Do I need a designer or an architect for my kitchen?
tsk2
8 years ago
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Comments (4)You could make a model of your room with cardboard try and do it to scale then move the items around until your happy with it. There some free online programs that can do this as well if you are good with a computer 'sketchup'' is one you could try. Certainly cheaper if you want to see the costs down....See More
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