How to plan your kitchen

Measure your room, draw it, add your doors and windows, choose your kitchen, and we'll plan the units for you, with the price as you go.

It's free, and there's no account to set up. When you're happy, send it to us and a designer checks every measurement for free.

01Before you start: measure up

A tape measure and ten minutes. Measure in millimetres.

Every wall, corner to corner, at worktop height (about 900 mm up).
Each door and window: its width, and how far it is from the left-hand corner of its wall as you face it.
Window sill heights, from the floor to the sill.
Your ceiling height.
Radiators: width, height, and how far they are from the corner and off the floor.
Pillars, chimney breasts and pipe boxing: width, depth and where they are.
Water, waste, gas and electric points: which wall, and how far from the corner.

Not sure about a measurement? Put in your best guess. Our designers check everything with you before anything is made.

02Start

Start a new plan with a room shape, or carry on with a plan you've saved. Your plans are kept in My plans at the top of the page.

← Back to the website (Website on a phone), top left, takes you back to our website. Your plan is saved first, so it's here when you come back.

Coming from one of our range pages? Plan this kitchen free starts a new plan in that range and colour. If you already have a plan on the go, the planner asks whether to start a new one or open the one you have.

The Start step: start a new plan, open a saved plan, and room shapes — Start: a new plan, a saved plan, or My plans.

03Room setup

Draw your room, wall by wall

Choose Wall. Your first corner is placed for you, bottom left, and the first wall always goes north (up the screen).
Type the length of wall A in millimetres and press Enter.
Choose Turn left, Turn right or Angle for the next wall, then press Enter. Turns are exactly 90°. For Angle, type the degrees and pick left or right.
Type the next length, Enter, and so on.
From wall C onwards you can choose Join: the planner works out the last wall and closes the room.

Box 1: Wall A length in millimetres, with Enter, Undo and Cancel — Box 1: type a length, then Enter.

Box 2: Then, Turn left, Turn right or Angle, with a preview of the next wall — Box 2: choose the turn. A dashed line shows where the next wall goes.

Join previews the closing wall — Join shows the closing wall before you press Enter.

Undo takes off the last wall. Back (in box 2) puts the last wall's length back in box 1 so you can change it. Cancel stops drawing and leaves your room as it was. If Join would make walls cross, the planner tells you and keeps drawing.

Keyboard only: type a number and Enter, then L, R, A or J and Enter. The arrow keys move between the turn choices. On a phone the boxes become a bar at the bottom with a big number pad.

Starter shapes and the room you have

Prefer a shape? Starter room shapes gives you square, L-shaped and other rooms to type sizes into. Use the room I have keeps the room on screen so you can drag its corners and walls.

Your walls

The Your walls card lists every wall with its length and what's on it. Type a new length there, or set your ceiling height.

Your units show on the plan here too, so you can see how they sit against each wall. Hide units on the toolbar hides them while you work on the room; Show units brings them back.

A drawn room with the Your walls card — Your walls, on the right.

Edit a wall or a corner

Double-tap a wall (or double-click) to change its length or angle, split it in two or delete it. Double-tap a corner to change its angle.

The wall editor: length, angle, split and delete — The wall editor.

Keyboard shortcuts

Key	Tool	Key	Tool
`W`	Wall	`P`	Pillar
`C`	Curved wall	`B`	Boxing
`J`	Join	`M`	Move a corner or wall
`D`	Door	`S`	Split a wall
`N`	Window	`T`	Measure (tape)
`H`	Hatch	`Delete`	Delete what's selected
`R`	Archway	`Esc`	Stop the tool

04Doors, windows, hatches and archways

Choose Door, Window, Hatch or Archway, then click the wall where it goes. Its pop-up opens straight away:

the style (single, double, French, bi-fold, sliding patio, pocket and stable doors; casement, sash, tilt and turn, fixed, bay, corner and high-level windows)
which side it's hinged, and whether it opens in or out
its width and height, the sill height for a window, and how far it is from the left-hand corner
the frame colour

The door pop-up with door styles — Door styles.

The window pop-up with window styles — Window styles.

Drag a door or window along its wall to move it. Tap it again to reopen its pop-up. No doors or windows in the room? Choose There are no doors or windows.

05Pillars, boxing, radiators and service points

Choose Pillar, Boxing, Radiator or Services and click where it is. The pop-up lets you set its size (a pillar can be full height or a set height), where it is (against a wall, or free-standing for a pillar), and the type of service point: water, waste, gas or electric.

The pillar pop-up: size, height and position — Pillar: size, height, position, rotate, duplicate and delete.

The radiator pop-up — Radiator: width, height, depth and height off the floor.

Drag any of them on the plan to move it. To delete one, use Delete in its pop-up, the Delete tool, or the Delete key. Undo brings it back. Units are planned around them.

06Your kitchen

Seven short stages. Skip any with Decide later and come back.

Product details

Tap any sink, tap, handle, worktop, appliance or extra (the card, not its button) to see everything we have on it: photos, code, price, size, finish, materials, features and the full specification, with a link to its page on our website. Add or Select works from there too. Esc or Back closes it.

A product's details: photos, code, price, size and specification, with Add and View on our website — Product details.

1. Door style and colour

2. Cornice, pelmet, plinth and end panels

Shown with your range's own pictures and prices. End panels come plain, tongue and groove or Shaker, where your range makes them. The plinth is standard or moulded. Anything else your range makes, like light pelmets and corner blocks, is listed underneath.

3. Sink and tap

4. Handles

Handleless ranges don't need any.

5. Worktop

Every worktop we sell: laminate, compact, solid wood and quartz, with colour, finish, thickness and price filters and a search box. Laminate, compact and wood are priced by the lengths your plan needs. Quartz is templated and fitted, so we quote it: it goes on your design as a quote item with your worktop lengths.

6. Appliances

For each appliance choose Integrated (or built in), Freestanding, Space for my own or None, and where it goes, such as under the counter or in a tall tower. Then filter by width, type, energy rating, finish and price. Only models that fit are shown, and your plan's housings follow your choice.

Once you choose a model, that appliance folds down to a summary card showing your choice. Change opens the list again, with its filters and search; Remove takes it off. Appliances you haven't chosen yet stay open.

A chosen hob as a summary card with Change and Remove — A chosen appliance: Change or Remove.

7. Extras

Bins, drawer inserts, lighting and more. Optional.

07Add items

Plan my kitchen for me lays out your units from your room and choices. Or add units one at a time.

Add units shows every unit in your range, grouped by type (Highline, Drawer line, Drawers, Corner and so on), plus appliance spaces and fillers. Drag one onto the plan: it snaps to the wall and to the units beside it.

Double-tap any item to edit it: on the plan, in 3D or in the elevation. From its editor you can swap it, change its size, rotate, duplicate or delete it.

08Customise

Change the cornice, pelmet, plinth and end panels, your worktop, and the heights. Save up to three styles and compare their prices.

From a unit's editor, Customise worktop extends the worktop past the unit or adds a waterfall end that runs down to the floor. It shows on the plan, in 3D and elevation, in the cut list and in the price.

09Plan, 3D and elevation

Switch between 2D, 3D and Elevation at the top. In 3D, drag to turn, pinch or scroll to zoom. The toolbar also has a walk-through, lighting and a snapshot.

10Checklist and price

Still to do lists what's left. Each item ticks itself as you go, and the number on the toolbar and the Checklist step always matches. Tap one to go to it.

Everything in your plan, under Still to do, lists every unit and item: base, wall and tall units, appliances, worktops, panels, fillers and plinths, and extras, each with its picture, code, size and price.

Tap a row to find it: the drawing zooms to it and outlines it, and its editor opens (the same as double-tapping it on the plan), so you can change, rotate, move, swap or delete it. It works in the plan, 3D and elevation views. On a computer, hovering over a row outlines it.
Fit to room shows the whole room again.
Delete something from here and Undo brings it back. The price and Still to do update straight away.
Keyboard: the arrow keys move through the list, Enter opens the editor and Esc goes back to the list.
On a phone the list is in the panel at the bottom. Tapping a row drops the panel to half height so you can see the unit above it.

Everything in your plan: every unit and item with its picture, code, size and price — Everything in your plan.

A unit found from the list: the plan zooms to it and its editor opens — Tap a row: the plan zooms to it.

Everything in your plan on a phone — The list on a phone.

A unit found from the list on a phone, with its editor below — Tap a row: the unit shows above the panel.

The price panel shows each group (units, worktops, appliances and so on). Take any group off if you don't want it. A quartz worktop shows as a quote. From here you can print or save a PDF (with the worktop cut list), copy a share link, and send it to us for a free design check.

11Back and Next

The floating box at the bottom right takes you to the next step or back to the last one. In Your kitchen it goes through each stage first. Your browser's back button and Alt + ← / → do the same. If you're part-way through drawing a room, it asks whether to join it, keep drawing or leave it open for later.

A pop-up on a phone — Pop-ups open from the bottom.

12Questions

Is it free?

Yes. Planning is free, and so is the design check when you send your plan to us. You don't need an account.

Where are my plans saved?

In this browser, under My plans. They aren't sent anywhere until you send one to us. To open a plan on another device, copy its share link.

What's a filler panel?

A narrow panel that fills a small gap, usually between a unit and a wall, so doors and drawers can open past the wall and the run looks finished.

Why are there end panels by windows?

Where a run of units stops for a window or an opening, the side of the last unit is on show, so it gets an end panel to match your doors. Our designers check every one with you.

What isn't in the price?

The planner says: "Appliances, sink, tap and fitting are not included. End panels, fillers and plinths are included in the price." Anything you choose in Your kitchen, such as appliances, a sink and tap, a worktop or extras, is added to your price as its own group, and you can take any group off.

13Need a hand?

Call us on 01242 523879, Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm, and ask a designer. Or use Get help in the planner.

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