Nobody can picture it
Weeks of second-guessing
Samples on a table do not answer “what will my kitchen look like.” So people settle for the finish they can most easily imagine, which is usually the safest and least loved one.
Set out before you build
Design your kitchen in 3D.
No experience needed.
Start from a layout, enter your room measurements, and arrange cabinets and appliances. Try finishes in 3D, see it as a realistic photo, then export a dimensioned plan your builder can follow.
Flags what will not fit
- Blocked doors
- Unreachable corners
- No landing space beside the hob
Free for 1 month. No card needed. Sign in with Google to start.
You get3D modelPlan & Setout Sheet (PDF)Realistic render
Building the room
Ink BlackSpeckled · 20 mm
Drag to explore
Live 3DDemo swatches
A few demo swatches so the demo has something to render. In the app you get the full catalogue, a photo of your own tile or slab, or any colour you mix, applied to your own measured room.
Who it is for
Wherever you start, you finish with a plan.
- First-timers
Never designed anything before
Start with a familiar layout, enter your measurements, and adjust the cabinets in the plan. Check your changes in 3D.
- Homeowners
Building or renovating with a builder
Walk in holding a dimensioned plan and a photograph instead of a description. Fewer arguments, fewer surprises behind the plaster.
- Professionals
Designers, contractors and showrooms
Draft a client's kitchen in front of them, catch what will not fit, and hand the site team a dimensioned plan. The Studio pack is built for you.
Start with a layout
A starting point for your kitchen. Every detail yours to change.
Explore five layouts from the studio editor. Choose a template from your dashboard, enter your measurements, and adjust the cabinets and appliances to suit your room. See each change in the plan, elevations and 3D view.
Make it your room
Enter room dimensions, then position doors and windows.
Place what you need
Move cabinets in the plan and edit their exact sizes.
Check the layout
Review overlaps, walkway widths and clearance warnings.
Take the plan with you
Print a PDF with dimensions, elevations and a unit schedule.
Free to plan for 1 month. Sign in with Google to start; projects are saved to your account, and you can download a backup at any time.
Explore the starter layouts
L-shape · 4.6 × 3.6 m example
Two connected runs with an open side. Preview only; choose your template when creating a project.
Why this existsA kitchen is decided in conversation
A kitchen is decided in conversation
and paid for in concrete.
Most kitchens are planned standing up, from memory, in a room that does not exist yet. Then they set. The same three things go wrong whether a designer is involved or not.
The revision loop
2 – 3 weeks of delay
Every change of mind is another conversation, another sketch, another wait. Meanwhile the trades are rescheduled around you.
A point in the wrong place
$350 – $900 to put right
One outlet missed between what was said and what the electrician heard. Re-opening a finished wall means breaking the tile, and the batch you matched is out of stock.
Figures are typical and yours will differ. The point is that all three are settled in the gap between asking “what will it look like” and anyone being able to show you.
How it works
Tell it. Draft. Finishes. Plan. Render.
Five stages, one model. Choose a layout, enter measurements, arrange units, and explore finishes before exporting your plan. Nothing is redrawn between stages, so nothing can drift.
Step 1 of 5
Choose a layout and measure your room
Start with a straight, L, U, galley or island template. Enter room width, depth and ceiling height, then position doors and windows. Use millimetres, centimetres, metres, inches or feet and inches.
- Five editable starter layouts
- Enter your own measurements
About a minute
Room
Wall A400cm
Wall B280cm
Ceiling250cm
Units
Or start from your sketch: enter its dimensions and the room on screen becomes your room.
Step 2 of 5
Arrange cabinets and appliances to suit your room
Add cabinets and appliances, move them in the plan, and edit their dimensions. Place sockets and water points yourself. Review layout checks as you work, then inspect the result in 3D.
- Cabinets in sizes a builder can order
- Position sockets and water points at measured heights
Exact dimensions and layout checks
Build
Range hood / chimney600 or 900 wideCooktop / hob600 × 520Built-in oven600 × 600Microwave480 × 290Refrigerator700 × 1800Sink, single or twin bowl800 or 1000 wide
Checklist: 2 missing — a socket for the mixer grinder, water purifier drain.
Step 3 of 5
Tap a finish. Or photograph the one you are considering.
Cabinet fronts, worktop, splashback and floor — pick from the catalogue and the whole kitchen updates. Standing in the shop? Photograph the slab or tile, upload it, and see it on your own kitchen before you buy.
- See the whole kitchen, not a postcard-sized sample
- Carried through to your realistic renders
As many times as you like
Finishes
Catalogue
Your material Upload the slab you are considering
Finish
Only the look changes. The run you fitted stays exactly where it is.
Step 4 of 5
Download the plan your builder works from
Once it looks right, export the layout as a dimensioned sketch and the Setout Sheet — counter height, sink centre-line, every socket and drain at its height. PNG or PDF, in cm or inches. Hand it over; it is the whole conversation on one page.
- Layout sketch as image or PDF
- Every service point marked with its height
Before the wiring is closed up
Plan
Export
Units
Download sheetLayout sketch and Setout Sheet, as PNG or PDF. Every service point marked with its height.
Step 5 of 5
See it as a photograph
Pick an angle and your 3D view is turned into a realistic image, with your measurements and chosen finishes sent along so it comes back as your room in your colours. Download it and show whoever needs convincing — while the dimensioned plan stays the record your builder works from.
- Generated from your own 3D view
- Download and share
Front, corner or any angle you choose
Render
Angle
Generate image
Realistic · corner viewGenerated from your own 3D view, with your measurements and finishes sent along. The dimensioned plan stays the record.
The picture you approve and the sheet your builder works from come off the same model, so they cannot disagree.
Appliances & checklist
Every appliance a kitchen runs on, and a list of what you forgot.
Kitchen planners give you cabinets. Kitchens are decided by the hood, the fridge, the mixer grinder and the purifier — and by the sockets and drains each of them needs. Say what you cook with; Setout Kitchen places them at real size, and the checklist keeps score.
Placed for you, at real size
12 appliances · mm- Range hood / chimney600 or 900 wide · Cooking
- Cooktop / hob600 × 520 · Cooking
- Built-in oven600 × 600 · Cooking
- Microwave480 × 290 · Cooking
- Refrigerator700 × 1800 · Cold & wet
- Sink, single or twin bowl800 or 1000 wide · Cold & wet
- Water purifier300 × 400, wall-mounted · Cold & wet
- Dishwasher600 × 850 · Cold & wet
- Mixer grinder170 × 190 · Counter
- Kettle & toasterCounter top · Counter
- Under-cabinet lightWall cabinet or shelf · Counter
- Tall pantry600 × 2200 · Storage
Each one arrives with the socket or drain it needs already placed beside it. Switch to inches once and everything follows.
Essentials checklist2 to confirm
8 of 10 placed
- Range hood duct route
- A socket for the mixer grindernot placedAt 1150 mm, and two of them — the kettle takes the other.
- Water purifier drainnot placedA point at 1250 mm plus a drain within 600 mm, or the pipe crosses the tile.
- Refrigerator clearance and door swing
- Oven at a height you can load
- Sink centre-line
- Cooktop ignition point
- Dishwasher beside the sink
- Under-cabinet lighting
- Gas cylinder or line
Runs as you build. Each line is something a real kitchen needed and somebody forgot; the two open items are the kind that end up behind plaster.
Materials
See the finish on the whole run, not a postcard.
The counter is the decision people regret, and it is usually made from a sample the size of a postcard. Pick from the catalogue or mix your own colour, then see it across your whole measured run in 3D and carried through to a realistic render.
Catalogue Worktops · splashbacks
Demo swatchesInk Black
Speckled
Graphite
Speckled
Alabaster
Veined
Amber Vein
Veined
Gloss White
Gloss
Ivory
Matte
- Your own photo
Upload a slab or tile
JPEG · PNG · HEIC
Start with a full catalogue
Cabinet fronts, worktops, splashbacks and floors, each with a plain name and its finish. Enough to design a whole kitchen without uploading anything.
- Wood grain, stone veining and tile grout drawn in 3D
- Painted and wood-grain fronts; matte and gloss tiles
- Organised by surface, not by brand
Any colour, on your own room
Choose cabinet fronts, worktop, splashback and floor from the catalogue, or mix your own colour on any surface — including the veining in the stone and the grout between the tiles. Your choices travel with a realistic render, so the picture comes back in the colours you picked rather than whatever the theme fancied.
- Catalogue of fronts, worktops, splashbacks and floors
- Or mix any colour, with its veining or grout
- Carried through to your realistic renders
Plan & Setout Sheet
A pretty render never stopped a socket being left out.
The floor plan below reads the same geometry as the 3D kitchen: the L-shaped worktop, sink opening, hob, refrigerator and service locations. Dimensions come from the model, so the drawing and the kitchen stay in agreement.
Read the setout from the inside back-left corner. The schedule gives each electrical point’s wall offset and height above finished floor level. This is the demo model reference; confirm site measurements, appliance clearances and manufacturer cutout templates before issuing a fabrication drawing.
- 1Small appliances1150 mm
- Two outlets, not one. The kettle and the mixer grinder both end up living on the counter.
- 2Range hood / chimney2050 mm
- Behind the hood so the plug is hidden. Confirm hood height before anything is chased.
- 3Water purifier1250 mm
- Plus a drain point within 600 mm, or the waste line runs across a finished backsplash.
- 4Refrigerator1900 mm
- Dedicated circuit, never shared with the small-appliance run, and above the fridge so the plug stays reachable without pulling the unit out.
- 5Microwave1400 mm
- Sits above the microwave's own height so the flex drops to it, clear of the backsplash band.
- 6Built-in oven1200 mm
- A 20 A double-pole isolator above the worktop, beside the bay. The oven's own outlet goes in the neighbouring cabinet, never behind the appliance.
- 7Cooktop ignition1100 mm
- Offset 300 mm behind the rear burner, so the cable never runs over a flame and the plate stays clear of the window.
K–01 · Floor plan, dimensions & service setout
Top-down plan from the 3D model · dimensions in millimetres · use written dimensions, not screen scale. Enlarge to inspect dimension chains. Plumbing, wall thickness and structural openings require site confirmation.
Honest comparison
Against what you are probably using today.
A CAD suite will out-model us on anything structural, and a general AI app will out-run us on raw speed. Neither of them can put your catalogue on your client’s wall at true scale, which is the one job this exists to do.
What mattersAI room apps3D plannersSetout Kitchen
- Starts fromAI room apps: A photo of a finished room3D planners: A blank drawingSetout Kitchen: An editable layout template
- Time to learnAI room apps: None3D planners: Hours, and a tutorialSetout Kitchen: Templates, plan editing and exact dimensions
- LayoutAI room apps: Cannot change it — it restyles3D planners: You place every unit yourselfSetout Kitchen: Editable units with clearance warnings
- AppliancesAI room apps: Whatever was in the photo3D planners: Cabinets mostlySetout Kitchen: Every appliance, plus a checklist of what you forgot
- MaterialsAI room apps: Invented by the model3D planners: Built-in library onlySetout Kitchen: Catalogue, or a photo of your own
- The renderAI room apps: Redraws the room; window moves3D planners: Accurate, rarely photorealSetout Kitchen: Realistic, generated from your 3D view
- What the builder getsAI room apps: Nothing — it is a picture3D planners: A drawing, if you make oneSetout Kitchen: Layout PDF with every service point
- PriceAI room apps: Monthly subscription3D planners: Licence or subscriptionSetout Kitchen: Free to plan for 1 month, then one-off packs
Why we render from the model instead of regenerating the picture
General AI tools redraw the whole image and let a prompt steer it, which is why the window moves and the proportions drift. Setout Kitchen renders from the 3D model you built: the room at your measurements, every cabinet and appliance at its real size and in its place, and the finishes you chose. The AI is only asked to make that exact scene look like a photograph — it is not allowed to invent, move or resize anything. Which is also why two options can be compared honestly: nothing but the finish differs between them.
For designers, contractors and showrooms
Build it in front of the client. Catch what will not fit.
The same tool, sized for people who do this every week: 100 projects, editable for 12 months from your latest purchase, 500 render credits and a dimensioned plan the site team can actually build from.
100 projects
Room for a hundred client kitchens and their revisions with the Studio pack, editable for 12 months from your latest purchase.
A plan the site can build from
Floor plan, wall elevations and every service point with its height, in one dimensioned PDF.
500 credits
One credit per generated image. They do not expire and nothing renews.
Layout checks on every plan
Hob clearances, aisle widths and sockets beside the sink, flagged while you design.
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Why we built it
This started with one kitchen that did not turn out right.
We built a house. Like most people doing that, we did not hire a designer — we worked directly with a builder who has put up dozens of homes and knows far more about construction than we do. The problem was never his skill. It was that the two of us were describing different kitchens to each other and neither of us knew it.
We chose the counter from a sample the size of a postcard, under a light nothing like the light in our kitchen. L-shape or one long run, which side the sink goes, where the mixer plugs in, where the purifier drains — decided standing in a room full of dust, agreed verbally, and closed up behind plaster two days later.
The work finished. It was not bad work. It just was not what we had in our heads, and by then nothing could be changed. Months later we were still finding the gaps: a missing socket here, a shelf at the wrong height there. Not because anyone was careless. Because nobody in that kitchen had ever seen it before it was built.
The tools we tried afterwards split badly. The AI apps produced a beautiful kitchen in seconds and it was never ours — the window moved, the proportions drifted, the stone was an invention nobody could order. The planners were built for cabinets and had never heard of a mixer grinder or a water purifier, which is where our kitchen actually went wrong.
So we are building the one that starts where ours started: a room, a list of everything a kitchen needs, the finishes you are actually considering, and at the end a photograph and a plan somebody can build from. Free to plan for 1 month, because the decision is the expensive part.
Sujit Mali
Building Setout Kitchen in the open. If you are mid-build, it is free to plan with for 1 month, and what it gets wrong in your kitchen is the most useful thing anyone can send.
Pricing
Free to plan for 1 month. Then pay once, not monthly.
Planning, layout checks and the dimensioned PDF are free for 1 monthfrom sign-up. A credit pack is bought once: its credits pay for realistic images, one each, and never expire, and it keeps your projects editable for 12 months from the purchase. After that they stay viewable and downloadable, and nothing renews.
Free
Plan your kitchen in full for 1 month. Pay only when you want a photograph of it, or more time.
$0
- 1 project
- Editing for 1 month from sign-up
- Room, cabinets, appliances and service points
- Layout checks, floor plan, elevations and 3D
- Dimensioned PDF export for your builder
- 1 realistic render to try it
Starter pack
One kitchen, a few angles, a couple of themes.
$19once, nothing renews
- 15 render credits
- 1 credit per generated image
- 10 projects
- Editing for 12 months from your latest purchase
- Credits do not expire
Kitchen pack
Room to iterate properly across layouts and finishes.
$39once, nothing renews
- 40 render credits
- 1 credit per generated image
- 20 projects
- Editing for 12 months from your latest purchase
- Credits do not expire
Studio pack
For designers working on more than one client kitchen.
$199once, nothing renews
- 500 render credits
- 1 credit per generated image
- 100 projects
- Editing for 12 months from your latest purchase
- Credits do not expire
Prices in US dollars, excluding local taxes. Unused credits refunded in full within seven days if it did not help. A failed generation always returns its credit.
Questions
What people ask before they start.
Something not answered here? Write to us — a person replies, usually the same day.
The wall is still bare. That is the good news.
Build it here first — the room, every appliance, the finishes you are weighing up — and walk into the conversation with your builder holding a photograph and a plan instead of a description. Start with your room and make it your own.
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