Kitchen layouts to scale

The five kitchen layouts

Five layouts, drawn by the editor. Each link opens this kitchen in the editor, with the runs, sink base, cooktop and fridge in place; then change it to fit your room.

• Open a kitchen of 12 × 8 ft in the editor

• Open a kitchen of 10 × 10 ft in the editor

• Open a kitchen of 10 × 10 ft in the editor

• Open a kitchen of 8 × 12 ft in the editor

• Open a kitchen of 14 × 12 ft in the editor

The work triangle

The National Kitchen & Bath Association recommends that each leg of the triangle between the sink, the cooktop and the fridge is 4 to 9 ft, and that the three together are no more than 26 ft. It is a recommendation, not code; the check in the editor tells you, it never blocks you.

In the L-shaped kitchen above the legs are 5′ 5″, 7′ 9″, 4′ 7″, together 17′ 10″.

The wall with wall cabinets and backsplash

A kitchen run has base cabinets with a counter, wall cabinets and a backsplash. The wall elevation draws them at their height with the cooktop on the counter, and the card of the run counts the counter feet, the cabinets and the backsplash area.

• Countertop outlet height
• Interior elevations from your floor plan

How it works in the editor

1. 1Open the editor with a kitchen of the size you want, or draw your own room. The size is the inside size.
2. 2Turn on Interior, click Add a kitchen run and click in the room, close to the wall. The run fills that wall; type its length.
3. 3For an L or U, add a run along each wall. Where two runs meet in a corner, Corner piece shortens the second run, and the corner counts once.
4. 4Place a sink base, cooktop and fridge from the library. The Bathroom and kitchen check measures the work triangle.
5. 5Pick a backsplash, see the wall in Wall elevations and the kitchen in 3D, and find counter feet and cabinets in the card of the run.

Sources

• Kitchen Planning Guidelines with Access Standards (guidelines 3, 6 and 7), National Kitchen & Bath Association. Last checked on September 27, 2026.