diff --git a/packages/editor/src/components/editor/floorplan-panel.tsx b/packages/editor/src/components/editor/floorplan-panel.tsx
index 70771733..8aa61671 100644
--- a/packages/editor/src/components/editor/floorplan-panel.tsx
+++ b/packages/editor/src/components/editor/floorplan-panel.tsx
@@ -8843,6 +8843,11 @@ export function FloorplanPanel() {
       })
   }, [movingFloorplanNodeRevision, spawns])
   const floorplanItemEntries = useMemo(() => {
+    // Item migrated to def.floorplan (Phase 5 Stage C). When registered,
+    // FloorplanRegistryLayer renders the item rectangle via the
+    // parent-chain transform walker; this legacy path short-circuits.
+    // Removed entirely in Phase 6 cleanup.
+    if (nodeRegistry.has('item')) return []
     const transformCache = new Map<string, SharedFloorplanNodeTransform | null>()
 
     return floorplanItems.flatMap((item) => {
diff --git a/packages/nodes/src/item/definition.ts b/packages/nodes/src/item/definition.ts
index 0f9217f7..291fc20f 100644
--- a/packages/nodes/src/item/definition.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes/src/item/definition.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import type { ItemNode as ItemNodeType, NodeDefinition } from '@pascal-app/core'
+import { buildItemFloorplan } from './floorplan'
 import { itemParametrics } from './parametrics'
 import { ItemNode } from './schema'
 
@@ -18,25 +19,17 @@ import { ItemNode } from './schema'
  *    placement. The smooth generic mover can't express that. Legacy
  *    mover keeps running via capability-driven dispatch.
  *  - `selectable`, `duplicable`, `deletable` standard.
- *  - Items have a catalog-defined `surface.height` (some items act as
- *    tables — they expose a surface other items stack on). For Stage A
- *    we don't surface this via `capabilities.surfaces.top` yet —
- *    legacy ItemSystem computes the stack y via spatial-grid lookups.
- *    Phase 5+ may surface it.
+ *
+ * Stages:
+ *  - A: registered.
+ *  - B: N/A — def.renderer escape hatch (GLB / useGLTF).
+ *  - C: `def.floorplan` resolves parent chain via `ctx.resolve`,
+ *    returns a rotated rectangle (width × depth). Mirrors the legacy
+ *    `getItemFloorplanTransform` math. Legacy `floorplanItemEntries`
+ *    short-circuits when item is registered.
  *
  * `toolHints`: matches the legacy ItemHelper UI (mouse / R / T / Shift /
- * Esc) — same panel the user sees during placement. Once item registers,
- * `HelperManager` consults `def.toolHints` and renders the
- * `RegisteredToolHelper` for placement (the legacy ItemHelper still
- * renders for movingNode state — that's a generic "you're moving
- * something" panel, not item-specific; Phase 5+ may deprecate it).
- *
- * Renderer + system: wrap-export of legacy ItemRenderer + bundle of
- * ItemSystem + ItemLightSystem.
- *
- * Tool field absent: catalog UI + item-tool placement flow stays on
- * editor state. Phase 5+ may port to `DragAction` once the registry's
- * catalog-aware affordances exist.
+ * Esc) — registry-driven placement panel.
  */
 export const itemDefinition: NodeDefinition<typeof ItemNode> = {
   kind: 'item',
@@ -86,6 +79,9 @@ export const itemDefinition: NodeDefinition<typeof ItemNode> = {
     // Same priority as the legacy ItemSystem.
     priority: 2,
   },
+  // Stage C: floor-plan polygon. ctx.resolve walks the parent chain
+  // (wall / nested item / level) to compute the world-space transform.
+  floorplan: buildItemFloorplan,
 
   toolHints: [
     { key: 'Left click', label: 'Place item' },
diff --git a/packages/nodes/src/item/floorplan.ts b/packages/nodes/src/item/floorplan.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1d9568b8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/nodes/src/item/floorplan.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+import {
+  type AnyNode,
+  type AnyNodeId,
+  type FloorplanGeometry,
+  type FloorplanPoint,
+  type GeometryContext,
+  getScaledDimensions,
+  type ItemNode,
+} from '@pascal-app/core'
+
+/**
+ * Stage C floor-plan builder for item.
+ *
+ * Items can be parented to a wall, ceiling, slab, or another item.
+ * Position is in the parent's local frame, so we walk the parent chain
+ * via `ctx.resolve` to compute the world-space (level-local) transform.
+ *
+ * Mirrors `getItemFloorplanTransform` from editor/lib/floorplan/items.ts
+ * but uses the registry's resolve callback instead of a node map. Logic
+ * is identical so visual output matches the legacy.
+ *
+ * Returns a rotated rectangle of width × depth at the resolved position.
+ * Phase 5 follow-up may render `asset.floorPlanUrl` as a custom image
+ * overlay when present.
+ */
+type Transform = { x: number; y: number; rotation: number }
+
+function rotateVec(x: number, y: number, angle: number): [number, number] {
+  const c = Math.cos(angle)
+  const s = Math.sin(angle)
+  return [x * c - y * s, x * s + y * c]
+}
+
+function resolveItemTransform(
+  item: ItemNode,
+  ctx: GeometryContext,
+  cache = new Map<AnyNodeId, Transform | null>(),
+): Transform | null {
+  const cached = cache.get(item.id as AnyNodeId)
+  if (cached !== undefined) return cached
+
+  const localRotation = item.rotation[1] ?? 0
+  let result: Transform | null = null
+
+  const parentNode: AnyNode | undefined = item.parentId
+    ? ctx.resolve(item.parentId as AnyNodeId)
+    : undefined
+
+  if (parentNode?.type === 'wall') {
+    // Wall-aligned: rotate item.position by wall's angle, anchor at wall.start.
+    const wall = parentNode as AnyNode & {
+      start: [number, number]
+      end: [number, number]
+      thickness?: number
+    }
+    const wallRotation = -Math.atan2(wall.end[1] - wall.start[1], wall.end[0] - wall.start[0])
+    const wallLocalZ =
+      item.asset.attachTo === 'wall-side'
+        ? ((wall.thickness ?? 0.1) / 2) * (item.side === 'back' ? -1 : 1)
+        : item.position[2]
+    const [offsetX, offsetY] = rotateVec(item.position[0], wallLocalZ, wallRotation)
+    result = {
+      x: wall.start[0] + offsetX,
+      y: wall.start[1] + offsetY,
+      rotation: wallRotation + localRotation,
+    }
+  } else if (parentNode?.type === 'item') {
+    // Nested item: recursively resolve parent's transform.
+    const parentT = resolveItemTransform(parentNode as ItemNode, ctx, cache)
+    if (parentT) {
+      const [offsetX, offsetY] = rotateVec(item.position[0], item.position[2], parentT.rotation)
+      result = {
+        x: parentT.x + offsetX,
+        y: parentT.y + offsetY,
+        rotation: parentT.rotation + localRotation,
+      }
+    }
+  } else {
+    // Level / slab / ceiling parent — item.position is level-local.
+    result = {
+      x: item.position[0],
+      y: item.position[2],
+      rotation: localRotation,
+    }
+  }
+
+  cache.set(item.id as AnyNodeId, result)
+  return result
+}
+
+export function buildItemFloorplan(node: ItemNode, ctx: GeometryContext): FloorplanGeometry | null {
+  const transform = resolveItemTransform(node, ctx)
+  if (!transform) return null
+
+  const [width, , depth] = getScaledDimensions(node)
+  if (width <= 0 || depth <= 0) return null
+
+  // Wall-side items are anchored at the front face — center their footprint
+  // half-a-depth back toward the wall surface.
+  const centerLocalZ = node.asset.attachTo === 'wall-side' ? -depth / 2 : 0
+  const [centerOffsetX, centerOffsetY] = rotateVec(0, centerLocalZ, transform.rotation)
+  const cx = transform.x + centerOffsetX
+  const cy = transform.y + centerOffsetY
+
+  // Rectangle corners in local space, rotated and translated.
+  const halfW = width / 2
+  const halfD = depth / 2
+  const corners: Array<[number, number]> = [
+    [-halfW, -halfD],
+    [halfW, -halfD],
+    [halfW, halfD],
+    [-halfW, halfD],
+  ]
+  const points: readonly FloorplanPoint[] = corners.map(([x, y]) => {
+    const [rx, ry] = rotateVec(x, y, transform.rotation)
+    return [cx + rx, cy + ry] as FloorplanPoint
+  })
+
+  return {
+    kind: 'polygon',
+    points,
+    fill: '#fef3c7',
+    stroke: '#92400e',
+    strokeWidth: 0.012,
+    opacity: 0.85,
+  }
+}