Areté Renovations

Areté Renovations Areté (Greek: ἀρετή, aretḗ) - Excellence - Custom Kitchen Renovation and Open Concept Creation Expert. Professional Painting.

✔️ Custom Closet Build-out ✔️Started with a blank slate and built out this custom designed closet. We built the tower ca...
04/04/2026

✔️ Custom Closet Build-out ✔️

Started with a blank slate and built out this custom designed closet. We built the tower cabinet off-site in the shop and brought it over to build around. Then we marked out and built out all the shelving with hanging rods + two adjustable shoe racks.
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Finally we painted everything with lacquer paint

🚨 New Kitchen 🚨 - Completely gutted the kitchens original cabinets, removed all the flooring, jack hammered the floor to...
04/02/2026

🚨 New Kitchen 🚨

- Completely gutted the kitchens original cabinets, removed all the flooring, jack hammered the floor to move the sink drain and water lines to the island and flipped the stove to the exterior wall where the sink was originally.
- Built temporary walls to support the house while we installed LVL beams and removed the dividing load-bearing wall.
- Relocated the gas line
- Bricked in the old window, fixed sheetrock, installed new trim
- Built custom cabinets off-site and installed them and the floating shelves.
- Quartz counters + new backsplash and finished it off with a custom paint job

Swipe to see more of the finished product, some before pictures and a few of the house during the demo & planning phase.

Load bearing wall removals + a 2nd story. -Quite often clients request removing 1 or 2 load-bearing walls to create an o...
02/15/2026

Load bearing wall removals + a 2nd story.
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Quite often clients request removing 1 or 2 load-bearing walls to create an open concept, but also have a 2nd story or bonus room above that space. Or sometimes the HVAC unit/ducting with minimal attic space could be in the way. In those situations it’s still possible, but one element to take into consideration is the amount of space we are able to push the new LVL support beams up against the 2nd story floor.
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Usually we have between 10-12” of available space to push up the new support beams, which often range from 16-18” high. That creates an area that extends down below the 1st floor ceiling. The way we handle that is by capping those LVL beams in either maple or oak wood to create a solid beam look, while concealing the LVL’s.
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On the first 2 examples there is a 2nd and 3rd story above the space & multiple walls were removed.
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Here’s a 2 custom vanities and a master bathroom storage/linen cabinet that I just finished up.  The storage cabinet use...
02/14/2026

Here’s a 2 custom vanities and a master bathroom storage/linen cabinet that I just finished up. The storage cabinet used to be a shower area
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3cm quartz counters w/4” backsplash + professional lacquer paint application.
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Scroll to see the before & during photos

02/12/2026

From an old whirlpool bath tub to an awesome walk-in shower!
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This one was gutted down and all plumbing rerouted to align with the new design. We installed a 3-way diverter to allow the rain head to work on its on, just the wand on its own or both at once.
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Added a waterfall quartz with miter edge across the top, down the pony wall and on top of the curb to tie it into the custom vanity cabinet we built.
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Custom glass splash panel to align with the tile and this one is ready to go.
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Check the comments for a before picture.

Custom cabinet and bar extension into the dining area.-My client wanted to extend into the dining area and gain some add...
01/14/2026

Custom cabinet and bar extension into the dining area.
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My client wanted to extend into the dining area and gain some additional cabinet & counter space in their new home, so we tied into the originals, matched the door and drawer design and made it happen.
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Installed “Cloudy Grey” counters and professionally painted them + all the original cabinets in the kitchen.
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Custom built on-site.  -The client wanted to add a pantry/coffee bar, so we adjusted the fridge cap cabinet to tie into ...
01/09/2026

Custom built on-site.
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The client wanted to add a pantry/coffee bar, so we adjusted the fridge cap cabinet to tie into it and extend a new cabinet about 40” wide x 8’ H.
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Equipped with pullout shelving for lower accessible storage and to house the coffee maker & accessories.
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3,204’ of glue down engineered hardwood installed.  -We tore up the old nailed down 5/8” thick açaí wood, pulled thousan...
12/29/2025

3,204’ of glue down engineered hardwood installed.
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We tore up the old nailed down 5/8” thick açaí wood, pulled thousands of nails, prepped the floor and installed this though out the entire house, upstairs and downstairs.
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Total install time for flooring = 3 days

Refacing cabinets is an affordable way to upgrade the look of your dated cabinets without breaking the budget.  - We kep...
11/22/2025

Refacing cabinets is an affordable way to upgrade the look of your dated cabinets without breaking the budget.
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We kept the lower oak cabinets but upgraded the doors and drawers to reface the cabinets to shaker style.
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Then we rebuilt the uppers entirely to increase the height + added a new small pantry

Custom Built Floating Rift Sawn White Oak Cabinets- Rift sawn white is different than regular white oak because of how i...
11/20/2025

Custom Built Floating Rift Sawn White Oak Cabinets
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Rift sawn white is different than regular white oak because of how it is cut. Rift sawn white oak is a cut of white oak lumber with a very straight, linear grain pattern, achieved by sawing the log at a precise angle. Standard white oak is expensive, but rift sawn is even more expensive.
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We rerouted the plumbing for perfectly centered wall mount faucets into a stone backsplash.
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L-shaped vanity for her and a counter top tower for towels and other misc items.
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- Double edged Taj Mahal quartzite
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Custom pantry cabinets are becoming more requested in kitchen remodels I do that don’t have available space for a walk-i...
11/19/2025

Custom pantry cabinets are becoming more requested in kitchen remodels I do that don’t have available space for a walk-in pantry.
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Here are a few examples of different custom cabinet pantries we’ve built with pullouts drawers and adjustable shelving The examples show them open and closed
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🔥 Full Gut & Custom Kitchen Renovation 🔥 -We gutted the kitchen, removed the furdowns, ran a new gas line for the stove,...
11/13/2025

🔥 Full Gut & Custom Kitchen Renovation 🔥
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We gutted the kitchen, removed the furdowns, ran a new gas line for the stove, fixed the sheetrock, put down large tile in a diamond pattern, built custom shaker style cabinets & added quartz with a farm sink.
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Followed that u with a custom paint job using Sherwin Williams Hi-Bild lacquer paint (Color = Dried Thyme) with a satin sheen.
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Added some gold hardware for the finishing touch and this one is complete. Swipe on over to see some before pics.
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