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Fairfax’s colonials and split-levels from the 1970s through the 90s share a kitchen philosophy of their era: adequate, enclosed and invisible from the rest of the house. In Mantua, Fairfax Villa, Kings Park West and the neighborhoods around Old Town Fairfax and George Mason, the kitchen works, barely, and hosting means someone is always cooking alone.
Home values in Fairfax outgrew those kitchens long ago. A remodel here opens the sight lines toward the living space, fixes appliance placement, adds an island and real storage, and brings cabinetry, stone and lighting up to the value of the house without improving past what resale will return.
We remodel kitchens throughout the City of Fairfax and the Fairfax-addressed neighborhoods of Fairfax County (ZIP codes 22030, 22031, 22032 and 22033).
EA Home Design is a Sterling-based design-build firm with nearly 2,000 completed remodels across Northern Virginia since 2009, 28 design awards and four national wins, including the 2026 Möbel National Award for Best Kitchen Design. We are a licensed Virginia Class A contractor (#2705157182), fully insured.
A kitchen remodel on a mid-sized Fairfax home is an investment decision as well as a lifestyle one. There is a sweet spot for this market, and spending well beyond it means improving past what resale returns. We say where that point sits for your house during design, not after the contract, and then we build the kitchen that fits with our own in-house crew.
Our showroom at 44225 Mercure Circle in Sterling is about 30 minutes from Fairfax via Route 50 or the Fairfax County Parkway.
We begin with a free consultation at your Fairfax home: measurements, a look at the wall between kitchen and family room, the panel and the plumbing, and a conversation about how you cook and host. You receive a detailed 3D design of the new kitchen at no cost.
After you approve the design, we select cabinetry, stone and hardware together in our Sterling showroom and lock the budget and schedule. Fairfax has two permit authorities: homes inside the City of Fairfax are permitted through the City’s Community Development and Planning department, while Fairfax-addressed homes in the county, including Mantua, Fair Oaks, Fair Lakes and Kings Park West, go through Fairfax County Land Development Services. We confirm which applies and handle every filing and inspection.
Our in-house crew then builds in one continuous run, typically about eight weeks for a full remodel, with every cabinet and appliance ordered before demolition. You pay 30% down to begin, as Virginia law requires.
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In a 1990s Fairfax colonial we rebuilt a compartmentalized kitchen completely: new cabinetry, stone surfaces, better appliance placement and sight lines opened toward the living space, so the cook is part of the gathering instead of cut off from it. The project took roughly eight weeks. Read the Fairfax kitchen remodel case study for the before and after photos and the investment conversation behind it.
“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 Home Design client.
We work throughout Fairfax, including Old Town Fairfax, Mantua, Fairfax Villa, Kings Park West, Fair Oaks, Fair Lakes, Greenbriar and the neighborhoods around George Mason University, and in neighboring Fairfax Station, Oakton and Chantilly. See all of our kitchen remodeling service areas in Northern Virginia.
We also remodel kitchens in nearby Centreville.
Compare the finished kitchen to the house around it. On a mid-sized Fairfax colonial there is a range where cabinetry, stone and appliances match the home’s value; above it, extra spending stops coming back at resale.
We show you where that line sits for your specific house during the design stage, and the free 3D design lets you see what each option actually buys.
If you plan to stay twenty years, the math changes, and we will tell you that too.
If your home is inside the City of Fairfax limits, the City’s Community Development and Planning department issues the building permit. Fairfax-addressed homes outside the city, such as Mantua, Fair Oaks, Fair Lakes, Greenbriar and Kings Park West, are permitted by Fairfax County Land Development Services.
Structural, electrical and plumbing changes need a permit from whichever applies; cabinet, counter and appliance swaps on the existing layout usually do not.
We check your address at the first visit and file everything ourselves.
Almost always. Most Fairfax colonials and split-levels from the 70s through the 90s have a full wall or a pass-through between the kitchen and family room, and opening it is the single change that transforms the main level.
If the wall is load-bearing, our engineer sizes a beam and we handle the structural permit and inspections.
The new sight lines are drawn in 3D before demolition, so you know exactly what you will see from the stove.
For a full Fairfax remodel, about eight weeks of construction; our Fairfax case-study project ran roughly that. Projects that keep the existing layout finish in five to seven weeks.
Plan a temporary kitchen in a nearby room for the duration; we help set it up with the refrigerator, a microwave and a cooking surface.
Because every cabinet and appliance is ordered before demolition, the schedule does not slip waiting on deliveries.
One team. EA Home Design is a design-build firm: the designer who plans your Fairfax kitchen and the crew that builds it work for the same company, so nothing is lost between a drawing and a job site.
Design, material selection, permits, construction and the final walkthrough are all on one contract and one schedule.
Our lead designer holds a Master’s degree in Civil Engineering and is an Associate Kitchen & Bath Designer (AKBD).
A Virginia Class A contractor license, active insurance, and a record of permitted work in your jurisdiction. EA Home Design holds Class A license #2705157182, carries comprehensive coverage, and pulls permits in both the City of Fairfax and Fairfax County regularly.
Ask to see completed kitchens, not renderings: our case studies and gallery show real projects with before and after photos.
Nearly 2,000 Northern Virginia remodels since 2009 and 28 design awards are the rest of the answer.
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