LY-01Tool
Kitchen layout planner
Free kitchen layout planner: enter your room, door, window and appliances, and compare candidate layouts drawn to scale, with aisles and counters checked.
Layout planners
CA-03Calculator
Kitchen cabinet layout
Free kitchen cabinet layout tool: enter your walls and appliances, get a run of stock cabinet widths with fillers and wall cabinets, drawn to scale.
LY-11Guide
Kitchen work triangle
The NKBA keeps each leg of the work triangle between sink, cooktop and fridge 4 to 9 ft, and all three at 26 ft or less. Check yours and how to measure.
LY-03Guide
Galley kitchen layout
A galley kitchen needs 7 ft 9 in wall to wall for one cook between two runs of 25½ in counters, 8 ft 3 in for two. Where the sink, range and fridge go.
Budget estimators
CA-01Calculator
Kitchen remodel cost calculator
Free kitchen remodel cost calculator: price your kitchen line by line, from cabinets and countertops to permits, with ranges from named 2026 cost guides.
CA-05Guide
Kitchen cabinet cost
New kitchen cabinets cost $100 to $300 a linear foot installed for stock, $150 to $650 semi-custom, $500 to $1,200 custom. Totals, refacing and painting.
CA-06Calculator
Countertop calculator
Free countertop calculator: enter your runs and island to get the square feet, a slab layout and the installed cost in quartz, granite and more.
Size & fit checks
SZ-03Guide
Kitchen island dimensions
An island of 24 in base cabinets is 25½ in deep, 40½ in with counter stools at NKBA’s 24 in each, plus the aisles and room it needs around it.
SZ-04Guide
Space between island and counter
Leave 42 in between an island and the counter for one cook and 48 in for two, measured countertop edge to edge (NKBA). 36 in is the least for a walkway.
SZ-05Guide
Dishwasher dimensions
A standard dishwasher is 24 in wide and 34 to 35 in tall on its feet. Plan an opening about 24 in wide, 24 in deep and 34 to 35 in high. Compact: 18 in.
SZ-06Guide
Counter-depth fridge size
A counter-depth fridge's box is 24 to 25 in deep, level with the cabinets, or 29 to 32 in with doors and handles. Standard-depth models run 34 to 37 in.
SZ-14Guide
Upper cabinet height
Upper cabinets usually hang 54 in above the floor, 18 in above a 36 in counter. A 42 in cabinet reaches an 8 ft ceiling. Planner by ceiling height.
Printable checklist
RI-01Tool
Kitchen remodel checklist
A printable kitchen remodel checklist: budget, hiring and permits, choices, key sizes (36 in counters, 42 in one-cook aisles) and the order of work.