PART 07 — LAYOUTS & QUOTE
KITCHEN LAYOUTS & QUOTE REQUEST.
Every Kitchen Atelier kitchen is made to measure, so the layout comes first. It decides how the benches run, where you work and what the quote is built on. This sheet covers the four layouts, compares two of them side by side and lists the five factors behind every estimate.
SCOPE — THIS SHEET
PART A — REFERENCE: WALL RUN WITH A CENTRAL ISLAND
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PART B — FOUR LAYOUTS
FOUR WAYS TO RUN THE BENCH.
A kitchen can be straight, L-shaped, U-shaped or built with an island. Each plan below is drawn from above: the heavy black line is the cabinetry run, the thin line is the room.
01
STRAIGHT
One wall, one run. Cooking, washing and storage sit in a line, which suits narrow rooms and open-plan spaces where the kitchen should not take over.
02
L-SHAPED
Two runs meet in a corner. The middle of the room stays free, and the main work zones sit a short turn apart.
03
U-SHAPED
Three walls of cabinetry wrap around the cook. You get the most bench and storage for the footprint, as long as the room is wide enough to walk between the runs.
04
WITH AN ISLAND
A wall run plus a freestanding bench. The island adds prep space or seating and turns the kitchen to face the room.
PART C — COMPARED
TWO LAYOUTS, ONE ROOM.
The same room can often take either plan. These are the four questions that usually decide it.
For the longer version, read L-Shaped or Island: Choosing Your Kitchen Layout.
L-SHAPED
L-SHAPED FITS BEST WHEN
Two adjoining walls meet in a usable corner and you want open floor for a dining table or a clear walkway.
L-SHAPED WORK ZONES
Cooking, washing and storage run along two walls with the corner linking them. One cook works in a short arc.
L-SHAPED WHAT CHANGES THE ESTIMATE
The combined length of both runs, the front material, the benchtop that turns the corner and the appliances built in.
L-SHAPED TALK TO THE DESIGNER ABOUT
How the corner is used for storage, where the fridge lands and whether a shorter return leaves room to sit.
ISLAND
ISLAND FITS BEST WHEN
The room is deep enough to leave comfortable walkways on every side of a freestanding bench.
ISLAND WORK ZONES
The wall run holds cooking and tall storage. The island takes prep, a sink or seating and faces the room.
ISLAND WHAT CHANGES THE ESTIMATE
The wall run plus the island’s size, fronts on its exposed sides, benchtop over both and any appliances it carries.
ISLAND TALK TO THE DESIGNER ABOUT
Clearance around it, which side the stools face and how the back and ends of the island are finished.
PART D — ON THE SAW
WHAT SETS THE ESTIMATE.
A made-to-measure kitchen has no catalogue price. Five things shape the estimate, and the free measurement visit pins each of them down. More detail in What Sets a Kitchen Estimate.
01
LAYOUT
Straight, L-shaped, U-shaped or island. The number of runs and corners sets how many cabinets and joins the kitchen needs.
02
LENGTH
The total run of cabinetry, measured wall by wall in your room.
03
FRONT MATERIAL
The finish on every cabinet front, chosen from the sample board.
04
BENCHTOP
The benchtop material and the length it has to cover, island included.
05
APPLIANCES
Which appliances go in, and which ones the cabinetry has to be built around.
PART E — REQUEST
ASK FOR THE QUOTE.
You can send a quote request at any time: put your layout, length, front material, benchtop and appliances in the Subject or Message field below. Rough figures are fine. The written quote is confirmed after the free measurement visit and 3D design.
01 SEND THE REQUEST
02 FREE MEASUREMENT VISIT
03 3D DESIGN, THEN THE WRITTEN QUOTE
Before the visit: Preparing for Your Free Measurement Visit. After it: How We Work, from 3D design through in-house production, delivery and installation.