Kitchen Remodeling
This Fairfax, Virginia kitchen got a completely new layout and a calm, warm modern finish. We moved the range, main sink, dishwasher and refrigerator, added a prep sink to a long quartz island, and ran new gas, plumbing, electrical and hood ducting to make it all work. Fabuwood ash wood-grain slab doors open with a push — no handles — under a matte black hood, MSI IvoriTaj quartz counters and fluted porcelain tile that climbs all the way to the ceiling around the windows. A new black picture window over the sink frames the screened porch, and LED toe-kick lighting gives the room a soft glow after dark.
Project at a Glance
The Design
Everything in this kitchen is about warm, quiet surfaces. The cabinets are Fabuwood's Ovela Series in Catalina Como Ash 2 — a light ash wood-grain slab with no hardware at all. Doors and drawers open with a light push, so the long runs of cabinetry read as one clean plane of wood, with the upper cabinets carried up toward the ceiling. Behind the fronts are all-plywood boxes with soft-close hinges and drawer rails, backed by Fabuwood's limited lifetime warranty.
One strong dark accent anchors the room: a Medallion hood cabinet in Carriage Black over the 36-inch range. Around it, TileBar's Kenridge Ribbon — a 24x48 matte, wood-look fluted porcelain — runs from the counters to the ceiling and wraps the angled corner windows, adding texture without adding color. MSI IvoriTaj quartz, with soft warm-gray veining, tops the perimeter and the island, which has a 15-inch overhang for counter seating.
The island does real work, too. It holds a Blanco SILGRANIT prep sink in Truffle and a built-in microwave, while the main 32-inch Blanco Precis sink in Cinder sits under the new picture window, where the homeowners' brass faucets catch the light from the porch. Happy Floors B-Natural Umber porcelain in a 12x24 format runs through the kitchen and into the laundry room.
What Work Was Included
- Demolition & prep: full work-area preparation, demolition and debris removal, with all deliveries and multiple trash pickups handled by our crew.
- Cabinetry: Fabuwood Ovela Series in Catalina Como Ash 2 installed per the approved drawings — handle-free, push-to-open doors and drawers — plus a Medallion Bella hood cabinet in Carriage Black.
- Countertops: MSI IvoriTaj quartz throughout — fabrication, transport and installation, pencil smooth edge, all cutouts (sinks, outlets, faucet holes) and a 15" overhang on the island.
- Backsplash: TileBar Kenridge Ribbon White 24x48 fluted, wood-look matte porcelain from the counters to the underside of the wall cabinets, carried all the way to the ceiling around the windows.
- Plumbing: relocated hot and cold supply lines and drain piping for the main sink and dishwasher, new lines for the island prep sink, a new refrigerator ice-maker line, the water filtration system reconnected, and a new InSinkErator Badger 1/2 HP disposal with SoundSeal.
- Gas & ventilation: gas line relocated for the range's new position, and new hood ducting run to the exterior.
- Electrical: new dedicated circuits for the range, hood, dishwasher, refrigerator, microwave and garbage disposal; HALO 6" canless LED recessed lights on a new switch; LED under-cabinet and toe-kick lighting on new switches; and new GFCI outlets — with every affected wall patched.
- Window & patio door: a new JELD-WEN black picture window (48" x 36") with new framing, insulation and patching, and a wider JELD-WEN 72" x 80" bronze sliding patio door with Low-E argon glass, grilles and matte black hardware.
- Flooring: Happy Floors B-Natural Umber 12x24 rectified porcelain in the kitchen and laundry room over cement board, 947 Light Bronze grout, and 4" white wood baseboards.
- Paint: walls, trim and ceiling of the entire kitchen in Benjamin Moore — white ceiling and trim.
- Appliance hookups: all appliances connected, including the homeowners' 36" range, built-in 24" microwave, 36" hood liner and water filtration system.
- Permits: drawings prepared, permits pulled, and every inspection coordinated by our team.
Materials & Fixtures
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Yes. A push-to-open mechanism lets a door or drawer pop open with a light press, so there are no pulls to bump into or clean around. In this Fairfax kitchen they keep the long runs of ash cabinetry looking like one seamless surface. The one trade-off is fingerprints on flat fronts — a wood-grain finish like Catalina Como Ash hides them much better than a solid painted color.
IvoriTaj is an MSI quartz — an engineered surface designed to look like Taj Mahal quartzite. You get the soft, warm veining of the natural stone with a non-porous quartz surface that never needs sealing. Our guide to quartz, quartzite and granite breaks down the differences.
Less than you might expect. The Kenridge Ribbon tile used here is a large 24x48 matte porcelain, so there are very few grout lines, and porcelain doesn't absorb grease or stains. A soft cloth wiped along the flutes keeps it clean.
Yes — this project moved all three. Relocating a range means moving the gas line and running a new dedicated circuit, a new hood location needs new ducting to the outside, and moving a sink and dishwasher means new supply and drain lines. Each of those needs a permit and an inspection, which we handle as part of the project.
For a remodel like this one, yes. Moving gas, plumbing and electrical, adding circuits, and changing window and door openings all require permits and inspections. As a Class A licensed contractor, we prepared the drawings, pulled the permits and coordinated every inspection for this Fairfax project.
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