Put countertop appliances and accessories on your kitchen counters
Open the Kitchen tab of Furnish and scroll to Countertop Appliances (54 pieces) or Counter Accessories (16). Add a piece and drag it onto a base cabinet, island, table or desk: it sits on that surface at the surface's real height, even on a counter you've raised or lowered. Select it to type its exact size or pick a colour, and let Flow Check tell you when something is too tall to fit under your upper cabinets.
Counter space is the thing every kitchen runs out of first. A floor plan that shows only cabinets says nothing about whether the espresso machine, the grinder, the air fryer and the stand mixer will all fit, or whether the tall blender will hit the upper cabinets. Putting the real appliances on the plan answers that before you buy anything or move a cabinet.
RoomSketch3D's Kitchen tab has two groups for this: Countertop Appliances (54 pieces: coffee and espresso machines, grinders, kettles, air fryers, multi-cookers, toasters, ovens, griddles, mixers, blenders, juicers, microwaves and more) and Counter Accessories (16: drying racks, a knife block, utensil holder, spice rack, canisters, bread box, fruit bowls, herb garden, wine rack and others). They are generic shapes at typical sizes, with no brand names, so you can set each one to the size on your own appliance's spec sheet.
Each piece stands on whatever counter you drop it on, at that counter's real height in 3D, and keeps off the floor. This guide shows where to find them, how placement and height work, how to change the colour, and what Flow Check flags.
What you'll need
- •A RoomSketch3D design with a kitchen (any kitchen template works)
- •The width, depth and height of the appliances you own or plan to buy, if you want an exact check
Step by step
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Find Countertop Appliances and Counter Accessories in the Kitchen tab
Open Furnish (on a phone, tap Furnish) and pick the Kitchen room tab. Scroll past the cabinets, islands and large appliances: Countertop Appliances comes next, then Counter Accessories. Every tile shows the piece's footprint, for example Espresso Machine (Compact) 11″ × 1′ 2″ or Pod Coffee Maker 6″ × 1′. Search is quicker when you know what you want: type air fryer, espresso, grinder, kettle, stand mixer or dish rack in the search box. The counter microwave, rice cooker, air fryer and toaster oven used to be under Small Appliances. They now live in Countertop Appliances; pieces already in your designs don't change.
Kitchen tab → Countertop Appliances, with each piece's real footprint under its name. - 2
Drop a piece onto a counter
Tap a tile and then + Add: the piece lands in the middle of the room. Drag it onto a base cabinet, an island, a table, a desk, a buffet or a bar and it rests on top. The app doesn't call that an overlap, because these pieces are meant to sit on those surfaces. To select a small piece that sits on a cabinet, tap it: if more than one thing is under your finger, a Select item list appears (for example Espresso Machine (Compact), Base Cabinet 36″). Pick the appliance and its panel opens with W, D and H, Rotate, Quick sizes and Color. Type your own appliance's size in W, D and H when it differs from the stock size. On the plan that is the difference between "the grinder fits next to the machine" and finding out on delivery day. Turn the piece with Rotate so its front faces the room, the same way as the cabinet it sits on.
Select a piece on the counter for its size boxes and the Color row. - 3
Pick a colour
The Color row has nine finishes for appliances (stainless, black, white, cream, charcoal, red, sage, pastel blue and copper) plus the colour wheel for any other colour. Accessories get their own set, including natural wood, bamboo and terracotta. Only the body changes colour: glass, dials, handles and the food in a fruit bowl stay as they are. Matching the appliances to each other (or deliberately not) is a big part of how a kitchen reads, and 3D shows it before you buy.
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Raise or lower a counter and the appliances follow
Pieces stand on the real top of the counter under them. The app's base cabinets are 34½″ tall, so with the countertop slab a piece sits at about 36″, the usual kitchen counter height. Select a base cabinet or island and change its H box, for example to 3′ 6″ (42″) for a bar-height coffee counter or a lower baking counter, and anything on it moves up or down with it in 3D. If a piece straddles two counters of different heights, it stands on the higher one. The island-and-stools sets keep their island at 36″ whatever their H box says, and islands with built-in appliance bays use their own height. A piece that isn't on any surface still floats at counter height (36″) rather than dropping to the floor, so you'll notice it in 3D if you leave it in the middle of the room.
This base cabinet's H is set to 3′ 6″ (42″) for a coffee counter. - 5
Check the counters in 3D
Open the 3D view. Every appliance stands on its counter: the espresso machine and grinder side by side, the stand mixer on the island, the drying rack over the sink. On the raised 42″ cabinet the pod coffee maker sits visibly higher than the multi-cooker on the standard counter next to it. Look for three things: whether each appliance has a little elbow room (a crowded counter in 3D is a crowded counter in real life), whether the tallest pieces clear the upper cabinets, and whether there is still an empty stretch of counter for preparing food.
Same run of cabinets, two heights: the pod coffee maker on the 42″ cabinet, the multi-cooker on a standard one. - 6
See the whole kitchen with its appliances
Step back to the whole room. In this U-shaped kitchen (the U-Shape Kitchen with Island template), a coffee corner of espresso machine, grinder and air fryer sits on the left run, a toaster, knife block and utensil holder are near the end of it, an over-the-sink drying rack stands above the sink, a kettle is in the corner by the range, and a stand mixer is on the island. The appliances turn the cabinet plan into a working kitchen, and it is easy to see which counter is the coffee station, which is the prep zone and which is left for landing hot pans.
The U-Shape Kitchen with Island, with appliances and accessories on every run. - 7
Let Flow Check catch what won't fit under the uppers
Tap Flow check in the toolbar. Countertop pieces on a counter are not overlaps, but a piece that is taller than the gap under the wall cabinet above it is: here the 30″ Over-the-Sink Drying Rack stands under a 36″ × 30″ wall cabinet, and Flow Check says Wall Cabinet 36x30 & Over-the-Sink Drying Rack overlap. In 3D you can see the rack running into the cabinet. The fix is a real design decision: a shorter rack on the counter beside the sink, open shelving instead of a cabinet over the sink, or the cabinet raised. The over-the-sink rack is also the only piece allowed to stand over a sink; a kettle or toaster dropped on a sink is flagged.
Flow Check catches a piece taller than the space under the upper cabinet.
Tips
Keep tall pieces out from under the upper cabinets
Upper cabinets usually start about 18″ above the counter (in the app they hang at 54″, an 18″ gap above a 36″ counter). Most countertop appliances are shorter than that, but a few aren't: the Cold-Drip Coffee Tower (30″ tall), the Over-the-Sink Drying Rack (30″) and the Espresso Machine (2-Group) (20″). Put them on a run with open wall above, or type the height of your own model and let Flow Check decide.
Plan a coffee station as a group
The coffee pieces work as a set: a machine, a grinder beside it, a kettle or hot-water dispenser, and room for cups. Put them on one 24″ to 36″ stretch of counter, ideally near the sink or a water line, and away from the main prep area so the morning coffee and the cooking don't fight for space. For a stand-alone corner with its own furniture, see Coffee station ideas.
Leave air around anything that gets hot
Air fryers, toaster ovens, countertop ovens and multi-cookers vent hot air and steam, often out of the back or the top. Their manuals usually ask for a few inches of space on each side and nothing directly above. On the plan, leave a small gap behind and between them, and keep them out from under upper cabinets and shelves.
Use the accessories for realism in renders
A knife block, utensil holder, fruit bowl and canisters make a kitchen look lived in, in 3D and in AI renders. Two or three per run is enough; a counter covered edge to edge looks cluttered in a render just as it does in real life.
Common mistakes
Putting a tall rack or tower under a wall cabinet
Flow Check flags it, as here: the 30″ over-the-sink drying rack under a 36″ × 30″ wall cabinet gives "Wall Cabinet 36x30 & Over-the-Sink Drying Rack overlap". Move the rack, use a shorter countertop rack, or move the wall cabinet. The over-sink rack is the one piece allowed to stand over a sink; a kettle or toaster dropped on a sink is flagged.
Leaving a piece in the middle of the floor
Countertop pieces never sit on the floor; one left in open space floats at counter height in 3D. Drag it onto a counter, island, table or desk.
Changing the counter height and forgetting the uppers
Raising a base cabinet lifts the appliances on it, but the wall cabinets above don't move. A 42″ counter under uppers at 54″ leaves only 12″, too little for most coffee machines. Raise the wall cabinets' mount height too, or keep that run free of uppers.
Frequently asked questions
How many countertop appliances are there?
54 in Countertop Appliances and 16 in Counter Accessories, both in the Kitchen tab. They include pod, drip and four espresso machines, two grinders, a cold-drip tower, kettle, four air fryers, three multi-cookers, toasters, convection, steam and pizza ovens, griddle, waffle maker, induction hot plates, stand mixers, blenders, juicers, a food processor, three microwaves and a countertop dishwasher.
Will an appliance sit at the right height on my custom-height counter?
Yes. A piece stands on the actual top of the base cabinet or island under it, so if you set a cabinet's height to 42″ (or any other height), the appliance sits on top of it in 3D. Islands from the island-and-stools sets are the exception: their counter is always 36″.
Can I change the colour of an appliance?
Yes. Select it and pick a swatch in the Color row, or use the colour wheel for any colour. The body changes; glass, dials and handles stay as they are.
Can I put an appliance on a table, desk or bar instead of a counter?
Yes. Countertop pieces sit on tables, dining tables, desks, dressers, buffets, bars, media units, storage pieces, workbenches, islands and base cabinets.
Why does Flow Check flag my coffee machine?
Because it is taller than the space under the wall cabinet above it. In the app wall cabinets hang 18″ above a standard counter, so any piece taller than 18″ under one is flagged. Move it to a run without upper cabinets, raise the cabinet, or check that the height you typed matches your machine.
Where did the air fryer and the counter microwave go?
They moved from Small Appliances to Countertop Appliances in November 2026, next to the new air fryers and microwaves. Pieces you placed before that look and behave exactly as they did.
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