Kitchen Remodeling in Plymouth, MI

Kitchen remodeling in Plymouth, sized for small lots near Kellogg Park

Custom Kitchen CabinetsOut-of-square walls and odd window heights are the reason custom cabinet sizing pays off in older Plymouth homes, where inset doors and beaded face frames can also match the original trim.Pantry & Cabinet StorageWithout room to expand on a narrow city lot, a tall pantry wall or a rebuilt butler's pantry in the old service nook carries the storage load the kitchen itself cannot.Kitchen DesignMeasured drawings start with the house as it is, including the radiator, the back door and the basement stair, so the cabinet plan fits walls that have settled for a century.Aging-in-Place RemodelingTwo-story older homes near downtown can add easier kitchen reach, brighter task lighting and a safer back-door step, so owners who love walking to Kellogg Park can stay in the house longer.Kitchen RemodelingMost older-home kitchens here become full remodels once wiring and plumbing are brought up to date, since opening plaster for one trade usually exposes work the next trade needs to do.Small Kitchen RemodelEarly-1900s kitchens on these lots are compact service rooms. Reclaiming a doorway, using the window wall well and choosing shallower cabinets where needed gains space without an addition.Powder Room & Guest Bath RemodelMany older two-story Plymouth houses have their only full bath upstairs. Fitting a first-floor powder room into a back hall or old pantry is a common companion to the kitchen.

Forty minutes to Plymouth: how a project is paced

Ring (810) 923-8792 to talk with Nick about the house. He holds the first consultation in your kitchen and makes note of trim, floors and window heights worth keeping. A design retainer starts the drawing set, followed by pricing and selections. Kitchen NV places the cabinet order, and Nick coordinates the partner trades and returns throughout the build.

Old Village and downtown houses: out-of-square walls and tight footprints

Early-1900s Plymouth kitchens were service rooms, often with a back door, a pantry or stair to the basement, a radiator under the window and walls that are no longer plumb. Stock cabinet sizes leave awkward gaps against those walls, and a standard 24-inch-deep counter can crowd a window that sits low.

This is where cabinetry design matters most. Custom widths, scribed fillers, inset doors that suit the house's trim, and a pantry cabinet in the old pantry nook let the kitchen look like it belongs. Plumbing and wiring in houses this age often need updating once walls open, so Nick sets that expectation in the scope from the start.

The housing figures match. Plymouth was settled in 1825, incorporated as a village in 1867 and became a city in 1932, and its median home dates from 1961 in the latest five-year census survey, with about 30 percent of the city's roughly 4,400 housing units built in 1939 or earlier. The Old Village neighborhood, sometimes called Lowertown, grew up around an 1871 store at Liberty and Starkweather and the railroad station of the same year, according to the city's history page.