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Kitchen remodeling in Winnetka usually means working inside a home with real history. Paradise Home Design is a Lake Forest based design-build firm, and Winnetka kitchens sit about 20 minutes from our showroom, so we are out here regularly. Many homes in Hubbard Woods and East Winnetka were built in the early 1900s, which means original kitchens that were never meant to be the center of the house: closed off from the dining room, tucked at the back of the lot, with dropped soffits hiding old ductwork. Most of our Winnetka work is opening those layouts up.
We design and build under one roof, so the same team that draws your island plan is the team removing the wall and setting the cabinets. That continuity matters in older Winnetka housing stock, where you rarely know exactly what is inside a wall until it is open. We work in custom lines like Adelphi and Quality Custom Cabinetry for inset and furniture-style kitchens, and semi-custom lines such as Fabuwood when the budget calls for it, paired with Cambria, Caesarstone, or natural stone countertops.
Because removing the wall between a Winnetka kitchen and an adjacent room often means taking out a load-bearing wall, we handle the structural engineering, the beam, and the permitting as part of the project rather than handing you a list of subcontractors to chase.
Hubbard Woods and East Winnetka are full of early-1900s homes with small, closed-off kitchens, dropped soffits, and walls that turn out to be load-bearing. We have opened enough of them to know where the surprises tend to hide, so your Winnetka kitchen plan is realistic from day one.
Kitchen remodels here go through the Village of Winnetka Community Development Department, and homes in or near a historic district may face design-review guidelines. We prepare the permit drawings, provide structural details for wall removals, and coordinate inspections so your project stays compliant and on schedule.
Our Lake Forest showroom is about 20 minutes from Winnetka, so site visits, selections, and punch-list fixes do not turn into all-day affairs. Owner-led, design-build, one accountable team from first sketch to final installation.
Most full kitchen remodels in Winnetka fall in the $50,000 to $125,000+ range, driven by kitchen size, cabinetry line, countertop material, and whether load-bearing walls are removed.
Much of Winnetka's character comes from its early-1900s homes, especially in Hubbard Woods and East Winnetka, and that character shows up in the kitchens. Original layouts were built for a different era: a separate cook's kitchen tucked at the back of the house, a butler's pantry between it and the dining room, low ceilings broken up by dropped soffits, and small windows facing the side yard rather than the rear garden. Today's Winnetka families want the opposite — one open room where the island faces the back of the lot and the daylight. Getting there usually means removing a load-bearing wall and rerouting old plumbing and wiring, which is exactly the kind of work our design-build crews do regularly. We preserve the original woodwork and proportions where it makes sense, and rebuild the rest to live the way you actually use the room.
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