Accurate measurements are essential to your kitchen cabinets fitting properly into your dream kitchcen. Before any planning can begin, The Cabinet Folks need the exact dimensions available for kitchen cabinet installation. Click on the drawing to the right for an enlarged view of what your own floor plan should look like. Click HERE for some digital graph paper. You can either print it out and draw on it by hand, or use a graphical editor such as MSPaint, Photoshop or the free and opensource GIMP to do the drawing. When the sketch is complete, use our easy to follow process (the Get Started links and buttons found on most of our pages) and attach it during the last step.

Measure according to the drawing to the right. Click it to get a bigger image that you can print off.

1. Measure from one wall to the other at a 36" height
2. Measure from the corner to the window or door opening
3. Measure across the outside edges of the trim on door or window opening
4. Measure from edge of trim to far wall. Compare the measurements of steps 2, 3, and 4 to measurement from Step 1
5. Mark the exact location of water, drain, gas lines, and electrical outlets and switches on the drawing
6. Measure from wall to wall again, but above the window this time

7. Measure from the floor to the window sill
8. Measure from the window sill to the top of the window
9. Measure from the top of the window to the ceiling
10. Measure from floor to ceiling and compare this number with the sum of steps 7, 8, and 9.