This is brilliant also, I’ll definitely download the SKIMP & Statistics Probe extensions to help sort out my problems. I always wondered if the tap was causing an issue, now I know for definite that it is! And that swing out corner storage can be dramatically reduced in size. Lots of other components to look at and reduce in size. Thanks so much.
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Note: this extension is available from SketchUcation’s plugin store, not from the SketchUp extension warehouse.
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This is where proper tag usage can help.
Also, if you were to upgrade to SketchUp 2021, you could do with many fewer scenes for those cabinets.
Adding: One of the places where you would do well to use a texture is the fluted glass panels in the upper cabinet doors.
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2.7Mb on an image of a can of beans!! I hadn’t realised quite how much of an issue importing certain components from the SU warehouse could be, but that’s bonkers! haha, definitely one to be removed from the model!!!
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Thanks, I’ll take a look.
Is there any kind of tutorial video’s that you know of for proper tag usage? This is something I’m not familiar with and sounds like something I could really use.
This is the sort of thing that results in the advice to import entourage into a separate file to check it out and clean it up before adding it to your project. Obviously it doesn’t take a whole lot of bean cans to run the file size way up. Sometimes there is hidden content that can be removed along with things like name badges on appliances that can’t be seen unless you zoom in very closely. You need to watch some of the kitchen appliance models out there, too. I’ve seen refrigerator models that have the racks inside along with the icemaker, plumbing, compressor, and even the screw threads on the leveling feet.
One thing you could look at is the video Aaron posted on YouTube today about tags.
In a nutshell, only objects (groups and components are given tags. ALL edges and faces should be created and remain untagged. So you should never move the pencil icon away from Untagged. One thing that can snag you is exploding objects. The contents inherit the tag from the object. If you explode a nested (parent) group or component, the child objects inside get the parent’s tag. If you explode an object to raw geometry, the raw geometry gets the tag. (There have been feature requests to change this behavior for raw geometry. Hopefully we’ll see a change one day.) If you are exploding to raw geometry the very next step should be to untag the geometry in Entity Info while that geometry is still selected.
I usea plugin called Default Layer Geometry from Sketchucation to fix models like yours. It’s actually one of the first things I do when I get a model open. It would be useful to run it for entourage components from the 3D Warehouse, too.
Hopefully that helps.
By the way, those dining chairs remind me of Belel and Lokai in “Let That Be Your Last Battlefield” from Star Trek TOS. 
I use a similar method to you - i have the indiviudal components placed over to one side in the model. It does make LayOut setup much easier.
But do check that your scenes are not showing the entire model. Even though LayOut crops the view, it’s still better to hide those other things (or turn the tag off) of anything that is not in the view.
LayOut views need to be very simple, so you could also place all the complex items like wire trays into a tag and hide that tag before you export a scene to LayOut.
There’s an Extension that will convert and re-save your materials to a lower resolution version. I forget the name of that , sorry.
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I’ve just realised that ‘tags’ were previously called ‘Layers’!! Been looking for tags for ages haha! Ok, so I’ve downloaded Skimp which has made a massive difference already, and now I know that by correctly using Layers to set up the views in Layout I can cut my cabinets by half. I’ll also use Statistics Probe to identify the problem components and will start importing new components into a fresh model to play around with it until I’m happy to bring it into my kitchen model. I’ll double check all face orientation and will omit anything that’s unnecessary like the cab names, drainer grooves, baked bean cans etc. I’ll also look through the materials to see if I can get rid of anything in here too. This is all great advice which I’m sure will dramatically reduce my file sizes. Thanks so much, I really appreciate your help.
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Its madness really, but it does make Layout clean, albeit slow! Glad I’m not the only one with this crazy method haha!
Sorry about the tag/layer confusion. Same thing applies to layers in older versions of SketchUp. All geometry is created with Layer 0 assigned to it and keeps layer 0 assigned to it. You put layers on objects only.
As far as materials go, I expect you could get rid of all of the book cover and can/jar/bottle label images without hurting anything.
Might be worth considering updating to SU/LO 2021. You can probably manage with a half to maybe a third of the number of scenes you are used to.
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Charles and Ray Eames, 1950.
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Bele:
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I don’t know anything about Star Trek except this:
In older times you could use modern design like the Eames chairs above and this Finnish design necklace by Björn Weckström to illustrate the future.
I think that’s Star Wars, not Star Trek. 
Hard to do these days.
Which proves my point, sorry.
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there are many good videos to watch at The SketchUp You Tube Channel. this is the same site that hosts the Tag video that @DaveR has referenced.
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Will do, I’m due an update anyhow!
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Wash your mouth out!!!
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Very similar!