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A long galley kitchen with warm oak cabinetry lit from beneath, matte charcoal tall units and a pale oak floor.
A hand drawing an oak sample from a shelf of terracotta and wood finish samples.
Choosing finishes

Kitchens and baths, drawn first, then built.

Fernwork is a design-build remodeler for kitchens and baths across the Portland area. One team draws the room, prices the drawing and builds what was drawn.

Request a consult See how a room is drawn

Illustrative stock photography, not a Fernwork project.

Most remodels go wrong in the gap between the room you pictured and the room that got built. We close that gap on paper.

Before: a dated kitchen with orange oak cabinets, a red window valance and a small island on laminate flooring. Built: a bright kitchen with pale oak cabinetry to the ceiling, a white stone waterfall island, two glass pendants and black stools.

Before

The room you live with. You already know what is wrong with it.

The drawing

Every wall, run of cabinets and fixture, agreed and priced before anything comes out.

Built

The drawing, finished. Measured against the lines you signed.

Illustrative: two different kitchens from stock photography. The drawing is traced from the second photograph.

The kinds of rooms we take on.

Each plate pairs a typical before with a typical after so you can see the size of the change. They are stock photographs of different rooms, chosen to illustrate, not projects of ours.

After: a long open kitchen with sage green shaker cabinets, a white island and sliding doors to a garden. Before: a cramped kitchen with painted cream cabinets, wood paneling and a cluttered counter.
Room
Kitchen, opened to the garden
Typical scope
Remove a wall, relocate the sink, cabinets to the ceiling, new flooring
Decisions
Where the sink lives, what the island is for, paint or stain
Photography
Stock, two different rooms
After: a walk-in shower lined in grey marble-look slabs with a band of green tile at the floor. Before: a pink tub with a hand shower against beige patterned tile.
Room
Primary bath, tub to walk-in shower
Typical scope
Remove the tub, waterproof and slope a new floor, large-format wall tile
Decisions
Curbless or curbed, niche placement, glass or open
Photography
Stock, two different rooms
Stone and tile samples laid out on a pale table: terrazzo, travertine, rust-toned stone and white marble.
Room
Any of them, at the selection table
Typical scope
Surfaces, tile, hardware, fixtures and paint, chosen against the drawing
Decisions
Held to a short list, so choosing never stalls the build
Photography
Stock

Design-build, in six steps.

The same people carry the room from the first walkthrough to the last punch-list item, so nothing is lost in a handoff between a designer and a contractor.

  1. Walkthrough

    We come to the house, listen, measure and look behind the access panels. You leave with a sense of what is possible and what it depends on.

  2. Design agreement

    A short paid agreement covers the design work: plan, elevations, lighting and a first pass at selections. You own the drawings.

  3. Priced drawing

    The finished drawing is priced line by line, so you can see what each choice costs and trade one decision against another before committing.

  4. Permits and ordering

    We file the permits the work needs and order long-lead items early, so the crew is not waiting on cabinets with your kitchen open.

  5. Build

    One lead carpenter runs the site. You get a weekly walkthrough against the drawing, and a single person to call.

  6. Handover

    A punch list walked together, care notes for every surface, and the drawings updated to show what was actually built.

Overhead view of printed floor plans with tile samples, a tape measure and wood swatches on a desk.
Drawings and samples, side by side
A kitchen stripped to fresh drywall with a ladder, a work table and protected floors.
Mid-build, walls closed and ready for cabinets

Illustrative stock photography.

A carpenter running a bead of caulk along a newly installed white upper cabinet beside a window.
Illustrative stock photography.

Planning your budget.

We do not publish price lists, because two kitchens of the same size can land far apart. What moves the number is knowable, though. Here is what to weigh before you settle on a range.

Layout
Lighter keeping walls, windows and the sink where they are. Heavier moving or removing walls, especially load-bearing ones.
Plumbing and gas
Lighter fixtures replaced in place. Heavier a relocated sink, range or shower drain, which often means opening floors.
Cabinetry
Lighter stock or semi-custom boxes in standard sizes. Heavier fully custom work built to the room.
Surfaces and tile
Lighter quartz counters and simple field tile. Heavier natural stone, slab walls and intricate tile patterns.
Permits and the house itself
Older Portland houses can hide old wiring, galvanized pipe or rot behind the walls. We plan a contingency for what opening a wall reveals, and we say so in writing.

Setting your range

Pick two numbers: the one you would be comfortable spending, and the one you would stretch to. Tell us both. We draw to the first and show you what the second would buy.

Request a consult.

Four questions help us tell you honestly whether we are the right fit, before anyone spends an afternoon on a walkthrough.

A sage green kitchen, illustrating a kitchen remodel. A marble-look walk-in shower, illustrating a bath remodel. A pale oak kitchen with a stone island, illustrating a larger combined project.
Kitchen. Illustrative stock photography.

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Portland, Lake Oswego, West Linn, Beaverton, Tigard, Milwaukie and nearby.

Which room?
Your planning range the number you would be comfortable spending

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