How we work
Editorial standards
Our guides, tools, and examples help people make expensive decisions about their homes, so we hold them to clear standards. Here's how AI Kitchen Design creates its content.
Real rooms, compared fairly
Side-by-side comparisons (every style at three budgets, the 54-design study, and the refresh-vs-remodel guide) all use the same real reference kitchen photo, so the only thing that changes is the design. To show how styles adapt to different rooms, our galleries also use eight sample kitchens; those starting photos are AI-generated to represent common kitchen types (a 1990s oak kitchen, a builder-grade espresso kitchen, a small galley, and so on) and are labeled as samples. Every image is reviewed by hand; results that moved the camera or changed windows and doors are regenerated.
Costs
Cost figures are typical 2026 US installed ranges (materials plus labor) for each class of material, adjusted by a regional index where you enter a ZIP code. They're planning estimates for comparing options, not quotes. We say so wherever a number appears, and we update them as prices change.
Planning guidelines
Clearances, work triangle, landing space, and similar rules follow common recommendations from the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA). They are guidelines, not building codes; we always point readers to their local building department and a licensed contractor for code questions.
No invented proof
We don't publish fake reviews, testimonials, user counts, or statistics. When a claim is a general trend rather than a measured number, we describe it that way. Where we cite outside data, we link to the source.
Honest about AI
AI designs are concepts. They can change small details and are not to scale. We say this on every tool and guide that uses them, and we provide a to-scale kitchen planner for real dimensions.
Updates and corrections
Every guide shows when it was last updated. If you spot an error, email hello@aikitchendesign.co and we'll correct it and note the change.
See the method in action in we redesigned one kitchen 54 ways.