Modern galley kitchen redesign with white cabinets, stainless steel appliances, light green tile backsplash, and a dining area visible through sliding glass doors.

Whole House Remodeling

  1. Remodel Basics
    1. Planning stage: What are your goals for your newly renovated home?
    2. Improve looks
      1. Your style and preferences
    3. Improve function
      1. Updated appliances
      2. Better work space
      3. Entertaining space
      4. More storage and more organization
      5. Multiple uses (dining, desk, storage, prep, etc.)
    4. Increase kitchen space
    5. Increase value of your home
    6. Changes to accommodate both young children, grandparents and people with special needs
  2. Design Process
    1. Work with designer to create a floor plan
    2. Work with builder or contractor to determine structural changes
      1. Possible wall removal?
      2. Addition to kitchen?
      3. Replace windows? Change placement of windows?
      4. Plumbing changes, if necessary
      5. Wall preparation
    3. Electrical plan developed
      1. Type and placement of lights
      2. Placements of switches and outlets
    4. Estimate for cabinets and entire project
    5. Select specific appliances. 
    6. Select specific wood, wood stain or paint, door style.
    7. Order cabinets (specific appliances are needed before cabinet ordering can be placed.)
    8. Establish schedule for work to be done at your home prior to cabinet installation
  3. Selection of other important kitchen elements
    1. Countertop material – we provide preferred vendors and offer advice
      1. Granite – visit various stone yards to select
      2. Quartz surface –  we offer Caesarstone and have samples
      3. Tile – our tile consultant will expertly help you
      4. Wood top – butcher block and many other wood surfaces available
      5. Other possibilities: concrete, acrylic solid surface, laminate
    2. Backsplash treatment
      1. 5” matching granite or quartz or stone
      2. Tile backsplash from wall cabinet to countertop
    3. Flooring
      1. Tile – our tile consultant can help out (additional fee for her services)
      2. Engineered wood
      3. Linoleum or Vinyl
      4. Cork or alternative surface
    4. Light fixtures
      1. Ambient lighting – usually can lights
      2. Under cabinet lighting
      3. Pendants – over islands or peninsulas
      4. Surface mounted – over sink or other areas
      5. Lighting inside wall cabinets with glass doors or lighting in open cabinets
    5. Finishing touches
      1. Paint color chosen
      2. Cabinet hardware chosen
  4. Work project starts
    1. Before work starts, an alternate area of your home should be set up for a temporary kitchen
    2. Kitchen must be emptied and items safely stored away from kitchen work
    3. Demolition and removal of all old materials
    4. Rough in Electrical
    5. Rough in Plumbing
    6. Drywall work
    7. Priming and painting
    8. Cabinets installed
    9. Sub tops installed on base cabinets
    10. Countertops template (precise measuring)
    11. Flooring installed
    12. Countertops installed
    13. Backsplash installed
    14. Appliances installed
    15. Electrical trim installed
    16. Plumbing fixtures installed
    17. Paint touch up; cabinet touch up
  5. Project is completed
    1. Walk through with you, to determine the “Punch list” of little finishing tasks
  6. We stand behind our kitchen remodel projects!
    1. Limited lifetime warranty on cabinets
    2. Warranty on drawer glides and soft close hardware
    3. We will correct any problems that arise due to our installation and cabinet failure. 
    4.  If you have any adjustments needed down the road on your new cabinets or work we have done, give us a call.   We will come out and make those adjustments for you, free of charge.