1. Measure each wall in your kitchen as it now exists. Take accurate measurements of the position and size of every feature, including doors, windows, cabinets, countertops, and appliances. Also note the locations of all light fixtures and electrical outlets. Using graph paper, create a scaled floor plan of your present kitchen, using a scale of 1⁄2" equals 1 ft. Indicate doors, windows, interior, and exterior walls. Add the cabinets, appliances, countertops, electrical outlets and lights, plumbing fixtures and HVAC registers. In the margins, mark the exact dimensions of all elements.
2. Using tracing paper overlaid on your kitchen drawing, begin sketching possible layouts for your new kitchen, again using a scale of 1⁄2" equals 1 ft. As you develop your kitchen plan, refer often to your wish list of kitchen features and the kitchen standards and Code requirements listed earlier in this section. The goal is to create a kitchen that meets all your needs with the minimum possible impact on the present kitchen, because this will reduce the overall cost of your project.
3. If simple rearrangement of kitchen elements doesn’t do the trick, explore the possibility of expanding your kitchen, either by enlarging the kitchen into an adjoining room or by building a room addition. A kitchen designer or architect can help with this task.
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