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Reston, VA • Fairfax County • Completed Project
A Completed $120K+ Kitchen Remodel in Reston, VA
A complete kitchen transformation in Reston, where 1970s and 80s planned-community homes hide serious potential behind closed-off original layouts.
The Project
$120K+
Investment
~10 weeks
Build time
Full remodel
Scope
2020
Completed
Here is the summary if you are comparing quotes: EA Home Design completed this full kitchen remodel in Reston, VA in the $120K+ range over roughly 10 weeks of construction. EA Home Design, the Sterling design-build firm behind this project, carries 28 design awards and four national wins across nearly 2,000 completed remodels.
Updated September 2026
Before and After: The Same Kitchen
Before
The original kitchen
After
The finished remodel
The Story
The Reston original-layout problem
Reston’s original homes, built through the 70s and 80s as the planned community grew, almost universally share one trait: kitchens designed as separate workrooms, walled off from the living space. Beautiful lots, smart community planning, dated interior thinking.
The design brief was shaped by Reston itself. A planned community rewards restraint, so the spend went into clean lines and materials that agree with the house rather than ornament layered on top of it.
This kitchen was exactly that: functional, enclosed, and completely disconnected from how the family actually lived.
Custom cabinetry detail
What we changed, and one honest tradeoff
A full remodel that opened the kitchen to the main living area: new cabinetry, stone surfaces, an island where a wall used to be, and a lighting plan that replaced a single ceiling fixture doing all the work.
The honest tradeoff: opening a Reston original layout usually means dealing with a load-bearing wall. That adds an engineered beam, a structural permit, and real money to the budget, worth it here, but it is why two similar-looking Reston remodels can be $40K apart.
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 came to us with a great recommendation when we were initially thinking of a complete home remodel and they went above and beyond our expectations.
Padma Adunutula, an EA Home Design client, verified review
Where This Project Is
Reston, Virginia
Fairfax County. Served from our Sterling, VA design studio. Exact address withheld for the homeowner’s privacy.
Reston was a planned community from the start, and its best kitchens respect that design heritage rather than fighting it.
Questions Reston Homeowners Ask
What does it cost to open up a Reston kitchen?
This full remodel ran $120K+ including structural work. Removing a load-bearing wall typically adds an engineered beam, permits, and several thousand dollars minimum versus a same-layout remodel, the single biggest budget variable in Reston’s original housing stock.
Does Reston Association approval apply to kitchen remodels?
Interior work generally doesn’t require RA design review, that applies to exterior changes. You still need Fairfax County permits for electrical, plumbing, and structural work, which EA files and manages.
How long did this remodel take?
About ten weeks of construction. Layout changes with structural work sit at the longer end of kitchen timelines; a same-layout Reston remodel typically runs six to eight weeks.
Thinking About Your Own Kitchen in Reston?
Begin with a free in-home design consultation. You will see the kitchen in 3D and know the realistic range before deciding anything.
Wondering how this would translate to your house? Start with our kitchen remodeling in Reston, VA page for the services, the process, and the areas we cover.