Measuring For Your New Kitchen

Once an order is placed, we will come out to your home to get exact measurements!  We ask that you bring in some rough measurements on your first or second visit, so that we can develop a design and an estimate for you. 

Below is a step-by-step guide for drawing and measuring your kitchen.

NOTE: All of your measurements should be in inches. For example, if you measure a wall that is 10 feet, write it as 120" ( a quotation mark (") denotes inches ).

STEP 1:

Draw a rough outline of your kitchen, include symbols in your drawing for doors and windows.

NOTE: For doorways with doors, draw the doorway according to which way the door swings.

STEP 2:

Draw in any obstructions such as radiators, pipes, sink plumbing, etc. that you either can not, or do not, want moved.

STEP 3:

A) Beginning at top left corner of your drawing measure to the first window, door, or wall. Continue clockwise around the room until each wall, window and door has been measured.

Note: When measuring doors and windows the trim is considered part of the door or window. Measure from the outside of the trim on one side to the outside of the trim on the other side.

B) Measure the ceiling height and write it in the center of your drawing. 

C) Measure from the floor to the bottom of each window and also measure the overall window height.  If you have printed these instructions, write the measurements in the table provided below.

STEP 4:

A) Beginning at top left of your drawing, label the windows "Window 1", "Window 2", etc. in a clockwise order.

B) Again, beginning at top left of your drawing, label the doors "Door 1", "Door 2", etc. in a clockwise order.

STEP 5:

A) Measure any obstructions such as radiators, pipes, etc. that you either can not, or do not, want moved. If the obstruction is close to a wall, measure out from the wall to the edge of the obstruction.

B) Measure from the second closest wall to the edge of the obstruction.

C) If the obstruction does not span the full height of the room, measure the height of the obstruction.