Our work, in our customers’ own homes.
Not catalog photos. Every room on this page is a real project in a real house. Most are shown before and after, from roughly the same spot. The rest are finished rooms where nobody thought to photograph them beforehand, which is how it usually goes when a job starts.
22 projects, start to finish.
Photographed in our customers’ own homes and shared with their permission.
Opened up to the view.
Lori and Dave’s kitchen
Honey oak cabinetry and a boxed ceiling light panel closed the room in and kept the best thing about it, the view out the back, to a single window. Cream raised-panel cabinetry, granite counters and an island that seats five replaced it, under a ceiling that now runs up to the peak.
A new island, a lighter room.
Maureen and Rick’s kitchen
Honey oak cabinetry and a peninsula gave way to light perimeter cabinets, a dark contrasting island with pendants over it, a stainless chimney hood and a wall oven stack.
The cooking wall.
Cindy and Eric’s kitchen
White raised-panel doors, a laminate top and a freestanding range came out. In went gray shaker cabinetry, a quartz counter, a gas cooktop with a separate built-in wall oven underneath, and a wood-faced cabinet above the microwave to break up the gray.
Same wall, same corner of the room. Only the camera moved.
The sink run and pass-through.
Cindy and Eric’s kitchen
A drop-in double bowl and a patterned tile backsplash gave way to one deep undermount basin and a clean quartz run that carries straight through to the pass-through ledge, so the counter and the ledge read as a single surface from the living room.
Photographed mid-project, before the new flooring went down.
A basement bath, from studs.
Warren and Leslie’s bathroom
This one started as open framing, a concrete floor and rough-in plumbing. It finished as a full bathroom: wood-tone vanity and wall cabinet, a framed mirror over the sink, a three-light bar, and plank flooring wall to wall.
Framing photographed in March, finished bathroom in July.
Keeping the arch, changing everything else.
Paulette’s kitchen
The arched cooking niche was worth keeping, so it stayed. Dark cherry cabinetry and heavily patterned granite went, replaced by cream painted cabinets, a quieter light counter and a stainless wall oven beside the arch.
The same arch appears in both frames, which is how these two are matched.
A primary bath, opened up.
Adele and Chuck’s bathroom
A corner platform tub and a boxed-in shower ate most of the floor. Taking both out left room for a freestanding tub under the arched windows, a long dark vanity run with lit mirrors, and wood-look plank tile throughout.
The arched windows are the giveaway that this is the same room.
A log home, brightened without losing the logs.
Dave and Sandy’s kitchen
The log walls and beamed ceiling were the reason to buy the house, so they stayed. What changed was everything below them: knotty pine cabinetry and butcher block gave way to painted shaker fronts, a light counter and a brick-look backsplash.
The ceiling and log walls are untouched in both frames.
Closed galley to open plan.
Lauren and Dan’s kitchen
One angle could not hold this job, so the before is two. A paneled wall closed the living room off, and the kitchen sat boxed in behind it. The tired back door came out, the dining room window became a patio slider, and then the walls came down. What is there now is one room: new perimeter cabinets, a deep green island with seating and open shelving, a herringbone tile backsplash and a light stone counter that wraps the run.
The before is two photos in one frame. A single angle could not show both what the kitchen was and the wall that hid it.
The window wall.
Marc and Lauren’s kitchen
Same window over the same sink. Around it, white uppers over navy base cabinets, a patterned tile backsplash, a stainless chimney hood where a microwave used to sit, and a light counter running the full length.
Under the vault.
Bill and Barb’s kitchen
The vaulted ceiling and its pendant stayed put. Honey oak cabinetry and tile flooring came out for light stained cabinets, a pale counter and a textured backsplash that lifts the whole room.
Same vault, same pendant, same window.
Dated white to crisp white.
Michelle and Sean’s kitchen
Not every kitchen needs a new colour, just a better version of the one it had. Tired flat-panel doors and worn counters were replaced with white shaker cabinetry and a bold-veined stone counter that wraps the peninsula.
Oak to charcoal.
Tanya and John’s kitchen
Oak cabinetry, white appliances and sheet flooring came out. In went charcoal cabinets, speckled granite, a stone-look tile backsplash, stainless appliances and plank flooring.
A tired kitchen, rebuilt.
Keith’s kitchen
Worn cream cabinet doors and white appliances went out. Maple cabinetry, a dark counter and a mosaic tile backsplash came in, with the microwave moved up over the range to free the counter.
Same cabinets, new doors.
Carole and Jim’s kitchen
This one is a refacing, so the cabinet boxes are the originals and the layout never moved. New full overlay doors and drawer fronts went on, new drawer boxes went in behind them, and every door and drawer is soft closing. New flooring and new countertops did the rest.
Losing the soffit.
Carol’s kitchen
Cabinets that stopped short of the ceiling made the room feel lower than it was. Taking them to full height, adding an island hood and running a light counter around the U changed the proportions more than the colour did.
Stepping over a curb, or not.
Barbara’s bathroom
A framed glass door, a tiled curb and an oak surround came out. The replacement is a low-threshold shower with a bright surround, a corner seat, a grab bar and a hand shower on a slide bar.
Both came out. Only the shower came back.
Lloyd’s bathroom
A drop-in tub in a tiled deck sat beside a framed glass shower. Both came out, and one long shower went back in their place: speckled large-format tile, a niche running the full width, a fixed head and a handheld on a slide bar, and a black grab bar. The glass is frameless now, and it sits on a low half wall rather than a tub deck.
Out with the light box.
Stef and Marilynn’s kitchen
A fluorescent ceiling box and oak cabinetry dated the room more than anything else in it. Recessed lighting, white cabinets, a light counter and wood flooring replaced all three.
Building the range wall around a hood.
Greg and Kayley’s kitchen
A microwave over the range and a mosaic strip backsplash were replaced by a built plaster hood, a range set into stone, and a full-height tile field behind it. The island counter changed with them.
A refacing that turned into a kitchen.
Lesley’s kitchen
She came in wanting the cabinets refaced, so the budget would stretch far enough to do her primary bath as well. Then we looked at what the builder had put in: plastic cabinets, in a neighborhood where nobody would expect them, and nothing worth refacing. The perimeter cabinets were replaced instead, new counters went in, and the room got a fresh coat of paint. Mostly a new kitchen.
White shaker perimeter cabinets and a light stone backsplash in place of the tan tile, white quartz counters, and her existing wood island kept and re-topped in the same stone.
A closet that finally holds things.
Carol’s closet
Wire shelving and a pile on the floor became built-in shelving, hanging space and drawers. Not every job is a kitchen, and this is one of the cheapest rooms in the house to fix.
Finished rooms.
Jobs we photographed once they were done. There is no before to show for these, because the camera came out at the end.
The crazy question about the sink.
Amber and Rich’s kitchen
Her sink sat at the end of the peninsula, facing into the living room. About fifteen seconds into the first visit we asked the crazy question: had she ever thought about moving it to the window? Roughly $2,000 of plumbing later it looks out over the back yard, and it is the first thing anyone notices about the room. The peninsula it came from is in the next photo.
Cream raised-panel uppers over charcoal bases, a white stone counter and a glass brick backsplash lit from under the cabinets. The black apron sink and faucet pick up the black dishwasher, and the brass pulls keep it from reading cold.
The same kitchen, from the other end.
Amber and Rich’s kitchen
The range wall of the kitchen above, with a stainless chimney hood set into the cabinet run and the island counter carried through in the same stone.
A fireplace wall that holds something.
Dmytri and Anna’s living area
A painted mantel and surround with a cabinet on each side, and the niche above it painted out dark so the screen sits back instead of dominating the room. Not every job is a kitchen.
Cabinets to the ceiling.
Caroline and Bill’s kitchen
Espresso shaker cabinetry carried all the way to the ceiling, and a long white island with soft gray veining that seats the family along two sides. The cooktop sits in the island so the sink keeps the window, the ovens are built into the run beside the refrigerator, and a brick-set tile runs the full height of the wall rather than stopping at the upper cabinets.
Photographed in the owners’ home, February 2022. This is the only photo we have of this kitchen.
White shaker, oak underfoot.
White shaker cabinetry with light quartz counters, a grey linear mosaic backsplash and a stainless range, microwave and dishwasher, over a light oak floor. Nothing exotic in it, which is the point: this is the layout a great many houses around here already have, done properly.
A small bath that earns its space.
Patricia’s bathroom
Stacked white tile in the shower behind a single glass panel, black hexagon tile underfoot, and a fluted wood vanity with a brass faucet. Black on the mirror frame and the fittings against brass at the tap keeps it to two metals, which is what stops a small room reading as busy.
Green cabinets, on purpose.
Steve and Trina’s kitchen
Deep green shaker doors against a white subway backsplash, with brass dome pendants over a granite island that seats three. The stainless chimney hood and the skylight are what keep a dark color from closing the room in.
Working the corner.
Chris and Carole’s bathroom
Cream glazed cabinetry run into the corner rather than around it, with a tower standing between the two sinks and granite carried across both. Oil rubbed bronze on the faucets and the sconces, over a dark plank floor.
Knotty hickory and a farmhouse sink.
Gary’s kitchen
Rustic hickory with the knots left in, dark granite counters and a white apron front sink under the window run. Glass fronted uppers with dark interiors break up what would otherwise be a solid wall of wood.
Big tile, few seams.
Don’s bathroom
Large format marble look porcelain carried up the walls and across the floor, so the veining runs through the room instead of stopping at a tile line. A freestanding tub, a matte black filler and one black shelf are the whole of the hardware.
One long run, start to finish.
Linda’s kitchen
The kitchen had a peninsula just past the dishwasher, and an opening between that peninsula and the cabinets on the wall to the right. Taking it out turned the room into one long galley run, which gave her a clear path from one end to the other and a lot more counter to work on.
White shaker cabinetry along the run, with quartz counters, a grey subway backsplash, and a black sink and faucet picked up by the black dishwasher.
A shower with a pebble floor.
Dan and Lori’s bathroom
Frameless glass on a neo angle, large grey porcelain on the walls and river rock underfoot, with a niche cut in at shoulder height. The pebble floor is the part people notice first, and it is also the part that gives you grip.
Flat doors, long lines.
David’s kitchen
Slab fronts in a grey brown stain, white counters and a stainless chimney hood, with the ovens built into the tall run beside the refrigerator. No raised panels and no applied molding, so the eye travels along the room rather than stopping at every door.
Under the slope.
Anita’s bathroom
A neo angle shower in white subway tile and a freestanding tub tucked into the window corner, both sitting under a sloped ceiling that ruled out anything tall. Large black hexagon tile on the floor, and matte black on the fan, the filler and the shower fittings.
A peninsula that seats the room.
Jim and Patrice’s kitchen
Light greige cabinetry with granite counters and a raised bar along the peninsula, so the seating faces back into the living space instead of a wall. White subway behind the sink, and a black drum pendant over the table end.
Storage between the sinks.
Pattie’s bathroom
A grey vanity with two oval sinks and a full height cabinet standing between them, on a white quartz top with grey veining. That tower is the reason the counter stays clear.
Her revenge, about fifty years later.
Danny’s kitchen
Danny was 91 when she walked into the showroom, and she was a hoot. She told us that when she and her husband bought the house, he would not let her remodel the kitchen. She said she got her revenge about fifty years later. This is it.
Cherry raised panel cabinetry with granite counters, double wall ovens built into the run, and an island curved on the seating side so the corner is not something you walk into. Undercabinet lighting the length of the window wall.
Two sinks and a tower.
Tona and Bill’s bathroom
Dark stained cabinetry with a white counter, two undermount sinks and a tall cabinet standing between them, behind a mosaic band that runs the length of the wall. Framed mirrors rather than one sheet of glass, which is what keeps a long vanity from reading as a hotel.
A bar built into the wall.
Barbara and Dave’s living area
Grey brown stained cabinets with glass fronted uppers and a wine cubby in the middle, a white counter, an undercounter beverage refrigerator, and a harlequin mosaic in blues and greys behind it. It sits in a living space rather than a kitchen, so the run had to read as furniture.
A vanity wall, wall to wall.
Rich and Sandy’s bathroom
Antique white glazed cabinetry with fluted pilasters and a dark granite top, running the full width of the room. The sconces are mounted on the mirror rather than beside it, which is what lets the mirror carry all the way to the cabinets at each end.
A leak, and about a week.
Mary’s bathroom
It started as a leak coming from the shower. We fixed the leak first, then laid new tile and lined the shower in WetWall, a laminate panel that runs close to the price of a tile wall and has no grout lines in it at all. The whole makeover took about a week.
One stripe of black hex, top to bottom.
Brad’s bathroom
A corner shower closed with a low tiled half wall and a single glass panel, so the room keeps the light instead of walling it off. The black hexagon mosaic runs the full height behind the fixtures and turns up again inside the niche, against grey tile with a fine linear grain. The vanity is a dark shaker run with a white stone top.
Your room could be on this page.
Bring photos and rough measurements to the showroom and we will tell you what we would do first, and what it usually runs.