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Design TipsMJ Leckie1 April 20265 min read

Design Your Dream Outdoor Kitchen Online — For Free

Imagine planning your entire custom outdoor kitchen from your couch — choosing cabinets, benchtops, appliances, and finishes — and seeing the price update in real time. That's exactly what our free online planner lets you do.

Design Your Dream Outdoor Kitchen Online — For Free

Planning a custom outdoor kitchen used to mean booking multiple trade visits, waiting on quotes, and trying to visualise a finished space from a flat piece of paper. Not anymore.

At MJ Leckie Carpentry, we've built a free online kitchen planner that puts you in the driver's seat. In minutes, you can design a full outdoor kitchen layout, pick your materials, and see a live price estimate — all before speaking to anyone.

Beautiful Sydney outdoor kitchen with stone benchtop and alfresco deck


How the Planner Works

Our drag-and-drop canvas makes it simple:

  1. Browse the cabinet library — choose from door units, drawer units, corner units, BBQ surrounds, fridge cabinets, and more.
  2. Drag cabinets onto the canvas — arrange them exactly how you want. Rotate, resize, and position with precision snapping.
  3. Select your finishes — pick your benchtop material, door style, handle, and kicker colour from our curated range of Pure, Classic, and Deluxe options.
  4. Add appliances — drop in a fridge, sink, BBQ, oven, or ice maker.
  5. See your price update live — the quote panel on the right calculates your total as you design.

When you're happy, you can save your project, share it with us, and we'll turn it into a formal quote.


Why Design It Yourself?

Modern outdoor kitchen on a Sydney Northern Beaches home with timber deck

You Know Your Space Best

No one knows your deck, your backyard, or how you entertain better than you do. Our planner gives you the freedom to experiment — try an L-shape layout, see if a corner unit works, or test whether a wider fridge cabinet fits.

No Obligation, No Rush

The planner is completely free to use. Come back to it as many times as you want. Refine the layout, swap finishes, adjust the sizing — there's no pressure to commit until you're ready.

Real Prices, Not Guesswork

Every cabinet and appliance in the planner has real pricing. The live quote panel gives you an honest estimate based on your actual selections, so there are no surprises later.


What Can You Build?

L-shaped outdoor kitchen with alfresco dining area, pool in background

Our outdoor kitchens are crafted for the Sydney Northern Beaches climate — built to handle sun, salt air, and Australian summers. Popular configurations include:

  • Straight run kitchens — perfect for a single deck wall, maximising bench space
  • L-shaped kitchens — great for corner positions and creating a natural entertaining flow
  • Island kitchens — freestanding in the centre of a deck, ideal for social cooking
  • BBQ-focused kitchens — built around a premium Broil King built-in BBQ with side burners, fridges, and storage

Our Finish Options

Every kitchen is customised to your taste. Choose from:

Benchtops

  • Pure range — entry-level porcelain and engineered stone
  • Classic range — mid-tier stones with more colour variety
  • Deluxe range — premium Smartstone and imported porcelain slabs

Close-up of premium stone benchtop on outdoor kitchen with coastal backdrop

Door Styles

  • Alloy Frame — sleek aluminium-framed doors, perfect for a coastal modern look
  • Stylex — solid panel doors in a wide range of colours
  • UV Poly Sprayed — high-gloss sprayed finish for a premium, seamless appearance

The Process After You Design

Once you've created your layout in the planner:

  1. Submit for quote — we review your design and send a formal written quote within 48 hours
  2. Approval — review the details, approve digitally, and we lock in your job
  3. Manufacturing — your cabinets are custom-built in our Sydney workshop
  4. Installation — our team installs your kitchen on-site, ready for your first BBQ

Most kitchens are completed within 6–10 weeks from approval.

Completed custom outdoor kitchen with BBQ, fridge and stone benchtop on Sydney home


Ready to Start?

Head to our free online planner and start designing today. No account needed to browse — sign up when you're ready to save your design.

If you have questions along the way, our AI assistant Ava is built right into the planner and can help you choose cabinets, estimate sizing, and navigate your options.

We'd love to help you build something special.

— The MJ Leckie Carpentry Team

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