Small Kitchen Remodel in St Louis, MO
This quaint little kitchen remodel located in South St Louis County, MO, focused on simplicity and clean lines.
Featuring Waypoint cabinetry and granite countertops, this small kitchen remodel is a great example of less being more.
St Louis Kitchen Remodel Before
This home is located in St Louis, MO and was built in 1957. Homes of this age typically need a full overhaul since all of the systems and utilities were around 60 years old. While this kitchen remodel may look simple on the surface, everything behind inside the walls were new and updated.
When you’re dealing with homes of this age, the electric supply was usually 100A service. With all the new appliances, lighting and technology today, we increase electric service to 200A whenever possible.
The same is true with the plumbing. This home originally had a cast-iron drain and stack that was in rough shape. On top of that, St Louis County requires old kitchen plumbing stacks and drains to increase to 2″ instead of the old 1-1/2″ to help draining and reduce the change of future clogs. It just made sense to go ahead and change the drain and stack over to PVC since the wall was open anyway. We also always install new shut-offs since the old ones don’t work properly most of the time.
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Proposed St Louis Kitchen Design Ideas
As we started working on the kitchen design using our 4P Remodeling Process, the scope of the work quickly began to grow. There was a different floor in the kitchen than the rest of the home. Most of the home had wood floors but they were in rough shape and couldn’t be refinished again. The decision was made to have one continuous LVT (luxury vinyl tile) floor go all the way through the kitchen and the rest of the home.
Because of the floor issue, the customer decided to update the hall bathroom at the same time. Since the toilet and vanity had to be removed to replace the floor, it made sense to go ahead and remodel the bathroom at the same time.
The material selections for this project were all light. Waypoint cabinetry was selected in Duraform finish for ultimate durability. We also went with 39″ high cabinets with a crown molding to finish at the ceiling. Natural granite countertops in Fantasy Brown color were chosen with a suede or unpolished finish. This gave the stone a softer and less harsh appearance. White ceramic tile adorned the backsplash for a clean and easy to clean look. Everything was tied together with updated lighting.
St Louis Kitchen Construction & Remodeling Phase
Perfect Project begins as soon as the project terms are accepted. Thompson Price comes out to confirm all of the dimensions and site conditions and then gets all orders confirmed and submitted. It’s a little known secret in our industry that project management begins at the design phase of a project.
How Long Did This St Louis Kitchen Remodel Take?
This St Louis kitchen remodel lasted for a total duration of 7 weeks.
The first and second week consisted of demo and removals of all existing items and removing the floor and furniture in all areas of the home. We also completed the electric and plumbing rough-ins at this time.
Week 3 was drywall installation and sanding. We also completed the painted before the new floor was scheduled to get installed.
Week 4 was completion of the flooring and installation of the new kitchen cabinetry. The countertop template took place late the 4th week.
Week 6 had the countertop installation and we started the backsplash tile.
Week 7 was completion of the backsplash install, plumbing trim and electric trim. By the end of week 7, all service calls, final clean up and final walkthrough were completed.
