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Custom ivory inset kitchen with a dark oak island, marble surfaces, nickel pendant lights, and tall divided-light windows in daylight.

Cardea Development

Kitchen and bathroom
remodeling across
Chicagoland.

The room should fit the house and the life inside it.

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Our approach

Good remodeling should belong to the house.

The permit path, building access, shared systems, existing construction, and the people using the room all shape the job.

The building is part of the brief.

Read the Cardea standard
Brick urban residence with a tall bay, carved stone entry, iron fence, and mature street trees in overcast daylight.

Before construction

Respect the building.

Depending on the address, these can shape the project before a cabinet is ordered.

Ivory inset kitchen with a stone hood, a dark oak island, an apron-front sink, and tall divided-light windows in daylight.
A masonry wall
Account for existing construction and the house around the room.
A shared plumbing stack
Plumbing walls and delivery paths shape the cabinet plan.
A condominium alteration agreement
Association documents can affect building systems, access, work hours, elevator use, and shutoffs.
A tight delivery path
Confirm access and the order in which the room has to come apart and go back together.
Municipal review
Chicago and individual suburbs administer their own permit and inspection requirements.
Modern high-rise kitchen with greige slab cabinetry, a dark oak island, pale stone counters, a window wall, and a city view in daylight.

Room to move

A beautiful kitchen can still be wrong by six inches.

Appliance doors, landing space, and the path through the room belong in the plan.

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The details

Where the plan proves itself.

Not every surface needs to announce itself.

Oak cabinet doors with framed panels and nickel knobs beneath a pale stone counter edge.
Cabinet reveals
Empty rectangular niche recessed into honed limestone, showing the deep stone sill, fine joints, and an adjacent wall corner.
Tile edges
Aged-brass wall spout and lever handles above a carved marble basin, with a visible drain and pale plaster above the stone backsplash.
Fixture centers
White-oak herringbone flooring meeting pale limestone tiles at a thin metal strip beside painted doorway trim.
Transitions

Kitchens

Make every step count.

A kitchen has to carry cooking, cleanup, storage, gathering, and traffic through the house.

Deep blue glass-front pantry cabinetry with pale stone surfaces, a metal faucet and sink on the right, and a doorway to a bright dining room.
Open light-wood drawer box with a dovetailed front corner, a dark oak applied front, and a pale stone counter above.

  • Layout

    Test refrigerator and dishwasher swings, landing space, preparation, cleanup, seating, and the path into the next room.

  • Cabinetry

    Inventory what belongs in the kitchen and put everyday items where they are actually reached.

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Bathrooms

Get the hidden work right.

Primary bathroom with an oval stone tub, a floor-mounted metal filler, painted wall mouldings, a tall white-framed window, and dark wood cabinetry.
Unfinished shower corner with grey membrane and seam bands, a recessed niche, plumbing stubs, and exposed edge framing.

A bathroom has to manage water, ventilation, privacy, storage, light, and tight clearances in one small footprint.

  • Bathing

    Set the shower entry, tub, controls, niches, glass, drainage, and clearances as one assembly.

  • Surfaces

    Coordinate waterproofing, substrate, joints, thresholds, edges, penetrations, and transitions before tile conceals them.

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How we work

Find the conflicts before construction does.

  1. Kitchen elevation and floor-plan sheets on an oak worktable beside a pencil and a scale ruler.

    Read the room

    Name what fails now, who uses the room, what stays, and what needs to move.

  2. Empty room with tall windows and a kitchen island footprint marked in blue tape on protected flooring.

    Set the scope

    Connect the layout to existing conditions, systems, approvals, and the limits of the work.

  3. Marble, oak, painted cabinet, nickel, and tile samples resting on overlapping drawings beside a window.

    Prepare the work

    Coordinate dimensions, materials, access, and decisions before construction begins.

  4. Renovation hallway with taped floor protection, a temporary dust barrier, paneled walls, and a timber stair.

    Build and close

    Carry the scope through the sequence, then review edges, operation, and remaining details.

See the full process
Tracing paper overlays a kitchen plan with a pencil revision around a cabinet and doorway junction.

Planning questions

Do kitchen and bathroom remodels require permits?

Often, but the answer depends on the property address, building type, and exact scope.

Moving walls, drains, supply lines, wiring, ventilation, or structural components commonly changes the permit path.

Confirm the applicable building department and required inspections before demolition or before work is concealed.

This answer is general planning information, not permit or legal advice.

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Chicagoland

Where we work

We review kitchen and bathroom inquiries across selected Chicago neighborhoods and suburban communities.

Limestone townhouse with a rounded bay, an arched entry, broad front steps, and an iron fence in daylight.
Substantial brick Georgian-style home with limestone trim, tall windows, a slate roof, and a curved stone approach.
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Start a conversation

Tell us about the room and the house around it.

Submitting an inquiry begins a project review.

Share the address, what is not working, and what you would like to change.

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Open sketchbook with a pencil cabinet elevation and a tape measure on a marble work surface.