Kitchens
Kitchen remodeling in Spokane Valley, WA
Cabinets, granite, quartz or laminate counters, backsplash, paint and trim, electrical, tile, hardwood or vinyl floors, and the layout that ties them together.
Chapter 01
The kitchen is the room you cannot close the door on
A kitchen remodel goes sideways in a predictable way: one choice gets made before the choices it depends on. Cabinets are ordered before the layout is settled, so the range ends up where a drawer base should be. Counters are measured before the cabinets are level, so the top never sits true. Backsplash tile is picked last, after the counter and the paint are already fixed, and nothing quite agrees with it.
The decisions worth making early are few and they are the big ones. Does the layout stay, or does something move? Which counter material suits how you cook and clean? Does the floor run under the cabinets or stop at them? Does the lighting match how you actually use the room at night? Each of these touches the others, so they belong on one plan, not in four separate conversations.
A kitchen is also the room you live in while it is being rebuilt. That is a good reason to plan the sequence as carefully as the finishes, so the cabinets, counters, electrical and floor go in as one connected job around the Spokane Valley household that still has to eat dinner.
White shaker kitchen cabinets with a mosaic backsplash and dark counters
How Recommended Remodeling builds the kitchen
Every kitchen starts with a thorough consultation and a detailed plan, and owner Chad Peetz is personally on site for every project. The scope is customized to fit your budget and your vision, whether that means new cabinets and counters in the same footprint or a layout that works differently from the first step.
The work covers the full room. Layout design, so the cabinets, range, sink and walkways are drawn before anything is ordered. Cabinet and countertop installation, in granite, quartz or laminate. Backsplash installation, painting and trim work, so the finished room looks complete and not just rebuilt. Electrical services for lighting, outlets and appliances. Flooring installation and updates in tile, hardwood or vinyl, laid to suit the new cabinet runs.
If the sink or a fixture moves, plumbing is handled the way it is on every Recommended Remodeling job: we can sub-contract all plumbing jobs, so it is arranged through us and fits the same plan and the same order of work. Call 509-464-9873 and Chad will talk through the room with you.
Chapter 03
Finishes that hold up, and how to tell it is time
Most people know a kitchen is due before they can say why. Cabinet doors that sag or no longer close flush, laminate lifting at an edge, a floor worn pale in front of the sink and the range, grout that will not come clean, outlets in the wrong places, or a layout where two people cannot work at the same time. When you are planning your day around the room, it is time.
Care follows the material. Natural stone such as granite generally benefits from sealing, quartz is engineered and does not, and laminate does best when water is not left to stand at its seams and edges. Wood and vinyl floors want grit swept off, not ground in, and a painted trim line is easy to touch up if you keep a little of the same color. None of this is demanding, but it is worth knowing before you choose.
A finished kitchen should feel obvious to use: drawers where your hand goes for them, light where you chop and plate, a floor that suits your feet. That is what the consultation and the detailed plan are for, and it is why the owner is on site while it is built.
Chad Peetz, owner of Recommended Remodeling, is personally on site for every project, and all plumbing can be sub-contracted through us. Call 509-464-9873, Monday to Sunday, 7:00 am to 8:00 pm.
Counter sheet
Granite, quartz or laminate: what each one is made of.
The three counter materials Recommended Remodeling installs, set side by side as plain craft facts. Which one suits your kitchen comes out of the consultation.
Granite
Natural stone
Cut from a quarry slab, so the veining and color of your top belong to that slab alone. Handles heat from a pan well and generally benefits from being sealed.
Quartz
Engineered stone
Crushed stone bound in resin, giving a more even pattern from one slab to the next. The surface is non-porous, so it does not need sealing, and it favors clean, uniform looks.
Laminate
Printed surface on a core
A decorative layer bonded to a substrate, in a wide range of colors and patterns. Seams and edges are the places to look after, so keep standing water away from them.
Kitchen: white cabinets, range, mosaic backsplash
Kitchen: white cabinets, grey plank floor, stone counters