If you are looking to determine the area of a floor that you’d like to cover:

1. Measure the width and length of the room at its widest point.
2. Multiply these two values to obtain the floor area.
3. Buy this amount of flooring materials.
4. If you’d like to buy additional material to account for waste, purchase an additional 5%-10% of the total area.

To calculate the square feet for flooring, you’ll need to take some measurements. To simplify the process, consider that the room is rectangular, even if it's not, and take the following measurements at the widest points:

1. Measure the width of the room in feet.
2. Similarly, measure the room’s length in feet.
3. Multiply these two dimensions to obtain the total square foot flooring:
   square foot flooring = width × length
4. That’s it!