Renton · Kitchen remodel
The Okafor Kitchen
A dark galley kitchen opens to the trees — warm walnut, Calacatta, and a wall of glass.
- Location
- Renton, WA
- Project
- Kitchen remodel
- Delivery
- Design–build, in-house crews
- Designed in
- Photorealistic 3D, before the build
The family
Two kids, a wooded backyard they never really saw, and a dark galley kitchen in the way. The Okafors wanted morning light and a straight line from the stove to the trees.
We opened the wall to the old dining room, framed in a black-steel picture window, and centered the room on a warm walnut-and-Calacatta island where homework and dinner prep now happen side by side.
Natural, warm, and timeless — designed for everyday life, and finally connected to the woods that sold them on the house in the first place.
The transformation
Before & after
Where the Okafors started, and where they ended up.
The design
Every finish chosen before a single cabinet was ordered.
We render the room in photorealistic 3D and build the material palette first, so the Okafors approved the finished kitchen before demolition started.
The build
Built by our own crews.
The same people from the first sketch to the final walkthrough — no subcontracted mystery, no handoffs where the design gets lost.
The spec
The finishes
- 01Warm walnut slab cabinetry
- 02Calacatta Gold quartz
- 03Full-height stone backsplash
- 04White dome pendants with brass
- 05Aged-brass faucet & pot filler
- 06Black-framed picture window
- 07Light wide-plank oak flooring
- 08Aged-brass hardware
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