Kitchen and fireplace remodel in Oceanside

How this kitchen project grew

This Oceanside project began as a kitchen: white shaker cabinets with glass doors along the top, floating shelves, and an island with seating and a waterfall countertop.

The homeowners then added the fireplace to the scope. We removed the old fireplace, framed the same opening for a new one with a low hearth, replaced the gas valve and tiled the wall floor to ceiling in black and gold porcelain.

Midway through, the opened walls revealed hidden damage in the kitchen and on the fireplace side of the living room, as well as damaged wood under the sink window. We had it properly cleaned up, then replaced the framing and drywall.

Outside, we removed the stucco around the kitchen window, flashed the window, added a moisture barrier and re-stuccoed. On the roof, we lifted the tile and installed new flashing and underlayment around the chimney.

Near the end, we added 14 recessed lights, a shaker pantry door and new casings. Each addition was documented in its own change order.