Cabinets and counters in Lettered Streets.
In the Lettered Streets, the original character of the home is the whole point, and a kitchen that screams new construction in a historic house always looks wrong. Our job here is to make new cabinets and counters read as if they belong, matching the era of the home in door style, proportion, and detail. That means inset doors where the house calls for them, trim that echoes the existing millwork, and counter materials and edges that suit a period kitchen rather than a builder-grade flip. The neighborhood's older homes have settled over the decades, so walls and floors are rarely square, and we scribe cabinets tight so the runs look deliberate. Marine humidity is constant in this part of Bellingham, so even period-correct cabinetry gets moisture-resistant plywood boxes and hardware built for a damp kitchen underneath the historic look. Whether you're restoring a kitchen to its roots or carefully modernizing one, we plan the work so it honors the house instead of fighting it.