Plan a barbershop, salon, nail salon, day spa or tattoo studio

Step by step

1. 1

   Open the Salon & Spa templates

   On Home, tap Use Template, then the Salon & Spa · 4 chip (or search barbershop, nail salon, spa or tattoo):

   Template	Size	What's in it
   Barbershop	30′ × 24′	Four barber stations with wall mirrors, barber chairs, tool trolleys and sterilizers, two shampoo backwash units, a reception desk facing the storefront, waiting seating, a retail shelf, a restroom
   Nail Salon	32′ × 24′	Five pedicure spa chairs with technician stools, six manicure tables with nail lamps, a nail polish wall, a retail shelf, reception and waiting, a restroom
   Day Spa	40′ × 32′	Two massage rooms with hot-stone heaters, a facial room, a couples massage room, a changing room with lockers, a restroom, a reception and relaxation lounge
   Tattoo Studio	30′ × 24′	Three artist stations with multi-position tattoo chairs, workstation carts and saddle stools, a sink counter with an autoclave, reception, a waiting sofa, a restroom

   The Hair Salon & Barbershop (25′ × 40′, in Commercial) has six mirrored styling stations, two shampoo units, a colour and back room with towel laundry, and reception. Tap a card, name your design and tap Use this template.

   

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   Barbershop: four stations at 5 ft 6 in centres

   The Barbershop lines four Styling Station (Wall Mirror) units (3′ wide) along the back wall at 66 in (5′6″) centre to centre, with a Barber Chair (2′3″ × 3′5″) in front of each and a Salon Trolley between them. Two Shampoo Backwash Units sit on the side wall, the Reception Desk faces the storefront, and waiting seats line the front and side walls. There's about 7′8″ of open floor between the front of the barber chairs and the reception desk, so clients walk in without brushing past a working barber. To add a fifth chair, drag the stations closer or shorten the waiting bench; to go to six, the Hair Salon & Barbershop in Commercial is the better start.

   

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   Find the pieces in Furnish → Salon & Spa

   Scroll the Furnish room tabs to Salon & Spa. The Salon & Spa group has, in order: Barber Chair, Styling Chair, Styling Station (Wall Mirror), Styling Island (Double-Sided) (5′ × 2′6″), Shampoo Backwash Unit, Hood Dryer Chair, Salon Trolley, Retail Display Shelf, UV Tool Sterilizer, Manicure Table, Pedicure Spa Chair, Technician Stool (Low), Nail Polish Wall Rack, Nail Lamp, Massage Table, Facial Bed (Adjustable), Saddle Stool, Facial Steamer, Magnifying Lamp, Hot Towel Cabinet, Hot Stone Heater, Tattoo Chair (Multi-Position), Tattoo Workstation Cart and Arm Rest. The Reception Desk follows under Hotel & Hospitality. Small pieces (a nail lamp, sterilizer or hot towel cabinet) sit right on a styling station, manicure table or reception desk when you drop them there. Tap any piece to type its real width, depth and height.

   

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   See it in 3D: the mirrors reflect the room

   Open the 3D view and tick Dollhouse. The wall-mirror stations, styling islands and their mirrors reflect the room like every other mirror in the app, so you can see what a client in the chair sees: the shop behind them, the window, the waiting area. It's also the quickest check that the shampoo chairs don't crowd the window wall and that the reception desk doesn't hide the retail shelf.

   

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   Nail salon: pedicure row and manicure tables

   The Nail Salon puts five Pedicure Spa Chairs (2′8″ × 5′) along the back wall at 38 in centres, so their arms nearly touch, with a low technician stool in front of each. Below them, six Manicure Tables (3′6″ × 1′6″) stand in two rows of three, about 6′8″ apart side to side and 5′10″ front to back, each with a nail lamp, a technician stool and a client chair. The polish wall and retail shelf are on the side walls, reception by the door. The gap that matters is the aisle between the pedicure technicians' stools and the first row of manicure clients: keep at least 36 in there so clients can reach the thrones without squeezing past a technician.

   

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   Day spa: treatment rooms with room to walk around the table

   The Day Spa has four treatment rooms of about 9′6″ × 12′6″ across the back: two massage rooms with a Massage Table (2′6″ × 6′1″), saddle stool and hot-stone heater; a facial room with a Facial Bed (Adjustable), facial steamer and magnifying lamp; and a couples room with two tables. In the single rooms the table sits in the middle with roughly 3 to 4 ft on every side, because the therapist works from both sides and both ends. Below them: a restroom, a changing room with lockers, and the reception and relaxation lounge with chaise lounges. A common industry guideline is a massage room of at least 10 × 10 ft; the template rooms are a bit narrower but longer, about 119 sq ft.

   

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   Tattoo studio: stations and sink access

   The Tattoo Studio has three artist stations about 8 to 9 ft apart (centre to centre), each with a Tattoo Chair (Multi-Position), a Tattoo Workstation Cart and a saddle stool; two stations also have an Arm Rest (Adjustable Stand). A sink counter with a benchtop autoclave for sterilising sits on the back wall, reception and a waiting sofa by the door, and a restroom in the corner. The stations stand in one open room with no partitions. Health rules for tattoo shops are set by states and counties, and some require more: Kentucky, for example, asks for at least 60 sq ft per workstation, permanent walls at least 4 ft high between workstations and a hands-free sink for each artist. If yours does, add interior walls between the stations (see Drawing interior walls) and check each station's area.

   

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   Check the tattoo studio in 3D

   In 3D the stations read as working areas: the chairs reclined, carts and stools beside them, the floor lamp at the middle station. Look at the walk from each chair to the sink counter, which is the route artists take between clients, and whether the reception desk gives waiting clients a direct view into the stations (many studios prefer it doesn't).

   

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