NORTHSTONEKitchen Architecture

Fourteen a year. Here are six of them.

Every project below started as somebody's least favourite room. Drag the sliders — the interesting part is not the finish, it is the decision that made the finish possible.

01

Paradise Valley · N-118

A 1996 galley with a load-bearing wall down the centre. Taking the wall cost more than any other single line on the estimate — and it is the only reason the room works.

Full remodel · 91 days on site · 22 ft book-matched quartzite

Before: a stripped dated galley kitchen with dark patterned tile After: an open architectural kitchen with full-length stone island BeforeAfter
02

Arcadia · The Weatherall House

Heavy timber cabinetry and granite that dated the whole house. The footprint was sound, so this one is a renovation — we changed everything you touch and nothing you walk around.

Renovation · 68 days on site · Rift white oak, honed quartzite

Before: dark wooden cabinetry with granite counters in a closed layout After: warm oak and stone island with black pendant lighting BeforeAfter

Selected work

Four more, briefly.

Different houses, different budgets, same method: draw it twice, build it once.

Camelback Ridge: white architectural kitchen with long island and clerestory glazing

Camelback Ridge

Cabinetry & stone

Ceilings ran to eleven feet, so the cabinetry does too. Nothing stops at eight and pretends the wall above it does not exist.

Mummy Mountain: minimal kitchen with pale timber island and stool seating

Mummy Mountain

Full remodel

Two cooks who never wanted to be in the same aisle. The island became a divider rather than an obstacle.

Cave Creek: minimal counter detail against a poured concrete wall

Cave Creek Studio

Renovation

A small kitchen that stopped apologising for it. Fewer cabinets, better ones, and one very good piece of stone.

Fountain Hills: desert-modern residence photographed at dusk

Fountain Hills

Architecture + kitchen

The only project here where we drew the house first. The kitchen was the reason they called.

Materials

Chosen in daylight, from the actual slab.

We keep standing accounts with three Arizona stone yards. You walk the yard with your designer, and the slab you mark is the slab that gets cut.

Dramatic green and white veined marble slab
Pale marble with soft gold veining
Working stone quarry where slabs are cut

Next step

Your room is the next one on this page.

Ninety minutes in your kitchen, at no cost, and a written investment range before you decide anything.

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