Last updated on May 28th, 2024 at 10:21 am
Remodeling a kitchen can be a fun, life-changing project; nothing refreshes and updates a home quite like a brand new kitchen, which for many families is the most important and busiest room in the house. Greater Philadelphia and the Delaware Valley comprises the seventh largest metro area in the country, with about six million residents and some of the country’s wealthiest suburbs. And since the region is close to New York and other centers of wealth and power, and it’s not surprising that the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington metropolitan area has some of the top remodeling contractors in the nation — upscale craftsman and artists with expertise in high-end kitchen design and construction.
But it’s not just about finding a designer and contractor who can handle your kitchen remodeling project; it’s about finding the right partner to work by your side from the initial dream phase of your project all the way to the final unveiling of your new kitchen, and your new life. You are sure to find your perfect partner among the 15 kitchen remodelers listed below. These are the best of the best in the Philadelphia area — the companies with the most experience, the most industry-specific certifications, the highest recognition and praise from their peers.
If you are thinking about remodeling your kitchen, we recommend checking each builder’s license with the local licensing board, speaking to past clients, and using our bidding system to get competitive quotes from at least 3 contractors. Getting multiple bids is the best way to ensure you get a fair price and that bids include the complete scope of work.
15) Brian Walters, Factotum Inc.
121 Gable Road, Paoli, PA 19301
Brian Walters is a National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI) Certified Remodeler, as well as a Certified Kitchen and Bath Remodeler, a Certified Green Professional, and a Universal Design Certified Professional. He has been remodeling kitchens, bathrooms, and houses along the Main Line and in Chester, Delaware, and Montgomery counties for more than 15 years.
An active member of NARI’s DelChester Chapter, Walters has received many awards from the group for his remodeling work. These include awards for Residential Kitchen $80,000 to $120k, Residential Bath over $100k, and Entire House Remodel $500k to $1M. Walters’ portfolio of kitchen remodels, both large and small, includes stunning examples of the best in contemporary kitchen design and construction.
Among the many striking details in his kitchen renovations, Walters regularly includes large kitchen islands, natural stone countertops, wood and tile floors, and custom tile backsplashes. They also feature gorgeous custom cabinets, elegant pendant lights hanging over workspaces, stainless steel refrigerators, stoves and hoods, and charming, built-in seating such as booths, bars, and benches.
14) Rudloff Custom Builders
1450 E. Boot Road, 600C, West Chester, PA 19380
Brothers Edward and Stephen Rudloff, owners of Rudloff Custom Builders, have been creating wonderfully designed new kitchens throughout greater Philadelphia for more than 20 years. The firm also creates custom homes and additions, remodels bathrooms and homes, makes custom cabinetry and millwork, and works on historic renovations. A NARI Certified Remodeler, Rudloff Custom Builders’ work has been featured in Main Line Today and Philadelphia Magazine, the latter of which recognized the firm for customer service and design in its annual Best of Philly feature.
The company’s work features a great sense of color, a creative use of tile and stone, and a talent for bright, contemporary elegance. One recent kitchen project features beautiful and calming grey-blue cabinets with stainless steel handles, shiny wood floors, and white stone surfaces — a stylish combination that makes for a bright and welcoming space. Another gorgeous remodel features white cabinets and black countertops, a wood floor, a large quartzite white island with black cabinets and a stainless steel sink, and two enchanting, glowing sphere-lamps hovering over it all.
13) Cyndi and Company
1878 Sugar Bottom Road, Furlong, PA 18925
Cyndi Haaz, owner of the greater Philadelphia kitchen remodeling firm Cyndi and Company, is a rare breed: She is both a certified interior designer and a licensed contractor. She is a member of the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) and passed the National Council For Interior Design exam (NCIDQ). She is also past president of the Pennsylvania East Chapter of ASID and has been designing kitchens and bathrooms for more than 27 years.
A full-service design-build home improvement business, Cyndi and Company can handle all the design elements of your remodel project, including paint color consultation, product selection, backsplash design, and flooring selection. And they can provide the installation through their team of qualified and experienced contractors.
Haaz “understands the language of her contractors,” so you can be sure that you’re getting exactly what you want while keeping kitchen remodeling costs within your budget. Haaz’s stated goal is to design kitchens that reflect her client’s personal style, “while creating functional, warm and inviting environments.” Her portfolio of gorgeous kitchen projects proves that she is very good at doing just that.
12) Luxury Bath & Kitchens
469 Easton Road, Horsham, PA 19044
A family-owned kitchen and bath remodeling company working throughout Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Luxury Bath & Kitchens is a one-stop design-build firm with a large showroom and an experienced staff. Located in Horsham, Pennsylvania, the company’s showroom sells World Home products and other top cabinet brands. They also sell Delta, Kohler, and Brizo fixtures; quartz countertops; and all the top-shelf hardware and other remodeling accessories you’ll need for your small or large kitchen renovation. The company also has kitchen and bathroom designers on hand, a staff of five expert carpenters, and several interior designers and remodeling consultants.
A member of NARI and the National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA), Luxury Bath & Kitchens is led by President and Designer Nick Kornea and Vice President Illia Kornea. The company’s varied portfolio of completed kitchen remodels includes a beautiful Southhampton project in white and grey, with a large island and bar and wonderful lighting. Another recent project in Princeton features bluish-white cabinets, grey and white stone countertops, and warm wood floors.
11) Creative Nook
95 E Lancaster Avenue, Paoli, PA 19301
Founded by Alex Hall in 1979, Creative Nook is located in Paoli and serves the Main Line and Montgomery, Delaware, and Chester counties with superior kitchen designs and renovations. The design-build firm has decades of experience completing kitchen, bath, and whole-house remodels.
A member of the NKBA, Hall is also a NARI Certified Kitchen Designer and a Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist. The kitchen remodeler’s work has been featured in Appliance Retailer Design Quarterly, Pro Builder, Kitchen and Bath Design News, Signature Kitchens and Baths, and other publications.
High-end details common to Creative Nook’s renovation projects include attractive white cabinets, artistic tile backsplashes, large kitchen islands topped with natural stone, and warm wood floors. The company excels at designing and building traditional kitchens with a cozy farmhouse look, as well as more contemporary spaces with sleek countertops, polished floors, and stainless steel faucets and other hardware. One excellent kitchen project features a built-in wine refrigerator, while another includes a dining nook with a built-in booth — just a few of the many impressive kitchen design ideas the company has come up with over nearly 40 years in the industry.
10) Gavin Design-Build
3230 Blackberry Lane, Malvern, PA 19063
John Gavin started working in the greater Philadelphia home improvement industry in 1980. By 1997, he had started Gavin Design-Build, a company that helps clients work within their budgets to “transform their homes into environments that reflect the way they live.” Gavin is a NARI Certified Remodeler and Kitchen and Bath Remodeler. A past treasurer and president of NARI’s DelChester Chapter, Gavin has won numerous awards for his remodeling work, including for Best Residential Kitchen Under $40,000 and Best Kitchen $40,000 to $80,000. One of his award-winning projects included the complete renovation of an outdated and dysfunctional kitchen in a cottage-style home. Gavin redesigned the whole space — creating a new layout that allowed for much more storage — and moved the refrigerator to a recessed area that once held a cupboard. The stylish new kitchen included shaker-style cabinets with leaf-and-vine handles, as well as brick-pattern tile on the walls, matching the home’s craftsman style. In another award-winning project, Gavin created an open kitchen space by removing a partition wall and reframing the ceiling into a large vaulted ceiling with skylights. He updated the room’s energy efficiency with spray-foam insulation in the rafters and radiant heat in the floor.
9) Custom Craft Contractors
2224 Bustard Road, Lansdale, PA 19446
George Foering, president of Custom Craft Design Build Remodel, started the kitchen remodeling company in 1982. The firm’s vice president and George’s son, Mike Foering, has a bachelor’s degree in engineering from Penn State University and is a NARI Certified Remodeler and National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist. The company works throughout Bucks and Montgomery counties and is a member of the NARI Bucks-Mont Chapter.
The father-and-son operated general contracting company has a staff of experienced carpenters and designers and has won many awards for its remodeling projects. These include a regional NARI Contractor of the Year Award for Entire House Under $250k and a local NARI Contractor of the Year Award for Residential Addition Over $250k Aging-in-Place Project. Indeed, the company has a lot of experience working on aging-in-place designs, which allow elderly or disabled family members to stay at home. The company reorganizes and retrofits kitchens, bathrooms, and other interior spaces to make them safer and more useful, with barrier-free and wheelchair accessible elements.
8) Munz Construction
201 Buck Road, Holland, PA 18966
Like many home improvement contractors, Chris Munz, founder of Munz Construction in Holland, Pennsylvania, got his start in the industry at a young age. He was just 14 when he began working summer construction jobs with his father. He opened his company in 1985 and now has a staff of 25 experienced craftsmen. The company has been listed on Qualified Remodeler Magazine’s prestigious list of the Top 500 remodeling contractors in the country, and on Remodeling Magazine’s list of the 550 most successful remodelers in the country.
The company works throughout Bucks County, including in Newtown, Churchville, and New Hope. It has been named to the Bucks County Courier’s Best of Bucks list as well. The company has an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau and is a member of NARI. Munz Construction’s design showroom in Holland features a wide selection of product samples, including flooring, cabinets, plumbing fixtures, and countertops. The showroom also has kitchen designers on hand to help you plan your project with a 3D computer model.
7) Sullivan Building & Design Group
2320 Trumbauersville Road, Quakertown, PA 18951 office@sbdg.us
Sullivan Building & Design Group has been creating high-quality kitchen remodels and new homes in the greater Philadelphia area for more than 35 years. The design-build firm is led by father-and-son team Neil and Bradley Sullivan. Historic renovation experts and makers of custom woodwork, the Sullivan team uses locally sustainable hardwoods and other environmentally friendly materials in its kitchen renovation projects.
The company won a national Chrysalis Award from Qualified Remodeler Magazine for Addition over $350k, as well as regional awards for Kitchen Remodel $50,000 to $75,000. Sullivan Building & Design Group has also received a Qualified Remodeler Master Design Silver Award and a Professional Remodeler Design Platinum Award. Members of NARI and the NKBA, the company’s work has been featured in Bucks County Home & Garden, Philadelphia Magazine, Professional Builder, Elite Decor, and other publications.
The contractor also operates a custom millwork division called Cider Press Woodworks, where it creates custom furniture, cabinets and built-ins, and architectural millwork. Sullivan Building & Design also provides architectural design, material selection, interior finishing, and advice and superior craftsmanship from start to finish.
6) Harth Builders
1021 N. Bethlehem Pike, Spring House, PA 19477
Harth Builders was founded back in 1996 by Allyn Harth, a veteran of homebuilding and remodeling industry with more than 45 years of experience. Now run by Allyn’s son, Gregory Harth, the company is a design-build company with a large in-house staff of professional remodeling experts and works on residential renovation projects throughout Bucks and Montgomery counties.
Greg Harth has a bachelor’s degree in engineering and is a NARI Certified Remodeler, Certified Kitchen and Bath Remodeler, and Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist. The design-build company has been named one Remodeling Magazine’s Big 50 national remodeling companies, and it has made the same magazine’s list of the Top 550 remodelers in the country every year since 2009.
Among other things, the company specializes in energy-efficient renovation and aging-in-place projects. Harth Builders won a 2017 National NARI Contractor of the Year Award for Commercial Exterior Renovation, and it was named one of the fastest growing companies in Philadelphia by the Philadelphia Business Journal. The company also received House & Home Magazine’s 2015 Best Home Improvement Companies Award for Best New Home Builder and Best Independent Living Contractor, and the Best of Houzz Award consecutively since 2013.
5) Bellweather Construction
4613 Woodland Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19143
Founded by General Manager Will Giesey in 2002, Bellweather Construction is a creative and innovative residential remodeling company serving Philadelphia neighborhoods, such as Rittenhouse Square, Center City, and Mt. Airy, as well as the Main Line suburbs.
A recipient of Professional Remodeler Magazine’s 40 Under 40 Award, Giesey has just the right background for remodeling: he studied art, design, and architecture at Lawrence College, and he has an MBA from Temple University. Giesey is a NARI Certified Kitchen and Bath Remodeler and Certified Remodeling Project Manager. He has won the group’s Contractor of the Year Award, and he has also received the University City Historic Preservation Award.
In a recent kitchen remodel project in the Philadelphia Graduate Hospital neighborhood, Bellweather Construction knocked down a wall between the home’s kitchen and dining room, opening up the flow and creating a bit of extra space. They also installed a restored 1950s Wedgewood Stove, Georgian heart pine flooring, and beautiful white cabinets, creating a charming, warm kitchen that now has a lot more utility and style.
4) Myers Constructs
1400 N American St Philadelphia, PA 19122
Myers Constructs is led by an artist, a fact that comes through in the company’s splendid kitchen remodels. A design-build firm serving greater Philadelphia, Myers Constructs uses sustainable products and green construction techniques in its projects. A member of NARI and the NKBA, Sales and Design Manager Tamara Myers is a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Accredited Professional with a Master of Fine Arts from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Temple University. She got her start in the construction and renovation industry working as a carpenter’s apprentice during her summer breaks from school.
A Philadelphia area remodeler with a national reputation, Myers served as a construction expert on 50 episodes of the Discovery Channel program Gimme Shelter. The company received a 2018 NARI Regional Contractor of the Year Award for Entire House Renovations $250k to $500K , 2017 NARI Regional Contractor of the Year Award for Restoration Under $250k, and a 2016 NARI Regional Contractor of the Year Award for Basement $50,000 to $100k. The kitchen remodeler’s work has appeared in Philadelphia Magazine’s Best of Philly feature, as well as in the Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Row Home Magazine, Remodeling Magazine, and other publications.
3) Pine Street Carpenters Inc.
901 S. Bolmar Street, Suite N, West Chester, PA 19282
Pine Street Carpenters has been sharing its kitchen remodeling ideas with West Chester and the surrounding areas since 1993. The company operates a showroom in West Chester — the Kitchen Studio at Pine Street — and works on kitchen and bath remodels, additions, and whole-home renovations throughout Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware. The company also has a commercial division that completes office remodels, retail spaces, and restaurant projects all over the northeast.
In 2017, Pine Street Carpenters was named #28 of the Big 50 remodeling companies in the nation by Remodeling Magazine. Pine Street has also won awards from the DelChester Chapter for NARI, including for a whole-house remodel project in Chadds Ford.
A member of NKBA and the Better Business Bureau, Pine Street is dedicated to using salvaged and recycled building materials. The company’s wide-ranging collection of completed kitchen remodels includes some fabulous designs. One of the best, a recent project in Phoenixville, features a long kitchen island with a pot-filling sink and industrial-chic bar stools, a polished floor, sleek grey custom kitchen cabinets, and exposed red brick behind the stove.
2) Gardner/Fox
919 Glenbrook Avenue, Bryn Mawr, PA 19010
One of the top construction firms in greater Philadelphia, Gardner/Fox was 12 on Remodeling Magazine’s 2017 list of the Top 550 remodelers in the nation, and it has appeared on Qualified Remodeler Magazine’s Top 500 list for more than 20 years. Serving the Main Line and the Delaware Valley with residential and commercial design-build services, Gardner/Fox was founded in 1987 by Brook Gardner and Mark Fox.
An architect with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kentucky, Fox runs the company’s residential section, which offers architecture, interior design, and construction services for large and small, stylish and sophisticated residential kitchen remodels. Located in Bryn Mawr, the company has won awards from The Preservation Alliance of Greater Philadelphia, among others.
Gardner/Fox has a staff of nearly 50 architects carpenters, interior designers, and project managers, and they work on kitchen and bath remodels, whole-house remodels, and historic renovations. The company’s commercial arm builds healthcare, office, and hospitality projects all over the Mid-Atlantic region.
1) dRemodeling
4229 Ridge Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19129
dRemodeling is on Remodeling Magazine’s prestigious list of the Big 50 home improvement companies in the nation. The design-build firm employs in-house plumbers, electricians, tile installers, and interior designers, and it has a master carpenter on staff with more than 35 years of experience in the industry. The company has a kitchen and bath design showroom in Philadelphia with staff designers, as well as top-shelf materials and products to choose from.
Led by President and Project Manager Dan Dragomir, the kitchen renovation firm has been serving the Philadelphia metropolitan area, including the Main Line, Montgomery, Bucks, Delaware, and Philadelphia counties, for about 15 years. A former civil engineer, Dragomir has a master’s degree from the Technical University of Civil Engineering in Bucharest, Romania, as well as an MBA from Villanova University and a Construction Management Certification from the New Jersey Institute of Technology. The winner of a local 2017 NARI Contractor of the Year Award, dRemodeling offers a five-year workmanship warranty on all of its projects.
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