DIY Kitchens??

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So we've heard lots of good things about DIY kitchens, however the only part of the process that is baffling me is the kitchen design bit.

I've done the measuring up, and I know what range of kitchen I want - how the dickens do I get a design together? Budget is about £4000. We've got a builder to do the installation.

Are there any kitchen planners I should be aware of, or can anyone recommend any independent kitchen designers? Or any other wheezes I haven't yet thought of?

Well I planned mine basically on the Ikea planner app - even if it doesn't have the exact same units you can normally fudge it a bit. Then drew it out on A3 graph paper to scale for the fitter to work from, in the same style as kitchen designers do, with every single end panel etc. But if you don't want to be fussed with that or want help with the layout, yes you would need an independent designer.

Just book an appointment with homebase or b&q and get them to design it, doesn't mean you have to buy it from them

Try the Ikea kitchen designer, it's quite good and you can get a feel for what would work and the different solutions that might fit into your kitchen space.

www.ikea.com/ms/en_GB/rooms_ideas/kitchen_howto/EU/plan_your_kitchen_in_3d.html

yes there are independent designers out there - but I can't tell you I'm one, as it breaks the rules !