Kitchen remodel in Vienna, VA: a long green island, a wall of glass-front cabinets and a 48-inch range under a wood hood

What did the homeowners want?

The homeowners wanted a kitchen built around cooking: a 48-inch dual-fuel range on the wall under a big wood hood, in place of the cooktop in the island; a farmhouse sink centered under the window; a refrigerator set flush behind cabinet panels; glass-front cabinets with lights inside; and a long island. The windows and the wood floors were to stay.

Before

After

Before the remodel, the cooktop sat in the island under a stainless chimney hood, the ovens were built into the wall, and a maple hutch with a wine rack stood beside a steel refrigerator. In the finished kitchen, the island is clear for prep and seating, and the cooking moved to the wall.

How we designed it: two color schemes, then six 3D views

Sena, our designer, drew the kitchen in 3D in two color schemes before the homeowners settled on the final look: soft white cabinets around the room with a green island and green base cabinets under the glass wall. The final design went to the crew at the start of the job as six 3D views, with notes for the hood, the beadboard, the panel-ready refrigerator and the puck lights.

3D design

Finished

The range wall came out as drawn: the farmhouse sink under the window, the range under the hood, and glass-front uppers on either side.

The rooms of the kitchen, wall by wall

A wall of glass-front cabinets

3D design

Finished

Along one side of the kitchen, two rows of glass-front cabinets with mullions sit over green base cabinets and a quartz counter. Inside, beadboard panels line the back of every cabinet and puck lights on their own switch light the shelves, so the wall glows in the evening. The cabinets are StarMark, in maple, with bronze Top Knobs knobs and pulls.

The range wall: a 48-inch range under a wood hood

The homeowners chose and bought the range: an AGA Elise, a 48-inch dual-fuel range. To bring it to the wall, a new gas line was run up from the basement and a dedicated 220-volt line was added.

Over it hangs a 48-inch StarMark Artisan wood hood, painted white, with a liner and blower inside. The wall behind it was reinforced to carry the hood, and a motorized make-up air damper lets fresh air into the house when the hood runs.

The backsplash is Best Tile Wellfleet, a glazed 3-by-6-inch subway tile in Seashell, finished with matching pencil trim. It runs to the ceiling behind the hood and up to cabinet height everywhere else.

A farmhouse sink centered under the window

Before

After

The sink plumbing was moved so the new single-bowl farmhouse sink sits centered under the window, with a Delta Renaldi bridge faucet in Champagne Bronze and a 3/4 HP disposal. A brass sconce now hangs over the window.

The refrigerator, hidden behind cabinet panels

Before

After

The steel refrigerator gave way to a panel-ready, integrated refrigerator set flush with the cabinets. Its water line was moved during the rough-in, and white cabinet panels with brass pulls cover it, so the end of the room reads as one tall cabinet.

A long green island

The island runs most of the length of the kitchen. It is green, like the base cabinets across from it, with an MSI Calacatta Miraggio Cove quartz top, the same quartz as the perimeter counters and the range wall, with an eased edge.

Chairs pull up along one side. Beadboard panels finish the island's back, and a built-in microwave sits flush in the cabinets. Three brass pendants with opal glass globes hang over the top.

Twelve 6-inch LED recessed lights light the whole room, and LED strips under the wall cabinets light the counters.

Building it, step by step

With the old kitchen out, the sink wall was opened to the studs for the new plumbing and wiring. The crew marked the layout for the recessed lights, the sconce and the puck lights on site, and the gas line, water lines, new circuits and hood duct went in before the rough inspections.

Cabinets

Backsplash

The green base runs went in first, then the rest of the cabinets. The quartz was templated on the finished cabinets and installed, and the backsplash followed.

What happened in what order: the Vienna kitchen, step by step

Every job sets its own schedule, and your contract gives you a written estimate for yours. How our process works →

1. Design: our first visit to the home; 3D designs in two color schemes; the final design.
2. Contract and selections: the kitchen contract; StarMark cabinets ordered; quartz, tile, sink, faucet, hardware and lights chosen.
3. Job start: the final six 3D views and the scope of work to the crew; floors protected; the old kitchen out; the sink wall opened to the studs.
4. Layout: recessed lights, the sconce and the puck lights marked on site.
5. Rough-in: the gas line for the range, the sink and refrigerator water lines moved, new circuits, the hood duct and make-up air; rough inspections passed.
6. Cabinets: base runs, the island, the glass-front wall and the range wall installed.
7. Counters: quartz templated, then installed.
8. Backsplash and paint: subway tile to the ceiling behind the hood; walls, ceiling and trim painted.
9. Finish: the range and the hood, the refrigerator panels, the pendants and the sconce.
10. Last: final inspection passed.

Who built it: designer Sena planned the kitchen with the homeowners, and crew lead Cortez's team built it. Only the quartz counters were made by our fabrication partners, under our supervision.

Budget: about $165K–$175K; appliances bought separately by the homeowners.

What came up during the build, and how we solved it

• A range where there was a cooktop island. The cooking moved from the island to the wall, so a new gas line came up from the basement and a dedicated 220-volt line went in for the 48-inch dual-fuel range.
• A heavy hood. A 48-inch wood hood needs solid backing, so the wall behind it was reinforced before it was closed, and a motorized make-up air damper balances the air the hood moves.
• A sink centered under the window. The sink plumbing was moved so the new farmhouse sink lines up with the center of the window.
• A refrigerator that looks like a cabinet. The water line was moved for the integrated refrigerator, and it was set flush and covered with cabinet panels.
• Outlets on shallow cabinets. Some cabinets are only 9 inches deep, so their outlets were set into the decorative end panels.
• Lights inside the glass. Puck lights in the glass-front cabinets were planned on their own switch, separate from the under-cabinet lights.

Vienna kitchen materials: StarMark cabinets, MSI quartz and Champagne Bronze

The exact products in this kitchen, from our order records. "Homeowner's choice" marks what the homeowners chose and bought themselves.

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