The Kitchen Planning Guide

Plan Your Kitchen on Paper Before Anyone Measures

Kitchens are built from standard parts. Once you know the numbers, you can plan a layout on paper, check it works, and spot the expensive problems before a single unit is ordered.

This guide gives you the sizes every kitchen company works to, the space you need to move around comfortably, how to light and power the room properly, and the checks we run on every kitchen plan.

What You Will Learn

• The standard sizes for base, wall and tall units, and the worktop heights and depths that go with them

• How much space to leave between runs, around an island and in front of the oven

• How much room to allow for island seating and stools

• Where sockets, switches and pendants should sit, and how bright your lighting needs to be

• Why separate lighting circuits make such a difference

• What to check early, from the waste run to the extractor route

• Typical lead times for units, worktops and lighting

What Is Inside

• Kitchens: the standard measurements for units, worktops and space to move

• Lighting and Power

• Layout Checks: a 12 point checklist to run with your plan in front of you

• A Kitchen Measure Sheet with a 1:50 grid for sketching the room and a table for your appliances

Who This Is For

• Homeowners planning a new kitchen or a kitchen extension

• Anyone about to meet a kitchen company who wants to understand the plan in front of them

• Renovators who want to avoid costly changes after first fix

• Those who would rather solve problems on paper than on site

Why This Guide Is Different

Created by G R Design Studio, everything in this guide comes from the numbers and checks we use on every project, not generic advice. Each check is a mistake we have seen made, and every one is easier to fix now than later.

A 6 page PDF, ready to download as soon as you buy.