Stefan’s kitchen was dark and walled off from the living room. We drew a new layout in 3D, took out the walls in the way and built a bright kitchen with gray shaker cabinets, a quartz island, new floors and new lighting.
The old kitchen was a U-shape with black granite counters, natural maple cabinets with open shelves above and one track light over the work area. A wall and a peninsula closed it off from the living room.
Before anything came out, we drew the new kitchen in 3D: cabinets along two walls, two tall pantry towers and a 48-inch island in the opened space. Stefan saw the finished layout first, and the same drawing became the plan the crew built from.
Two interior walls came out: an 8 × 8 ft wall and a smaller 3 × 3 ft closed section. Before demolition, a licensed structural engineer inspected both to check whether they carried load, with a plan to stop and engineer a fix if any structure turned up. Once the walls were out, we closed the scars, matched the existing wall texture and repainted.
Hear from Stefan about his opened-up kitchen and working with our team.
An engineer’s look before demolition tells you whether opening up is simple or needs a beam, and the price and schedule change with it.
Here the old insulation under the kitchen was damaged. We replaced the subfloor plywood and insulated before the new floor went down, while it was still open.
Moving to an island layout leaves old ceiling lights in the wrong places. This kitchen got 11 recessed LEDs on 3 circuits.
We measure, draw your kitchen in 3D and walk you through it before any work starts. One team handles the design and the build.
