10/02/2026
🔨 KITCHEN ADDITION & REMODEL — WHAT A TRANSFORMATION! 🇺🇸
This project has come a LONG way from where we started.
The original kitchen was small, tight and short on usable workspace. Instead of tearing out perfectly good cabinetry and starting over, we saved the existing cabinets and completely reconfigured them into a kitchen nearly THREE TIMES the original size. More room, more storage, more counter space—and a completely different feel.
We upgraded the original 24” sink to a 36” sink and built an 8-foot custom kitchen island completely on site, giving the homeowners a huge new workspace and a centerpiece for the entire room.
One of my favorite details is the flooring. We used the tile transition around the island to visually define the kitchen while separating it from the adjoining space, which will eventually become a small, comfortable reading nook.
And there isn’t much “off the shelf” about this project.
🪚 Cedar walls and ceilings
🪵 Custom-cut trim throughout
🧱 Tile and backsplash work
💡 New lighting and electrical
🔌 The entire electrical breaker panel had to be relocated to make the new layout possible
🏠 Structural work and a completely new finished addition
🔨 Custom-built island and countertops
🪟 Large windows opening the new space up to the property
Even the cedar tree running through the island came directly from the property. Instead of hiding it, we incorporated it into the design, where it now serves as part of the structural support for a three-way bridge between the adjoining rooms. It’s a piece of the property that literally became part of the home.
From framing and structural work to cedar, tile, trim, cabinetry, electrical, countertops and finish work, everything was designed around this particular house and cut or built on site.
This is why I enjoy remodels like this. Sometimes the answer isn’t ripping everything out and replacing it. It’s figuring out how to take what a home already has, make it work better, and build something that looks like it was always supposed to be there.
Still a little work left, but these before-and-progress pictures tell one heck of a story.
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