The darkest room in the house is now the brightest.
This Greenwood Village kitchen came to us the way a lot of our work does, through a neighbor down the street, and it’s the third home we’ve remodeled on Aberdeen Avenue. The kitchen was dark, closed off, and short on storage, so we opened it up, brought in much more light, and rebuilt it to work for everyday life and entertaining.
Greenwood Village, CO
10 weeks
$250,000
Removing the walls between the kitchen and dining area and enlarging the windows over the sink and range turned a dark, boxed-in room into the brightest space on the main level. The bigger openings also significantly elevated how the back of the house looks from the yard.
A professional Wolf gas range sits beneath a custom wood-wrapped hood: the clear anchor of the room. Paired with Sub-Zero refrigeration and Wolf wall ovens, it’s a kitchen designed for real cooking and real hosting.
Storage was the homeowners’ biggest frustration, so we built full-height custom cabinetry with deep drawer storage and integrated pantry space. The room finally uses every inch it has, without feeling crowded.
Quartz countertops run down the side in a waterfall edge, and a large stainless steel apron-front sink sits centered under the enlarged window. They’re the details that make the bright, clean look feel finished.
A conversation, not a commitment.
How it all came together.
01
The kitchen was dark and segmented, with small windows, dated finishes, and a layout that didn’t flow with the rest of the main level. Storage was a daily frustration. The room had decent square footage, but the old cabinets and layout wasted most of it.
02
The room didn’t need to get bigger, it needed to open up and let light in. The walls between the kitchen and dining area could come out, the openings could be widened, and the small windows over the sink and range could be enlarged. Those bigger windows would need new LVL headers, which are the beams that carry the weight above an opening so it can be made wider without the wall above it sagging.
03
We proposed taking the walls down between the kitchen and dining area, widening the openings, and enlarging the windows over both the sink and range walls to flood the room with daylight. Inside, full-height custom cabinetry would finally fix the troublesome storage issues. When paired with a Wolf and Sub-Zero appliance package, quartz counters with a waterfall edge, and a large apron-front sink centered under the new windows, the dark, cramped kitchen could transform into an open, inviting space.
04
Before construction, we coordinated the structural engineering for the wall removals and the new window headers, then created 3D cabinet drawings and appliance layouts so the homeowners could see the finished room. We worked through several cabinetry and storage revisions to get the function right while keeping the look clean. Even mid-project, we kept adjusting. After seeing their selected flooring installed, the homeowners decided they wanted something darker, so we adapted and made the change.
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The kitchen is bright, open, and connected to the rest of the main level. Light pours in over the sink and range, the full-height cabinetry has room for everything, and the Wolf range and Sub-Zero refrigeration give them a kitchen built for how they cook and host. It also included new hardwood across the main level and an updated powder bathroom, so the whole floor matches.
What used to be a dark, closed-off room is now the brightest, hardest-working space on the main level. There’s plenty of storage, the appliances are built for serious cooks, and the kitchen finally connects to the rooms around it. It’s custom, it’s functional, and it still suits the home’s style perfectly.
Yes. On this project, we removed walls between the kitchen and dining area and enlarged the windows over the sink and range, which meant engineering new beams to carry the loads above those openings. Our Colorado Class C Residential Contractor license lets us handle that structural work in-house, and we engineer and permit it during the design phase, ensuring it’s fully planned before construction starts.
We handle it. Every project starts with a design phase where we rework the layout, size the windows and openings, create 3D cabinet drawings and appliance layouts, and choose finishes with you. By the time construction starts, every decision is locked in.
It often does, and we plan for it. This kitchen grew to include new hardwood across the main level and a powder bathroom remodel once the homeowners saw how the pieces fit together. We use fixed-price contracts, so the number in your proposal is the number you pay unless you choose to add to the scope, and anything new is priced and agreed to before we build it.
We’re based in Highlands Ranch and work in the surrounding areas: Littleton, Centennial, Lone Tree, Greenwood Village, Park Hill, and the neighborhoods in between. We’ve now remodeled three homes on this one street in Greenwood Village, so there’s a good chance we’re already working near you.
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