Kitchen Remodeling in Ann Arbor, MI

Old West Side and Burns Park houses with 1910s kitchens

Ann Arbor's early-1900s houses were built with the kitchen at the back, a pantry beside it and a door to every room. Over a century, owners removed the pantry, added a dishwasher where a cabinet used to be and dropped a soffit to hide new ductwork. The result is a small room with too many openings and almost no continuous counter. Plaster walls bow, floors slope toward the old chimney, and electrical service may still be partly original.

Our approach is to measure precisely, open the plan only where it helps, and win back storage with full-height cabinets, drawers instead of doors and a pantry wall. Downtown and near-campus condos pose a tighter version of the same puzzle, plus association rules on work hours and plumbing moves.

Kitchen remodeling in Ann Arbor, MI, from Burns Park to downtown condos

Bathroom DesignTight bathrooms in Burns Park and Old West Side houses leave little margin, so a drawn layout and tile plan settle clearances before anyone opens century-old plaster walls.Kitchen RemodelingKitchen remodeling in Ann Arbor's older neighborhoods usually means rethinking a closed-off room without adding square feet: closing one of four doorways, borrowing a few feet from a back hall and moving the refrigerator out of the traffic path.Kitchen DesignMany Ann Arbor owners already know a builder; kitchen design from a Certified Master Kitchen & Bath Designer gives that builder complete drawings, from cabinet elevations to the electrical plan, so the bids you collect all describe the same kitchen.Kitchen CabinetsFurniture-grade kitchen cabinets can be built to fit a 1910s room, chimney chases and all. Scribed panels and inset doors close the gaps that stock boxes leave against bowed plaster.Small Kitchen RemodelA small kitchen remodel suits Old West Side and Water Hill houses where a compact back kitchen has to hold a range, dishwasher and full refrigerator, so every drawer depth is chosen on purpose.3D Kitchen Design & Renderings3D kitchen design lets you compare two or three layouts before committing, useful when the choice is between keeping a historic pantry or opening the wall to the dining room.Bathroom RemodelingBathroom remodeling for the single upstairs bath that so many older Ann Arbor homes still rely on, often with a clawfoot tub, a pedestal sink and no storage worth the name.Aging-in-Place RemodelingLong-time residents who want to stay near campus and downtown benefit from aging-in-place remodeling planned by a CAPS and CLIPP certified designer.

From a Pinckney studio to an Ann Arbor kitchen table

There is no storefront to visit. Nick comes to you, and that first consultation, held in your Ann Arbor kitchen, is an interview about who is in the room at six o'clock and what you would keep. He measures the room in detail, including the basement below if plumbing might move.

A design retainer then funds the drawing phase, which for an Ann Arbor house often means comparing two or three layouts in 3D before one is detailed into elevations, install-ready drawings and a priced proposal. Selections follow at your house, hourly or bundled, so finishes are judged in your own north-facing or south-facing light. When you sign the purchase agreement, we order the cabinetry and materials, and trusted partner contractors build the kitchen while Nick stays involved to the last panel.