Kitchen NV plans kitchen remodeling in Salem Township, MI, 17 miles or about 25 minutes from our Pinckney studio. Salem is a rural township of about 7,016 residents (2020 Census) in northeast Washtenaw, set between South Lyon and Plymouth, where most homes are custom houses on large lots.
For kitchens, Salem's distinguishing feature is scale. Rooms are big, budgets lean toward full custom work, and many kitchens were built in the 1990s and 2000s in a style that now looks heavy: raised-panel cherry, travertine and busy granite.
Kitchen remodeling in Salem Township for large custom homes
Raised-panel cherry, travertine and two-story great rooms off Six Mile Road
Salem's custom homes were built over several decades, but the largest wave came in the 1990s and 2000s. Kitchens from that period share a look: raised-panel cherry or maple, crown molding stacked on crown, tumbled travertine backsplashes and dark granite with a heavy ogee edge. They were costly and well built, which makes owners hesitant to tear them out. Our approach is to keep what is worth keeping, often the footprint and plumbing, and replace what dates the room.
Scale also creates problems that smaller houses never face. A single giant island can push the sink, range and refrigerator far apart. Two islands, one for work and one for gathering, often solve it. Two-story great rooms next to the kitchen make lighting and hood ventilation harder, and private wells and septic systems remain the norm across the township.

Napier Road to South Lyon: where Salem sits and who issues permits
Salem fills the northeast corner of Washtenaw, bounded by Napier Road and Wayne County on the east, with South Lyon just north of the township line and Plymouth to the east. Northfield Township and Superior Township border it to the west and south.
The township was organized in 1832, and its settlements are older than the subdivisions suggest: John and Joseph Dickinson settled near Salem around 1825, Worden grew up as a stop on the Toledo, Ann Arbor and Northern Michigan Railroad, and the 1857 Jarvis Stone School survives from the one-room era. M-14 clips only the southeast corner, which helps explain why so much of Salem's 34 square miles is still parcels and woodlots rather than tract housing.
Salem Township runs its own building department out of the township hall at 9600 Six Mile Road, enforcing the Michigan building codes alongside township ordinances, so permits for a kitchen here do not go through Washtenaw County. Confirm current submittal requirements with the building coordinator before construction is scheduled; our partner contractor files using the plan set Nick prepares. Septic capacity can matter if you are adding a bar sink or bathroom on a lower level, so raise it early.

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Typical drive from our Pinckney base: ~25 min (17 mi).
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A Salem project, from the first walk-through to final punch list
The process starts in your kitchen. Nick interviews you about how the house works on a weeknight and during a party, notes what you want to keep, and measures. If you are building new, he meets you and your builder over the plans instead. A design retainer covers the design phase, with layout exploration, renderings in 3D, cabinet elevations and technical drawings, ending in a pricing presentation.
Finish choices happen at the house, by the hour or under a package fee. Cabinetry for a room this size can take a while to arrive, so Kitchen NV places that order as soon as you sign the purchase agreement; construction then passes to partner contractors. Nick remains involved through installation and the punch list.











