Pinellas County · about 60 min (45 mi) from the shop
Kitchen Remodeling in Kenneth City, FL
Kitchens that suit Kenneth City's 1950s–60s ranch houses, with cabinets and furniture work done in our Lewis Ave shop.
- Built in our Sarasota shop since 2011
- 4.4★ from 52 Google reviews
- 3D model before anything is built
- Solid-wood boxes, dovetail drawers
Kenneth City is a whole town built in one era, and kitchen remodeling in Kenneth City reflects it: nearly every house is a single-story ranch from the late 1950s or 1960s, with the kitchen in roughly the same spot. Our Sarasota shop on Lewis Ave, an hour south (45 miles) over the Sunshine Skyway, designs and builds custom cabinets suited to those houses. We plan each project around a few site visits and arrive with finished cabinets ready to install.
Owners here also bring us mid-century furniture to restore, which our shop handles alongside the cabinet work.
Measure, Model, Build, Install: Our Trips North
A Kenneth City kitchen usually takes three trips. On the first we measure, check the electrical panel and outlets with you, and photograph the house so the design fits its period. We then prepare working drawings and a 3D model, reviewed at our Sarasota shop by appointment or remotely. Cabinets are built and finished in our shop, and installation runs on consecutive days. Furniture can ride along: we can often collect a piece at the measure visit and return it at install, with a fee for heavy items.
Mid-Century Kitchen Cabinets and Furniture Restoration for Kenneth City
The services Kenneth City owners ask about most often:
Kitchen Remodeling
A full kitchen plan that keeps the ranch-house character while fixing storage, with licensed trades for wiring updates. The sink usually stays under the backyard window, which keeps plumbing changes small.
Solid Wood Cabinets
Walnut, white oak or painted maple boxes with dovetail drawers in place of tired original plywood. Walnut and white oak suit these mid-century ranches, built with the joinery the originals never had.
Furniture Refinishing & Restoration
Mid-century dressers, credenzas and dining sets repaired and refinished at our shop. Furniture bought with these 1950s and 1960s houses, from teak sideboards to maple dining sets, can still be found in them, and we repair veneer before refinishing.
Crown Molding & Trim
Trim profiles proportioned for eight-foot ceilings so new cabinets don't look crowded. Because nearly every Kenneth City ranch shares the same ceiling height, we draw crown that steps the cabinets up without crowding the room.
Cabinet Refacing
Original plywood boxes in Kenneth City ranches are often still sound under several coats of paint; new doors, drawer fronts and veneer give them a second life without disturbing terrazzo or wiring.
Cabinet Repair
Metal drawer glides and sliding upper doors from the town's first kitchens wear out first; we replace runners, rebuild drawer boxes with dovetails and rehang doors without replacing the whole kitchen.
Accessible Kitchen Design
With about 30 percent of Kenneth City residents 65 or older in 2020, drawer bases, a wall oven at a comfortable height and pull-down upper shelves are sensible requests in a ranch kitchen.
54th Avenue North, 66th Street and Town Hall Permits
Kenneth City sits off 54th Avenue North and 66th Street North, a short run west of I-275 once we are off the Skyway. Kenneth City is its own incorporated town, but as a partner town its building permits are issued through Pinellas County's building services; zoning questions still start at Town Hall before any wall or wiring change. We also work in West Lealman and Lealman. Our guide to updating a mid-century kitchen applies just as well to ranches up here.
A permitted job here runs in two steps under the town's interlocal agreement with the county: first the town's pre-approval form at Town Hall, 6000 54th Avenue North, then the county's own pre-approval and plan review, with county inspectors handling every inspection after that. Joe's Creek also runs through Kenneth City as well as Lealman, and its main channel is the subject of a county restoration project with construction scheduled for 2028 through 2030.
Sidney Colen's 1957 Town and Its Ranch-House Kitchens
Developer Sidney Colen founded Kenneth City in 1957 and named it for his son, and the town incorporated that same year. Today 5,047 residents (2020) live in a compact grid completely surrounded by St. Petersburg and Pinellas Park. The houses are concrete block with low-pitched roofs, terrazzo or vinyl floors, and modest closed kitchens, often with a window over the sink facing the backyard. Many still have their first plywood cabinets, refaced or painted once or twice, with sliding upper doors or metal drawer glides that have worn out. Ceilings sit at eight feet, so stacked uppers and crown need careful proportion, and older wiring often limits where new appliances can go until a licensed electrician updates it.
The town covers only about three-quarters of a square mile. The 2020 Census counted 2,343 housing units on it, fewer than one in ten vacant, with a median age of 52.4 and about 30 percent of residents 65 or older, so most kitchens here are redone by people who already live in them and plan to stay. That favors a tight schedule in a one-kitchen house: cabinets fully finished in our shop, old cabinets out and new ones in over consecutive days, and, when the job runs longer, a temporary sink arrangement agreed with your plumber in advance.
Reviews
What customers near Kenneth City say
4.4★ average from 52 reviews on Google. Quotes are from public Google reviews, shortened where marked.
“We recently had a remodel done in our home in which all the custom cabinetry was beautifully done by SRQ Woodworks Co. Graham made cabinets for our kitchen, feature wall, dining room, and powder room. The quality is amazing and we are so happy with the wonderful attention to detail!”
“No fancy showroom. No pretentious anything. Just evidence of a working shop that builds and repairs cabinetry & furniture and that does a wide variety of other work involving wood and engineered wood alternatives. Everything they've done for me has been top notch.”
FAQ
Kenneth City kitchen remodeling questions
Can a 1950s Kenneth City kitchen keep its mid-century look?
Yes. We often draw slab or simple shaker doors in walnut or painted finishes, with low-profile pulls and proportions suited to eight-foot ceilings. The 3D model lets you see how the new kitchen sits with your original terrazzo or windows before we build anything, and the cabinets themselves are made with modern dovetail drawers and mortise-and-tenon frames.
Can you refinish a mid-century credenza from Kenneth City?
We can. Refinishing happens at our Lewis Ave shop in Sarasota; you can drop the piece off, or ask about pickup and delivery, which we can sometimes pair with a kitchen visit nearby. A fee may apply for heavy pieces. We repair veneer, loose joints and water rings before refinishing.
Nearby
Also serving near Kenneth City
- West Lealman, FLAbout 60 min (46 mi) from the shop
- Lealman, FLAbout 55 min (44 mi) from the shop
- Pinellas Park, FLAbout 60 min (48 mi) from the shop
- Bardmoor, FLAbout 65 min (49 mi) from the shop
- South Pasadena, FLAbout 55 min (40 mi) from the shop
1121 Lewis Ave, Sarasota
About a quarter mile east of US 301, off 12th Street. Shop visits are by appointment. Please call ahead before stopping by Lewis Ave.
Living Well Crafted
Planning a kitchen in Kenneth City? Talk it through with the shop.
- Built in our Sarasota shop since 2011
- 4.4★ from 52 Google reviews
- 3D model before anything is built
- Solid-wood boxes, dovetail drawers