Project

Kitchen and bath, one quartz

One stone, two rooms: a white kitchen with an island and a gray double vanity, both in a heavily veined marble-look quartz.

Wide finished view of the kitchen with the island and its quartz top under the ceiling fan
Material
Marble-look quartz
Service
Quartzite & Marble Countertops
Completed
July 2026

A whole-house job rather than a single counter. The kitchen is white slab-front cabinetry with an island, and the bathroom is a gray shaker double vanity — two rooms that would normally get two different stones.

Running the same heavily veined marble-look quartz through both is what makes the house feel designed rather than renovated room by room. In the kitchen it is the brightest thing in a white room; in the bathroom, against gray cabinets and matte black taps, the same stone reads as the warm element. Same slab, two completely different jobs.

The specification

What went in, in the owner’s own words on the job sheet.

DetailWhat we used
CompletedJuly 2026
MaterialMarble-look quartz
ServiceQuartzite & Marble Countertops

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About Marble-look quartz

This kitchen is topped in Marble-look quartz. We fabricate it in our own shop, which means the seams, the sink cutout and the edge are cut by the people who set the tops — not shipped in from a third-party shop that never sees the room.

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What a job this size runs

Our published installed-project ranges — the same in every town we serve.

Kitchen sizeEngineered QuartzGraniteQuartziteMarble
Galley kitchens (30–45 sqft)$3,600–$6,750$4,200–$7,650$4,500–$8,550$5,100–$9,000
Small kitchens (45–60 sqft)$5,400–$9,000$6,300–$10,200$6,750–$11,400$7,650–$12,000
Medium kitchens (60–75 sqft)$7,200–$11,250$8,400–$12,750$9,000–$14,250$10,200–$15,000
Large kitchens (75–90 sqft)$9,000–$13,500$10,500–$15,300$11,250–$17,100$12,750–$18,000
Extra large kitchens (90–120 sqft)$10,800–$18,000$12,600–$20,400$13,500–$22,800$15,300–$24,000

Installed project ranges as of 2026-07 — template, fabrication and standard installation included. Your kitchen gets a firm number after a free in-home template.

Questions we got asked on this kind of job

Can I paint my cabinets myself and get a result that looks professional?

You can get a good result, but almost never a factory-looking one, and the gap is not talent - it is equipment and product. Pros spray cabinet-grade coatings such as waterborne alkyds, urethane enamels, or shop-applied lacquers that level out and cure hard; DIY jobs done with wall paint and a brush tend to show brush marks and chip at the edges within a year or two. Budget a full week of evenings for degreasing, sanding, priming, and two topcoats, and use a bonding primer plus an enamel made for trim and cabinets, never ordinary wall latex. DIY makes the most sense on older cabinets you may replace anyway, or before a sale where the goal is fresh rather than flawless.

Can I put a farmhouse sink into my existing cabinets?

Usually yes, with real modification: the horizontal rail above the door opening comes out, the doors get shortened, and the cabinet gets a reinforced sub-frame because fireclay and cast iron apron sinks weigh 100-200 lb before water. Budget several hundred dollars for that cabinet work on top of the sink itself, and expect the whole farmhouse install to land in the $700-$2,200 range. As a sizing rule, a 33 in apron sink is the practical maximum for a standard 36 in sink base.

Can I replace my cabinet hardware without drilling new holes?

Yes, if you match the existing center-to-center spacing exactly — measure between the centers of the two screw holes before you shop. Watch the metric trap: 3 in. (76 mm) and 96 mm spacings look nearly identical but are not interchangeable, and 128 mm (5-1/16 in.) is the most common modern standard. Knob swaps are always safe since one hole is one hole. If you do change spacing, the old holes must be filled, sanded, and touched up — easy on cabinets you are about to paint, conspicuous on factory-finished ones.

Can I retrofit my existing cabinets for aging in place instead of replacing them?

Often, yes. Roll-out trays and slide-out shelves install into most existing base cabinets, knobs swap to 3-inch-plus pulls in an afternoon, a lever faucet replaces a twist handle, and plug-in under-cabinet lights need no electrician. Full replacement earns its cost when the boxes themselves are failing, when the layout blocks the clearances you need (a too-narrow aisle cannot be retrofitted), or when you want structural features like a lowered seated section with knee space and drawer banks throughout.

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