Deep blue peninsula with counter stools facing a range wall with a wood hood and patterned tile

Project Case Study · Kitchen Remodel

Kitchen Remodel, Demolition to Reveal

The homeowners swung the first hammer. We photographed the rest.

An oak kitchen under a boxed-beam ceiling, opened up and rebuilt with navy lower cabinetry, white uppers, a patterned tile backsplash and a hammered copper apron sink. The family took demolition day themselves, and were photographed walking back into the finished house months later.

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Project at a Glance

What the record shows

Project TypeFull Kitchen Remodel

ScopeKitchen, dining and bar

DocumentedSelections through reveal day

Before / After Pairs6

Photos on record50

Everything on this page is drawn from the project record and the project photography. Contract figures are shared directly with our clients, not published.

Where It Started

Before

Large dated room with wood ceiling beams, paneled and brick walls, a wood stove on a raised hearth and many windows

Before — Living Room

Dated kitchen with oak cabinets, green walls, stainless fridge, black wall oven and a tiled peninsula with a cooktop

Before

Dated oak kitchen with arched cabinet doors, tiled counters, a glass cooktop and a double sink under a window

Before — Kitchen

View into a small green-walled eat-in kitchen with a wine rack, wood dining table and oak cabinets

Before — Dining Area

Selections First

Choosing the finishes

Blue and brown patterned tile sample on a veined white stone sample, with a navy cabinet door and bronze pulls

Tile and Stone Samples

Patterned blue and brown tile sample on a marble-look counter sample, with a white cabinet door and bronze bar pull

Tile and Stone Samples

Fixture finish chips in rose gold and polished chrome beside a blue and brown patterned tile sample

Fixture Samples

Demolition Day

The family started it

Woman bending over a young girl as a boy pulls drywall from a hole in the wall, debris on the hardwood floor

Demolition Day

Boy swinging a hammer at a drywall wall with holes punched through it, debris on the hardwood floor

Demolition Day

Woman knocking a hole through a painted drywall wall with a hammer, drywall pieces piled on the floor

Demolition Day

Young girl holding a long paper tube in an empty room with drywall debris on the hardwood floor

Demolition Day

Man with a hammer pulling drywall off a wall around a large opening, debris along the floor

Demolition Day

Family of four smiling through the exposed studs of an opened wall, drywall debris on the floor behind them

Demolition Day

Project Phases

How the build actually ran

Selections settled first, then demolition — which the homeowners asked to start themselves.

Design & Selections

Cabinet colours, the patterned backsplash tile and fixture finishes chosen and signed off before any work began.

Demolition Day

The homeowners took the first swings themselves. The original oak kitchen and the wall closing it off came out.

Framing & Rough-In

The opened wall framed and headed, with mechanical, electrical and plumbing rough-in run for the new layout.

Cabinetry Installation

Navy base cabinetry, white uppers and the glass-front units set, levelled and aligned, including the bar run.

Countertops & Backsplash

Quartz templated and installed, then the patterned tile backsplash laid and the copper apron sink set.

Finish & Reveal

Trim, paint, lighting and hardware completed, the site cleaned, and the family walked back into the finished house.

See The Transformation

The finished kitchen

Deep blue kitchen cabinets and open shelves looking into a dining room with a chandelier and glass barn doors

Kitchen and Dining

Dining table with a banquette and upholstered chairs, glass-paned sliding barn doors, and a navy kitchen beyond

Dining Room

Deep blue lower cabinets, stainless gas range under a wood hood and patterned blue and white tile backsplash

Range Wall

Game Room

Kitchen

Stained wood range hood over a stainless gas range with patterned blue and white tile between white cabinets

Custom Wood Hood

Kitchen

Dry Bar

Copper apron-front sink under a window, flanked by glass-front cabinets, with patterned blue and white tile

Copper Sink

Hammered copper apron-front sink with a black faucet below a window and patterned tile

Copper Apron Sink

Hammered copper apron-front sink in navy cabinets with a dark faucet and a blue and white patterned tile backsplash

Copper Apron Sink

Kitchen

Farmhouse dining table with peonies under a globe chandelier, with a sliding barn door and patterned tile wall behind

Dining Area

Home Bar

Bar area with white cabinets, a speckled stone counter, glass-front uppers with copper mugs and a shelf of bottles

Beverage Station

Reveal Day

Walking back in

Young girl opening the front door as a boy, a man and a woman peek in from the porch

Reveal Day

Girl with a red tablet case on the entry mat as a boy and two adults come in through the front door

Reveal Day

Hammered copper apron-front sink in navy cabinets below a blue and white patterned tile backsplash

Reveal Day

Smiling homeowner pointing to the new range wall with a wood hood and patterned blue and white tile

Reveal Day

Woman opening a stainless refrigerator beside white tall cabinets while others watch in the kitchen

Reveal Day

Woman talking to a group of adults and kids standing in a navy and white kitchen beside a stainless refrigerator

Reveal Day

Woman trying a pull-down faucet over a copper sink while others look on in the kitchen

Reveal Day

Family of four smiling together in front of the finished kitchen with a wood range hood and glass barn door

Reveal Day

Side By Side

Before and after

Before and After

Key Features

What this project included

Navy Base Cabinetry Patterned Tile Backsplash Copper Apron Sink Custom Wood Hood Glass-Front Uppers Sliding Barn Doors Wet Bar Open Shelving

Materials & Selections

What went into it

Selections were made in our New Berlin showroom before construction started, against the actual cabinet doors and counters rather than a screen.

Kitchen

Cabinetry	Navy painted base cabinetry with white uppers, full overlay
Countertops	Marble-look quartz, perimeter and island
Backsplash	Patterned blue and white tile, full height behind the range
Sink	Hammered copper apron-front sink
Range Wall	Custom wood hood surround above a professional gas range

Adjoining Rooms

Dining	Sliding barn doors between the kitchen and dining room
Bar	Wet bar with white cabinetry and open shelving
Storage	Glass-front upper cabinets with X-mullion detailing
Flooring	Light oak flooring through the connected rooms

Get Started

Want a remodel you can watch happen?

Fixed-price contract, selections settled before demolition, and photography at every stage so you can see the work, not just the result.

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