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Rift-Oak & Marble Townhome Kitchen Remodel — Winter Park, FL
A Winter Park townhome kitchen reorganized around one decisive move — the island turned ninety degrees — in rift-cut oak, waterfall marble, and brass. Designed and built by KBF Design Gallery from our Maitland showroom.
The Remodeling Story
The island was in the way. So we turned it.
When our clients purchased this Winter Park townhome a few years ago, they saw the potential for the kitchen to better reflect their style and make smarter use of the space. After living in it for a while, they were ready — and entrusted KBF with the new design.
From the first walk-through, their instincts proved right. The light-filled space had real potential, limited by its original layout and finishes: a horizontally oriented island with a high–low countertop that put a visual and physical barrier between the kitchen and the living area beyond it.
One move reorganized the room: the island rotated ninety degrees, and the barrier became a path.
Our redesigned layout shifted the island vertically — a single decision that opened the space and created a seamless connection between the two rooms. The flow and the sightlines changed completely; the whole area reads as one expansive, cohesive space.
The materials keep it calm and modern: rift-cut oak cabinetry with long clean grain, a marble waterfall island under a square-arch brass faucet, a stone mosaic backsplash, and glass to the pool courtyard so the daylight works for the room. Even the powder bath — fan-shell wallpaper, hex stone floor — carries the same quiet confidence.
More than 100 Winter Park projects over two decades carry this kind of work — 39 of them verified in our records.
The Plates
Before · After
Both photographs show this kitchen — before, with the horizontally oriented island and its high–low counter walling the room off, and after, with the new island rotated to open the plan. Room-level pairing; the two frames were not shot from the same camera position.
The Record Behind the Room
Questions We Hear
Can an island really change rooms that much?
Orientation is layout. An island is the largest object in most kitchens, and which way it points decides where people walk, look, and gather. Rotating this one removed a barrier and connected two rooms without moving a single wall.
What was wrong with the high-low counter?
Nothing — in 2005. A raised bar top hides kitchen mess but chops the room in half visually. One level, one slab, and the kitchen joins the living space instead of hiding from it.
What is rift-cut oak?
Oak sawn so the grain runs long, straight, and quiet — the pattern that makes flat-panel modern cabinetry read as intentional rather than plain. It is a material choice made at the drawing stage, not at the lumberyard.
Is remodeling a townhome different from a house?
The design questions are the same; the logistics are not. Association approvals, shared walls, and access for materials all get planned in the design phase so construction runs clean. It is a planning problem, and planning is the product.
Does KBF handle the design and the construction?
Yes — one team, from the first drawing through the final inspection. Our six-phase process is laid out at how we work.
Does the five-year warranty cover this work?
Our five-year craftsmanship warranty covers the work we build, including the cabinetry and stone installation. The details are published at our craftsmanship warranty.
Sometimes the fix is one decisive move.
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