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· By Tomas Reyes · 1 min read

Lay out your kitchen in chalk first

Our designers' method for testing a new kitchen layout on the floor, full size, before anything is drawn: the distances that matter and the mistakes it catches.

An empty kitchen stripped to the studs, the floor marked with blue chalk lines and pencil outlines where the island and cabinets will go

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