A 10x12 is 120" one way and 144" the other. That's 20 sq ft more than a 10x10, and all of it is length: you get a whole extra 2-foot strip of floor at one end. Measure your own room wall to wall at floor height. Baseboards, radiators and closet trim often take a couple of inches.
Crib and dresser facing each other across the 10-ft width: 120" − 30" crib − 20" dresser = 70" of floor (we drew 68" after leaving a little space at each wall). You need 36" to open drawers and stand, so about 32" is left over, a comfortable walkway. That's the same math as a 10x10. The difference is what you do with the extra 24" of length.
This is the classic layout with breathing room. The dresser doubles as the changing table, so you don't need a separate one. A 4-ft play mat fits in the middle without blocking the drawers, the door or the glider's footrest, and there's still about 30" of floor around it.
The glider sits in the corner away from the door, with a short bookcase between it and the crib. The door is near the bottom-right corner and swings into open floor. If your door is on the dresser wall, slide the dresser toward the window end or swap the dresser and the glider.
A 10x12 is one of the smallest rooms where a twin bed fits next to a full nursery setup without a squeeze. A daybed is a good choice for night feeds, a grandparent's visit, or later when the baby moves to a big-kid bed. It takes about 22.5 sq ft, about the same as a glider plus its recline space and a play mat together, so in this plan the bed replaces the glider.
Check your door first. The bed needs about 80" of an uninterrupted wall. Here the door is near the right corner of the bottom wall, which leaves exactly enough. If the door is centered, put the bed along the dresser wall instead and move the dresser to the wall below the crib.
Type in your room's real size, mark the door and window, and drag in the crib and dresser you're considering.
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| Door centered on a short wall | The door swing splits that wall. Put the crib on a long wall and keep the short walls for the dresser and the glider. |
| A closet with swing or bifold doors | Keep the closet door's swing clear (bifold panels stick out about 12–18"). A reach-in closet can hold a 3-drawer dresser, which frees a wall for a daybed or bookcase. |
| Windows on two walls (corner room) | Put the crib on a remaining solid wall. The glider is the natural thing to put by a window. |
| An 8-drawer dresser (63" or wider) | Still fits on the 120" wall, with about 4–5 feet of wall to spare. See IKEA Hemnes 8-drawer in a nursery. |
| Twins | Two full-size cribs fit on opposite long walls with about 60" between them, plus a dresser on a short wall. See twin nursery layouts. |
| A toddler sharing the room | Swap the daybed in Plan B for a toddler bed or twin bed. See baby and toddler sharing a room. |
A 10x12 takes an 8x10 rug (or a 6x9 if you want more bare floor at the edges), laid so the crib's legs are either all on it or all off it. More in our nursery rug size guide.
A bit bigger? See the 12x12 nursery layout. Square room about the same size? See the 11x11 nursery layout. A bit smaller? See the 10x11 nursery layout, will a crib fit in a 10x10, 9x10 crib and dresser layouts and the 9x9 nursery layout. Awkward door or window? See how to lay out a nursery around the door and window.
Does this room also need to work as a guest room? See nursery and guest room combo layouts (crib plus a daybed or queen bed).
Yes, it's roomy. 120 square feet fits a full-size crib, a 6-drawer dresser and a glider with about 68" between the crib and dresser, and still leaves room for a play mat or a twin daybed.
Yes. A twin daybed (about 41" × 79") fits along one 10-ft wall next to a crib and a 6-drawer dresser, as long as the door doesn't land in the middle of that wall.
On a solid wall with no window or door, usually a long wall, with the dresser on the wall facing it. Keep it away from blinds and cords.
An 8x10 rug fits a 10x12 with about a foot of floor on each side. A 6x9 works if you want more bare floor.