Kitchen renovations in Chilliwack

Before any door style or slab is chosen, we ask how the kitchen gets used. Who cooks, and how often? What do you reach for every day, and what do you store once a year? Where do people stand when there's a crowd?

Those answers shape the layout, the cabinetry and the surfaces. A kitchen that looks good but makes you walk around an island to reach the fridge is a kitchen you'll notice every day, for the wrong reasons.

Every kitchen is different, but the order of work is usually familiar. We'll talk through each stage, and what it means for your household, before anything starts.

Most kitchen problems happen where trades meet: a counter overhang that doesn't suit the stools, a cabinet that crowds a window, a floor finished before the island moved. Each piece can be right on its own and still not fit together.

Cheam Sardis is the merger of Cheam Countertops and Cabinets and Sardis Contracting. Cheam brings the cabinetry and surfaces; Sardis brings the renovation around them. Having both in one conversation means heights, overhangs, openings and finishes are decided together rather than handed from one company to the next.

You don't have to buy everything from us. If you only want new countertops or new cabinets, that's a complete project in itself.

A kitchen renovation affects how a household eats, so it helps to plan for it. Many families set up a temporary kitchen area with a fridge, microwave and kettle elsewhere in the house. We'll explain the sequence of work in advance so you know which stages are the most disruptive and when the kitchen will be usable again.

Your project may involve other trades. We'll talk through which trades your kitchen needs and how their work is coordinated with ours.

Not every kitchen needs to be taken back to the studs. If the layout works and the cabinets are sound, new countertops, a new backsplash and better lighting can change the room. If the layout is the problem, or the cabinets are failing, a fuller renovation is usually the better investment. We'll look at the kitchen with you and say honestly which we think yours needs.

Cabinets, countertops, floors and backsplash are seen together every day, so they're best chosen together. A busy stone pattern may want quieter cabinet doors; a bold cabinet colour may want a calmer counter. Seeing samples side by side, in the light of your own kitchen, helps more than any photo.

For counters, the main choices are laminate for range and value, quartz for low upkeep and consistency, and granite or natural stone for one-of-a-kind character. For cabinetry, the questions are storage, layout and door style. We'll walk you through both, and the floors and tile that tie them together.

We renovate kitchens in homes from Chilliwack across the Fraser Valley, in the areas below. If you're in a nearby Fraser Valley community, ask us. Photos of the current kitchen and a list of what bothers you about it make a useful start.