Kitchens
White Oak Wonder
A kitchen of beautiful white oak cabinets and a full-height countertop backsplash whose golden vein quietly answers the cabinetry.
- Location
- Arlington Heights, IL
- Year
- 2025
- Scope
- Full kitchen remodel — layout, cabinetry, stone, lighting, appliances
- Footprint
- ≈ 280 sq ft
The project
A closer look.
A heritage kitchen rebuilt around a single, quiet idea: let the wood and the stone hold the room. Full-height quartzite climbs from countertop to ceiling behind the range, its golden vein answering the warmth of rift-cut white oak. The peninsula is intentionally undersized so the cooking wall reads as the showpiece, and the lighting is layered low so the surfaces — not the fixtures — carry the drama.
Design moves
Palette
- Warm white oak
- Soft brass
- Veined quartzite
Materials
- Rift-cut white oak custom cabinetry
- Full-height book-matched quartzite backsplash
- Honed quartzite countertops
- Wide-plank European white oak flooring
Finishes & fixtures
- Unlacquered brass hardware and faucet
- Rift sawn white oak cabinetry and custom hood
- Linear under-cabinet lighting
- Quartzite from ceiling, to waterfall
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