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Fairfax, VA • Fairfax County • Completed Project
Inside a Completed Kitchen Remodel in Fairfax, VA
A full kitchen remodel in Fairfax that turned a compartmentalized 1990s kitchen into the open, hard-working center of the house.
The Project
$90K, $100K
Investment
~8 weeks
Build time
Full remodel
Scope
2025
Completed
The one-line version for planners: EA Home Design completed this full kitchen remodel in Fairfax, VA in the $90K, $100K range over roughly 8 weeks of construction. EA Home Design, a Sterling design-build firm with four national design awards, has delivered close to 2,000 remodels across Fairfax County and Northern Virginia.
Updated September 2026
Before and After: The Same Kitchen
Before
The original kitchen
After
The finished remodel
The Story
The starting point in Fairfax
Fairfax’s colonials and split-levels from the 70s through the 90s share a kitchen philosophy of their era: adequate, enclosed, and invisible from the rest of the house. Home values here have long outgrown those kitchens.
Part of the schedule certainty came from knowing the City of Fairfax process cold. An independent city runs its own inspections, and sequencing the build around them is how an eight-week schedule stays an eight-week schedule.
This family’s kitchen worked, barely, but hosting meant someone was always cooking alone, cut off from everyone else.
Custom cabinetry detail
What we changed, and one honest tradeoff
A complete rebuild: new cabinetry, stone surfaces, better appliance placement, and sight lines opened toward the living space so the cook stops being exiled during gatherings.
The honest tradeoff: a remodel at this level in Fairfax is an investment decision, not just a lifestyle one. At $90K, $100K you are near the sweet spot for this market, spend much beyond that on a mid-sized Fairfax home and you may be improving past what resale returns. We say that out loud during design, not after.
The Finished Kitchen: 8 Photos
Why homeowners choose EA
28 Design Awards. Four-Time National Winner.
Virginia Class A licensed (#2705157182), five-star rated everywhere we are reviewed, with close to 2,000 remodels complete.
What EA Home Design Clients Say
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EA Home Design did a complete home remodel for us in 2017 and did a fantastic job for us. Last week we had a question, and they were there for us, years later.
Kelly Anderson Lane, verified EA client, full kitchen remodel
Where This Project Is
Fairfax, Virginia
City of Fairfax. Served from our Sterling, VA design studio. Exact address withheld for the homeowner’s privacy.
The City of Fairfax has been an independent city since 1961 with its own building department, and permits here follow the City’s process, not the County’s.
Questions Fairfax Homeowners Ask
What does a full kitchen remodel cost in Fairfax?
This project ran $90K, $100K over about eight weeks. Fairfax full remodels commonly land between $55K and $120K, cabinetry level, layout changes, and appliance choices are the three levers that move the number most.
City of Fairfax or Fairfax County, does it matter for permits?
Yes. If your home is inside the City of Fairfax, permits go through the city’s Community Development office; outside it, Fairfax County handles them. Requirements are similar; EA manages the correct filing either way.
Will a $100K kitchen return its value in Fairfax?
Kitchens are consistently the strongest-returning remodel in this market, but no kitchen returns 100% at resale immediately. The honest math: expect strong but partial cost recovery, with the balance paid back in years of daily use, which is why we design for how you live first.
Thinking About Your Own Kitchen in Fairfax?
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