or imperial: from the first measurement to the after photo, with every calculator, worksheet, message and letter you need along the way.
- A 12-sheet Room Makeover Planner workbook: paint and wallpaper calculator, furniture fit and door checker, rug and curtain sizer, options scorer, budget, shopping list and dashboard
- 5 fillable PDF worksheets: room brief, measure and plan, style discovery, lighting plan, finishing and snagging
- 31 ready-to-adapt messages, 4 ready-to-send letters including a landlord permission request, and a household makeover agreement
- Scale grid and furniture cut-outs, 3 cheat sheets, 27 AI prompts and a 4-week calendar plan
The Room Makeover Planner · Bodhih Pro Kits · 120 by Bodhih Training, trainers to 2,000+ companies since 2008.
How do I plan a room makeover step by step?
Start with how the room is used, then measure it properly, find your style, test colours in your own light, plan light layers and the layout, set a budget by category, shop from a list and follow a set order of works. The Room Makeover Planner from Bodhih Training gives you a workbook, worksheets and a four-week calendar for each step.
Want the full free guide first? Read How to Plan a Room Makeover Step by Step, on Any Budget.
You already feel the problem. Here is what it is costing you.
The room is half done and stuck
The new sofa is in, the old one is in the hall and the paint testers are still on the wall. A makeover without an order of works tends to stall in the middle, when the room is worse than when you started.
Things do not fit
A desk that blocks a radiator, a sofa that will not pass the door, a rug that floats. Most of these mistakes come from measuring roughly or not at all, and each return costs money and a weekend.
The budget disappears into the first few purchases
Spending in the order things catch your eye leaves nothing for lighting, storage or the delivery charge. A plan by category, with a contingency, keeps the room in balance.
You rent, so you think you cannot change anything
Many tenancy agreements say ask, not no. Without the right words and a clear plan, it is easy to never ask, or to ask in a way that is easy to refuse.
Picture the next few weeks with the kit open beside you.
Imagine Sunday evening at the end of your plan weekend. The room brief is written. The measurements are in the workbook, and the Furniture Fit sheet has already told you which sofa will pass through the door. As you open the Sequence sheet, you can see every step for the next four weeks, each with a date and the file to open.
On Wednesday of week one you put two large colour samples on the wall and photograph them morning and evening. You send the landlord letter, or the trade quote request, with the brief attached. When the replies come back, you already know what you are comparing, because every quote answers the same questions.
By week three the dusty work is behind you. The paint is dry, the curtain pole is up, the rug is down and the tall bookcase is anchored to the wall. You check the dashboard on Sunday and see exactly what is committed, what is left and which returns are due.
Then comes the part people remember. Lamps on, cushions in, one large print above the sofa. You take the after photo from the same spot as the before photo. Whether you start with the brief tonight or with the tape measure tomorrow morning, the kit keeps the order so you can enjoy the room.
19 files that do the work for you
The e-book shows you how. The tools make it happen. Here is exactly what you download.
The Room Makeover Planner (e-book, PDF)
The guide: methods, worked examples, scripts and exercises
Start here: room makeover map
The whole makeover as a flow with the file to open at each step, your first hour, and the plan weekend plus four-week use plan.
Room Makeover Planner workbook
Twelve-sheet workbook: settings in metric or imperial and any currency, measurements, paint and wallpaper calculator, furniture fit and door checker, rug and curtain sizer, options scorer, budget, shopping list, DIY or hire with safety flags, four-week sequence and dashboard.
Room purpose and brief
Three pages: users, verbs, keepers and annoyances, then a one-page brief you can share with your household or a tradesperson.
Measure and plan (grid page)
Measuring order, a sketch page, a measurement record, the way-in check and a planning grid for testing layouts.
Style discovery worksheet
The love, like and no sort, a repeats tally, your style in your own words, the life test and your 60-30-10 colour plan.
Lighting plan
Time-of-day walk, a layer-by-layer light schedule, colour temperature choice and a power and safety check.
Finishing and snagging checklist
Styling in three passes, the snagging walk-round, the photo shot list and the records to keep.
Makeover messages library
31 ready-to-adapt messages for second-hand sellers and buyers, shops and deliveries, trades, landlords, building managers, neighbours and the household.
Ready-to-send letters
Four letters ready to fill and send: landlord permission request with a schedule of changes, trade quote request with brief, complaint about damaged or late goods, and notice of works to neighbours.
Household makeover agreement
A one-page agreement for couples, families and housemates: budget limits, who decides what, working hours, children's choices and how to settle disagreements.
Worked example pack: Chloe and Sam's living room
The main forms completely filled in for one composite case, a rented living room and work corner in Melbourne, so you can see what good looks like.
AI prompt pack for room makeovers
27 tool-agnostic prompts grouped by step of the makeover, each with what to paste in and what to check before you use the output.
Layout, colour and lighting rules
Clearances, rug, curtain and art sizes in metric and imperial, the 60-30-10 idea, light layers and colour temperature on two pages.
Decision card: keep, change, replace
If-then rules for keep, change or replace; DIY or hire; new, second-hand or upcycle; and when to speak up.
Makeover mistakes to avoid
Twenty common makeover mistakes with what to do instead, plus five habits that prevent most of them.
Furniture cut-outs and grid paper (to scale)
Four printable pages: metric grid at 1:50 and imperial grid at a quarter inch to one foot, each with matching furniture cut-outs and a ruler test bar. Print at 100%.
Four-week makeover calendar
39 calendar events for the plan weekend and four weeks, each naming the file to open, plus a Sunday check each week. Import into a new calendar and move to your dates.
Makeover task board import
35 makeover steps as a CSV ready to import into Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira, with week, file to open, who and due date.
Chapter by chapter
Each chapter opens with a real situation, gives you a method and ends with something to do today, using the tools in your kit.
- Format
- PDF e-book + XLSX + fillable PDF + DOCX + printable PDF + ICS + CSV
- Files
- 19 files plus a one-click ZIP
- E-book
- 60 pages
- Works with
- Excel, Google Sheets, LibreOffice, Word, Google Docs, Acrobat Reader, GoodNotes, Google Calendar, Outlook, Apple Calendar, Trello, Asana, Notion
- Units and currency
- Metric or imperial; any currency label
- Best for
- One-room makeovers: living rooms, bedrooms, kids' rooms, home offices, small kitchen refreshes, rentals
Start With How the Room Is Used
Write a room brief from how the room is really used: users, verbs, keepers, annoyances and a one-sentence purpose.
Measure Once, Draw It to Scale
Measure in a fixed order, including the way in, and draw the room to scale in metric or imperial.
Find Your Style Without Copying Anyone
Find your style with a fast love, like, no sort, name it in your own words and test it against your life.
Colour That Works in Your Light
Choose colours that work in your light with large samples, the 60-30-10 split and a paint calculator.
Light in Layers
Plan ambient, task, accent and daylight layers, choose colour temperature, and know where DIY ends.
Layout, Walkways and Storage
Plan routes and the focal point first, check clearances and fit, and store things where they are used.
Textiles, Rugs, Art and the Things You Love
Size rugs, curtains and art properly and display the personal things that make a room yours.
Budget Tiers, Shopping and Second-Hand Finds
Pick a budget tier, keep a contingency, shop from a list, buy second-hand well and score close choices.
Rentals, Kids' Rooms, Small Spaces and Home Offices
Ask landlords well, plan kids' rooms that grow, and make small rooms and work corners work harder.
DIY or Hire, and the Four-Week Sequence
Draw the DIY safety line, hire well, follow the four-week sequence, then style the room and take the photo.
Not just reading. Tools you will actually open again.
E-book
- The Room Makeover Planner e-book: 10 chapters, conclusion and two appendices (room-by-room quick briefs and dated country notes on safety, rentals and permissions)
Start here
- 00-Start-Here-Room-Makeover-Map.pdf: the whole makeover as a flow, the file for each step, your first hour and the four-week use plan
Spreadsheet
- Room Makeover Planner workbook (12 sheets): Start here, Settings (metric or imperial, any currency), Measurements, Walls and Paint, Furniture Fit, Rug and Curtain Sizer, Options Scorer, Budget, Shopping List, DIY or Hire, Sequence and Dashboard with chart
Fillable PDF worksheets
- Room purpose and brief
- Measure and plan (grid page)
- Style discovery worksheet
- Lighting plan
- Finishing and snagging checklist
Word templates
- Makeover messages library: 31 messages for sellers, shops, trades, landlords, neighbours and the household
- Ready-to-send letters: landlord permission request with schedule, trade quote request with brief, complaint about damaged or late goods, notice of works
- Household makeover agreement: one page for couples, families and housemates
- Worked example pack: Chloe and Sam's rented living room, every main form filled in
- AI prompt pack: 27 tool-agnostic prompts with what to paste in and what to check
Cheat sheets
- Layout, colour and lighting rules (metric and imperial)
- Decision card: keep, change, replace, plus DIY or hire
- Makeover mistakes to avoid: twenty mistakes and five habits
Printables
- Furniture cut-outs and grid paper: 4 pages, metric 1:50 and imperial 1/4 in = 1 ft, with ruler test bars
Calendar and import
- 4-week makeover calendar: 39 events for Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar
- Task board CSV: 35 steps for Trello, Asana, Notion, Planner or Jira
When you have worked through it, you will be able to…
Every outcome is practised with a worked example and a tool, not just described.
- You will be able to write a one-page room brief that settles later decisions
- You will be able to measure a room and the way in, and draw it to scale in metric or imperial
- You will be able to name your style in your own words and test it against how you live
- You will be able to choose colours with large samples and calculate the paint you need
- You will be able to plan light in layers and know which jobs need a qualified electrician
- You will be able to check furniture fit, clearances and doorways before you buy
- You will be able to run a budget by category with a contingency and a live shopping list
- You will be able to ask a landlord or a tradesperson for what you need, in writing
Know your starting point. Prove your progress.
People who measure before and after improve faster and can show it. AssessAll, our sister assessment platform, has AI-graded assessments that pair with this kit. Take one now, work through the kit, then re-take it.
Budget & Resource Allocation Reasoning
Take the assessment →AssessAll assessmentEstimation & Number Sense
Take the assessment →AssessAll assessmentPlan Strength Assessment with an Eight-Week Re-Measure
Take the assessment →JobularyIf-then plans that make habits stick (Jobulary)
Make it a growth plan →A taste of Chapter 4
A paint chip is a promise made under shop lighting. Your walls answer to your window direction, your trees, your bulbs and the size of the room. Colour is the cheapest big change in a makeover and also the easiest to get wrong, so it deserves a short process. A useful idea used widely in interior design is the 60-30-10 split: roughly 60% of the room in a main colour, 30% in a secondary colour, and 10% in an accent. It is a starting point, not a law. Its value is that it stops a room from being one flat colour or a crowd of competing ones. In most rooms the 60% is walls and large floor areas, the 30% is the big furniture and textiles, and the 10% is cushions, art, a lamp, a single chair.
The honest comparison
| Free templates and typical advice | This kit | |
|---|---|---|
| Method | A blank checklist or a mood board | A ten-step method from brief to after photo, with a worked example |
| Measurements | Measure the room | A fixed order, the way-in check, scale grid and cut-outs, metric and imperial |
| Calculators | None, or a paint calculator for one country | Paint, wallpaper, furniture fit, door check, rug, curtain, lumens and art width in any units |
| Budget | A list of prices | Tiers, categories, contingency, committed against planned, return-date countdown |
| Safety | Rarely mentioned | Flags electrical, gas, structural, roofing and asbestos tasks as qualified professional only |
| Words to say | None | 31 messages, 4 letters and a household agreement |
Made for you if…
- Renters who want a room that feels like theirs, done with the landlord's written consent
- First-time buyers making over one room at a time on a careful budget
- Parents planning a child's room that grows with them
- Anyone carving a home office or work corner out of a living room or bedroom
- People who have started makeovers before and stalled in week three
- Readers in any country, working in centimetres or inches and any currency
Probably not for you if…
- Whole-house renovations, extensions or structural projects: see the Bodhih renovation and self-build kits
- Anyone looking for a designer to choose everything for them
Built by trainers, tested in real rooms.
Bodhih Training has designed and delivered corporate programmes since 2008. Bodhih Pro Kits package what works in those workshops into a guide plus the exact tools we use, so you can apply it the same day without a facilitator in the room.
From here to using it in three steps
- STEP 1
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- STEP 2
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Your download page opens at once, with every file and a one-click ZIP. A permanent link lands in your inbox too.
- STEP 3
Open the first tool
Start with the quick-start chapter, then the main spreadsheet or planner. Most buyers use something from the kit the same day.
Your room, planned this weekend
Open the Start-here map, type your units and budget into Settings and fill in the first page of the brief. Whether you begin with the tape measure tonight or the room diary tomorrow, the next four weeks are already laid out for you.
Personal licence for the buyer's own use (and use with your own team or clients where the kit says so). Please don't share or resell the files. Team and company licences: solutions@bodhih.com.
The Bodhih family, when you are ready for more
The Home Ops Manual
Running the home once you are in.
The Household Money Hub
The household budget system.
AssessAll
250+ AI-graded assessments to measure skills and earn verified credentials.
Jobulary
Individual development plans that start from evidence and stay yours.
Bodhih Training
Run this topic as a live workshop for your team, in person or online.
Pewple
Book a vetted coach for career, leadership or communication. Pay per session.
Bodhih.org pathways
Certification pathways in Applied AI, Workplace English and management.
The Room Makeover Planner: FAQs
Read the free guideAlready bought? Resend my linkHow long does a room makeover take?
With this method, planning takes a weekend and the work takes about four weeks for one room, depending on delivery times and trades. The calendar and Sequence sheet give each step a date from your start date, and you can move them to fit your life.
How do I measure a room for furniture?
Measure each wall at floor level, both diagonals, the ceiling height, every door, window, radiator and socket from the nearest corner, and the narrowest point on the way in. The Measure and Plan worksheet sets the order, and the workbook checks each piece against your space and door.
What is the 60-30-10 colour rule?
It is a widely used design starting point: about 60% of a room in a main colour, 30% in a secondary colour and 10% in an accent. The kit shows how to apply it in your own light with large samples tested for a week.
Does it work in metric and imperial, and in my currency?
Yes. Type Metric or Imperial and your currency label on the Settings sheet. Every calculator follows those cells, and the printable grids come in both scales.
I rent. Is this kit useful for me?
Yes. Chapter 9 and the worked example cover rental-friendly makeovers, and the Ready-to-Send Letters include a landlord permission request with a schedule of changes and what you will restore. Always read your tenancy agreement and keep the written reply.
Can I do the electrics myself?
The kit treats it as a job for professionals. Electrical work on fixed wiring, gas, structural, roofing and asbestos work should be done by qualified, registered or licensed professionals as your local rules require. The DIY or Hire sheet flags these tasks automatically, and the dated country notes point to the official sources.
Is this professional design, building or legal advice?
No. The kit is educational and teaches a planning method. Rules on permits, tenancies and building work differ by country and region, so check the official source, your agreement and a qualified electrician, surveyor, structural engineer, architect, lawyer or solicitor where relevant.
Which apps do I need?
Excel, Google Sheets or LibreOffice for the workbook; any PDF reader that fills forms, such as Acrobat Reader; Word or Google Docs for the templates; and any calendar app for the ICS file. The cut-outs print on A4 or US Letter at 100%.
How can I measure my starting point before I plan?
If you want to see how you handle budgets and estimates before you start, the AssessAll assessments Budget and Resource Allocation Reasoning, Estimation and Number Sense, and the Plan Strength Assessment with an Eight-Week Re-Measure give you a baseline. They are optional and sold separately.
How do I turn the makeover habit into a development plan?
Finishing a room is a planning skill you can reuse. Jobulary's guide to if-then plans shows how to turn an intention into a specific trigger and action, which pairs well with the Sequence sheet and calendar.
How much does The Room Makeover Planner cost?
₹599 including 18% GST for buyers in India, or $17 for buyers outside India. One-time payment, no subscription, with an automatic invoice.
How do I get the files after paying?
Instantly. Your download page opens the moment payment succeeds, and a permanent download link is emailed to you. Download each file separately or everything in one ZIP.
What software do I need?
Any of the usual tools: Excel or Google Sheets for spreadsheets, Word or Google Docs for templates, Adobe Acrobat Reader, Preview, Xodo or GoodNotes for the fillable PDFs, and Google, Outlook or Apple Calendar for the calendar plan.
Can I get a refund?
Because it is a digital download, kits are not refundable once downloaded. We always refund a duplicate charge or a failed delivery, and if a file is corrupted and we cannot fix it within 3 working days. Full terms: bodhih.org/refunds.
Can my company buy this for a team?
Yes. Team and company licences, and workshops on this topic run by Bodhih Training, are available. Write to solutions@bodhih.com or call +91 99000 11601.
