Drawing A Kitchen Layout | How I Start My Kitchen Design Projects

Drawing A Kitchen Layout | How I Start My Kitchen Design Projects ✍️
In this video, I draw out a kitchen design/layout to scale by hand and explain my thought process and the choices I'm making as I'm doing it. I usually start all my kitchen design projects like this to get the ball rolling and get those initial ideas down on paper!

Thanks again to Laura & Jon!

📖​ Chapters:
➤ 0:00 Kitchen Design Scale Drawing
➤ 1:35 Zoning The Room
➤ 3:04 Base Cabinets
➤ 9:06 Move Window?
➤ 11:32 Tall Cabinets
➤ 14:20 Wall Cabinets
➤ 15:24 Drinks Area
➤ 18:02 Kitchen Island
➤ 26:04 Kitchen Layout Recap
➤ 29:21 Would You Like To See More Drawings?

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[kitchinsider]

I edited this down from 90mins of footage of me over explaining everything and talking through lots of different layout options but that video would have been ridiculous. 30 mins is long enough! So if there is anything you would like me to explain in more detail, leave a comment below and I'll try my best to answer. Thanks for watching! 😁

[tubulartuber]

i think you are literally the only kitchen designer on youtube who thinks about cooking instead of just style

[lauraharbidge]

Hi Michael this is Jon (laura and Jon) loved the video 🙂
We’ve changed the window for a two and a half metre wide bifold window so we can put a big sinkin the middle.
We’re not doing sink on the island now, just a panoramic hob which we may be putting under a ceramic worktop to make it invisible. On the 2 dishwashers, a friend has done it and it gets rid of dirty dishes if you’ve already got a wash cycle on, plus they tend to have a flow of ...
Dirty dishes in washer
Clean dishes taken directly out of other dishwasher for use.
And circulated that way instead of using cupboards.
We’re also not doing a corner return on the cupboards.
Watching Michaels videos enabled us to make some important changes before it was too late.
You’re welcome to have renders and video of finished kitchen for the channel.
Thanks again for your input.

[judithkilla]

Hey Michael … I just stumbled across your channel …. And boy am I glad I did. I’m designing my kitchen and I’ve been watching your videos non-stop for the last 2 hours. I appreciate your advise and expert recommendations. Love your channel. I’m subscribed now.

[elisaxavier]

Thank you for this video! Would love to see more videos on how you do technical drawings for suppliers etc!

[LisaThompson-dj]

I love love love LOVE all your videos (they are the best!) and tips. Please post more videos like this layout clip. It helps SO MUCH!

[exhalemeditation]

We need to start paying for this lessons thank you so much

[petersmyczek]

That was amazing, especially hearing you think aloud while sketching. How you pictured the morning routine made me fall in love with that idea of just leaving the corner in the upper right basically half empty so that it can be fully dedicated to a specific bunch of use cases in the kitchen instead of stuffing as many cabinets and even corner cabinets as possible into it, just for the sake of "you cannot have enough storage". That area becomes something like a "breakfast range" – I love it! And yes, I was surprised you are using pen and paper to get your thoughts and the creative process going. Something that I (being a User Experience Designer) also does. It makes you so focused on the first rough concepts around use cases and the spatiality of the room (area), or as we in the UX world call it, "Information Architecture".

[irelandcooper]

Thanks, Michael, I work as a Kitchen designer in Ireland and your videos have been helpful for me.

[nancymowry]

I'm redoing my galley kitchen and making it an open plan so this was very helpful to see how you manage the space.

[yetundemakinde]

Thank you explained what all viewers neeed

[bernadetteholmes]

I’m considering buying a small 624sq ft house 2 doors from me. The benefits are it comes with a double lot, so plenty of land to knock out the side of the house & build a much larger kitchen & bathroom. Your videos are helping me so much because I have never done this before! Thank you for sharing your knowledge with the world. God bless!

[eloya.creations]

Your YouTube channel is exceptional ! Thank you so much for your work

[mctaytelbaum]

Like this style of planning the kitchen, specifically the waste management in the upper corner (right).

[liquidmiles]

Thank you! Tons of very useful info and considerations spelt out from a designer’s point of view. Just subscribed!

[lrain]

Thank you for this great info. I have some design experience and am doing my best to help my son move a kitchen to another room which is smaller than his present kitchen, so this tutorial has been invaluable. Trying to fit everything in a tiny space and have room for appliances and storage isn't easy! Especially as I prefer symmetry too and it's going to be nigh on impossible.

[michellemichelle]

I enjoyed your video and your logic for your decisions. Very helpful to understand your thought process.

[stellacharlespedersen]

Love the way you explained how important it is to have your cabinets symmetrically aligned. I would love more tutorials like this in kitchen design and planning the layout please 😊

[Veronica-vttp]

Yor are so good. I wish I could hire you for my small remodel....Love your videos. Thank you

[JuliaHopewell]

WARNING - THIS IS LONG!!
We have recently found your wonderfully helpful videos. Our kitchen will be a renovation (old sixties brick veneer in Oz). The funny thing is, this new-build layout is really similar to the one we currently have, and the way you have planned it is reassuringly not unlike our adaptation for our new one 😊.
We have a small window in that upper left hand corner (it is only 12" from the corner 😁). We have planned for a longer one pretty much where yours is; which will of course be centred above the sink.
We are Ikea fans; so will be going with them; but your discussion on corner cabinets was a real eye opener for us. We have that issue with the corner cabinet (under that little window corner). We didn't realise that you could choose which corner length houses the longest part of the cabinet! We thought it had to be the longest section down towards the sink. If we can swap that around to the other wall, where we also have the tall cabinets further down, this will help us a lot.
Sorry for the length; but one more question 😝... I find it strange that a family that needs two dishwashers (lucky them!) should only need a narrow fridge. We aren't a big family anymore; but we find a "side-by-side" fridge freezer is only just big enough for the two of us. In fact I secretly yearn for a French Door/American style one; so that I can see all my fridge items more easily and have lower drawers for frozen items).!
Thanks so much for your superb presentations. This is the best so far IMO.