Start by making a sketch of your kitchen layout on grid paper. Draw a rough outline - this doesn’t need to be perfect and should simply detail the rough shape and scale of your kitchen.

It may be helpful at this stage to quickly measure the main walls and decide upon a scale for your drawing so you can keep things relatively accurate (but don’t worry about being 100% precise at this stage).

Using a tape measure, start measuring your kitchen and note down the measurements in mm. 

• Make your way around the room clockwise to make sure you don’t miss anything and record the dimensions as you go.
  
  
• Measure between each fixed point in the room including windows and doors, and the size and position of all fixed objects such as pipes, vents, and switches.
  
  
• Measure from the floor to the ceiling and across each wall. Measure along the floor, halfway up the wall, then at the ceiling. Walls are not always straight, so measure at a few different points for accuracy.
  
  
• Measure the distance from the edge of the door frame trim to the corner of the room and the width and height of the doorway including the trim.
  
  
• Measure the distance from the corner of the wall to the edge of the window trim, the distance between windows and the floor, and the width and height of each window, including the trim.

Now add these measurements to your drawings.

The next step is to contact our kitchen design consultants and our experts can show you how to get your dream kitchen for less. 

If you have any questions or concerns or need any further advice on how to measure your kitchen, get in touch and we can help make sure you take accurate measurements.