How to Fit Flooring in a Bay Window

Create a Template

1). Lay your newspaper on the floor of your bay window alcove. Lay each piece of newspaper slightly overlapping the next, taping each seam. Continue this process until you have a large sheet that is big enough to fill the alcove floor with enough extra paper around the edges to fold up each wall.
2). Cut small triangular holes randomly in your template and tape each triangular opening so that the template will stick to the floor, holding it in place.
3). Firmly push the paper template edge against the base of each angled wall in the bay window alcove, using your straightedge. Mark the entire length of each wall on the paper with a pencil.
4). Remove the paper template and cut along the marked lines, leaving a full-size template of the bay window alcove floor.

1). Lay out your flooring on a flat surface outside the alcove without permanently fastening it in place--this is known as a dry fit. Make sure the dry-fit section will line up with your already laid section of flooring and is at least as large as your bay window alcove.
2). Place your paper template over the dry-fit flooring and tape it down through triangular holes to affix it in place.
3). Mark around the edges of the template onto your flooring.
4). Remove the template and trim each piece of marked flooring to the correct dimensions.
5). Transfer each piece of flooring from the dry-fit location into the bay window alcove. Check that all of the pieces fit correctly by dry fitting them once again on the floor of the bay window alcove. Make any necessary adjustments, and affix your fitted floor into the bay window alcove.