Kitchen design prompts for ChatGPT and Gemini that actually work

Before you prompt: what to decide first

Three decisions, made before you open the tool, save you most of the back-and-forth: the layout you are working with (straight, corner, parallel or island — you usually cannot change your room's shape, only what fills it), a style word or two (modern, Scandinavian, industrial, classic), and a rough budget band, since "premium" and "budget" produce very different images. Have these three ready and your first prompt will already be close to usable.

Prompts that start from a blank kitchen (text-only)

Use these when you have no photo to work from, only a room and an idea. Straight quotes only, adapt the details in brackets to your own room.

• "Generate a photorealistic interior render of a straight-line kitchen, 3.6 metres wide, with handleless matt white cabinets, a light oak worktop, and integrated appliances. Natural daylight from a window on the left. Modern Scandinavian style."
• "Design a small L-shaped kitchen for a Dutch apartment, roughly 2.5 by 3 metres, with dark green fronts, brass handles, and a white composite worktop. Show it from eye level, standing in the doorway."
• "Create an island kitchen layout for an open-plan living space, with a dark stone-look worktop on the island, light grey cabinetry along the back wall, and an integrated extractor above the hob. Warm, realistic lighting."
• "Show the same kitchen design again, but replace the worktop with a warm wood finish and change the wall cabinets to open shelving instead of closed doors."

Prompts that start from a photo of your own kitchen

Upload a clear, well-lit photo of your current kitchen first, then use a prompt like these so the tool works from your actual room rather than inventing one.

• "Using this photo of my kitchen, redesign it with handleless charcoal-grey fronts, a light composite worktop, and updated integrated appliances. Keep the room layout and window positions exactly as they are in the photo."
• "Take this kitchen photo and show it with the existing cabinets replaced by a modern industrial style: matt black fronts, exposed shelving, and a stainless steel worktop. Keep the same camera angle."
• "Based on this photo, show what the kitchen would look like with an added island in the centre of the room, matching the existing cabinet colour, while keeping the rest of the layout unchanged."
• "Using this photo, show three front colour options side by side for the same cabinet layout: warm white, sage green, and dark navy, all with the same handle style."

Iterating: refining one element at a time

The single most useful habit is changing one thing per prompt rather than rewriting the whole description each time. If you like the layout but not the worktop, ask only for the worktop to change and reference "the same kitchen" or "this image" so the tool keeps everything else stable. Rewriting the full prompt from scratch tends to shift multiple elements at once, and you lose the parts you had already settled on.

Limits of AI kitchen design tools

Worth being clear-eyed about before you get attached to an image: these tools do not know your actual measurements, cannot confirm what fits around your plumbing and electrics, and sometimes generate appliance shapes or cabinet proportions that are not physically realistic in a real kitchen fit-out. Treat every result as a strong visual reference, not as a plan — the next step is always a conversation with someone who can confirm what is actually buildable in your space.

From prompt to price: sending your render for a quote

Once you have an image you are happy with, the next step is turning it into a number. Fill in the form on this page and describe or upload your design; up to three selected, independent Dutch kitchen specialists in your region will price it and compete for your business, free and without obligation. If you want to understand what typically drives the price of a design like yours first, read what an AI kitchen design costs in the Netherlands before you send your request.

Frequently asked questions

Also read: what an AI kitchen design costs in the Netherlands, from AI design to a real Dutch kitchen quote, 7 checks, our overview of kitchen prices in the Netherlands, our guide to getting and comparing kitchen quotes, the free kitchen quote check, or go back to the English overview page.