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Condo Kitchen and Wood Floor Remodel in Seattle, WA

In this Seattle condo built in the 1980s, we took out the wall that closed the original galley kitchen off from the living room and rebuilt the kitchen around a large black island with a cooktop and hood. The kitchen kept its custom stone tile floor, as the owner asked, and the living room got a new wide plank wood floor under a change order. The work ran from 2022 into early 2023.

City
Seattle, WA
Service
Condo kitchen remodel and living room flooring
Home
Condo built in the 1980s
Year
2022 to early 2023
Scope
Wall between kitchen and living room removed, ceiling reframed, island with cooktop, new cabinets, counters, backsplash and appliances, original stone tile kept, new wood floor in the living area
Materials
Black counters, wood-grain flat-panel base cabinets, gray flat-panel wall cabinets, iridescent mosaic tile backsplash, black range hood, wine refrigerators, wide plank wood floor
Contractor
Volcano Builders, WA license VOLCABI792C6
Approximate investment
About $90,000

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Open condo kitchen with a black island, wood-grain cabinets, a black range hood, pendant lights and bar stools on a stone tile floor
The finished Seattle condo kitchen, open to the living room
Before

Before the build

Narrow white galley kitchen with a fluorescent ceiling panel, a patterned runner and a gray stone tile floor
Before: the original galley kitchen, April 2022
Wall with a narrow doorway into the galley kitchen, seen from the living room with stone tile underfoot
Before: the wall that closed the kitchen off from the living room
Living room wall with one doorway into the closed galley kitchen and a vertical garden tower beside it
Before: the wall and single doorway that closed the kitchen in
After

The finished kitchen and living room

Open condo kitchen with a black island, wood-grain cabinets, a black range hood, pendant lights and bar stools on a stone tile floor
The finished Seattle condo kitchen, open to the living room
Black island with a cooktop and three wood bar stools under a black range hood and pendant lights
The island with its cooktop, hood and bar seating
Kitchen run with black counters, wood-grain base cabinets, wine refrigerators and an iridescent mosaic backsplash
The back wall: mosaic backsplash and built-in wine refrigerators
Furnished condo living room with a wide plank wood floor and floor-to-ceiling windows with a city view
The living room on its new wide plank floor, March 2023
Condo living room with a sofa, chairs and a rug on the new wood floor
The same floor runs through the seating area
Kitchen island with three bar stools on the original gray stone tile floor
Island seating on the original stone tile floor
The project

How this Seattle condo came together

The goal

The condo still had its original 1980s galley kitchen, with a wall between it and the living room and a single doorway in. The owner wanted that wall gone and the kitchen rebuilt around an island, with new cabinets, counters and appliances, while keeping the custom stone tile floor in the kitchen.

The challenge

In a condo, a wall and ceiling carry ducts, wiring and lighting for the rooms around them. Taking the wall out meant reframing the ceiling over the new open kitchen, and the existing tile had to be protected through demolition so it could stay.

The solution

The kitchen was stripped to the shell and new metal framing went up to form a ceiling bulkhead over the island area. A large island with a cooktop now sits where the wall stood, under a black range hood and pendant lights. Wood-grain flat-panel base cabinets and gray flat-panel wall cabinets line the back wall, with black counters, an iridescent mosaic tile backsplash and built-in wine refrigerators. An electrical and flooring change order added the living room work: the old floor came up to the concrete and a wide plank wood floor went down in its place.

The result

The kitchen and living room are now one open space with a view out of the floor-to-ceiling windows from the island. The kitchen keeps its original stone tile, the living room has its new wood floor, and the furnished room was photographed in March 2023.

Keep reading

Part of the same project: Condo Wood Floor Installation in Seattle, WA

Questions

Questions about this project

Can you remove a kitchen wall in a condo?

Often, yes, as in this Seattle condo. The wall between the galley kitchen and the living room came out and the ceiling over the opening was reframed. What a wall holds, and what the building allows, is checked before the design is final.

Can you keep the existing floor during a kitchen remodel?

Yes. The owner wanted to keep the custom stone tile in this kitchen, so the new island and cabinets were set on it and the tile was protected through demolition. Only the living room floor was replaced.

How much did this project cost?

About $90,000. Every project is priced in writing, line by line, for your home.

How do I get a price for a condo kitchen remodel like this one?

Book a consultation. We look at the kitchen, the walls you want to open and the floors, and send a written, itemized price before work starts. For what moves the price of a kitchen, read Cost of a Kitchen Remodel in the Greater Seattle Area.

Next steps

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