Remodeling for Reston’s Planned-Community Homes
Few places in Northern Virginia have a sense of design baked into them quite like Reston. Robert Simon’s planned community was built around its lakes, its village centers, and a deliberate mix of housing - and that shows up in the kitchens and baths our team works on every week. A 1960s contemporary near Lake Anne, a clustered townhome in South Lakes, and a newer single-family home up in North Point each carry their own quirks: open sightlines and big windows in the older contemporaries, compact and vertical layouts in the townhomes, and more conventional floor plans in the later construction.
At Kitchen Design Center, we treat those differences as the starting point rather than something to paper over. Reston homes were designed with light, landscape, and walkability in mind, and a good remodel keeps faith with that. Whether your home looks out over one of the Reston lakes or sits a short walk from Reston Town Center, our designers measure the actual space, talk through how you live in it, and build a plan around your home - not a template.
Kitchen Remodeling in Reston
Reston kitchens tend to fall into a few recognizable patterns. The early contemporaries around Lake Anne and the South Lakes area often have galley or semi-open kitchens that were ahead of their time but feel closed off by today’s standards. Townhome kitchens - common throughout the planned-community clusters - frequently ask us to make a narrow footprint work harder with smarter storage and better flow toward dining and living areas. Newer homes near North Point usually have the room but want updating to suit how families actually cook and gather now.
A full kitchen remodel with us can mean reworking the layout, relocating or opening up walls where the structure allows, and rebuilding around new cabinetry, counters, and lighting. Because so many Reston homes prize their connection to the outdoors, we pay close attention to sightlines and natural light when we plan a kitchen - keeping the views toward the trees, lakes, and greenways that drew people to Reston in the first place. Every plan is drawn for your home’s real dimensions and your real routines, not a one-size catalog kitchen.
Bathroom Remodeling in Reston
Bathrooms in Reston run the gamut, from the original baths in older contemporaries and Lake Anne–era homes to the multiple full baths in larger North Point houses. Common projects include opening up a tight hall bath, converting a dated tub surround into a walk-in shower, and giving a primary bath a layout that finally makes sense.
We handle bathroom remodeling end to end - reconfiguring fixtures, updating vanities and storage, and selecting durable, water-friendly surfaces that hold up to daily use. Townhome owners often come to us to make a small footprint feel calmer and more usable, while owners of the larger detached homes tend to want a primary suite that reads as a retreat. In every case we design around the existing plumbing and structure where it makes sense, and reroute it where the payoff is worth it.
Countertops & Cabinets
Countertops and cabinets are where a remodel becomes tangible, and our Fairfax showroom exists so Reston homeowners can see and touch the real materials before committing. For countertops, we fabricate and install quartz, granite, and marble, working with lines including Cambria, Silestone, MSI, and Caesarstone. Quartz is a popular pick for busy Reston households that want a low-maintenance surface, while granite and marble bring natural stone character that suits both the contemporary and the more traditional homes in the community.
On cabinetry, we offer both custom and semi-custom options as well as cabinet refacing - a practical route when the existing boxes are sound and you mainly want a fresh look without a full teardown. Our cabinet lines include J&K, StarMark, Fabuwood, and Waypoint, which span a range of door styles, finishes, and price points. For the lakeside contemporaries, clean-lined door styles often feel right at home; for North Point’s more conventional homes, a classic shaker or raised-panel can be the better fit. We help you weigh the trade-offs in person rather than guessing from a brochure.
Visiting Our Fairfax Showroom from Reston
Our showroom is at 11217 Lee Highway, Unit E, in Fairfax - about 17 miles southeast of Reston, an easy drive down Route 7 and Reston Parkway. Most Reston homeowners start by heading out along Reston Parkway, picking up Route 7 toward Fairfax, and following it in toward our location on Lee Highway. If you’re coming from the Sunrise Valley Drive or Wiehle Avenue side of Reston, the same Route 7 corridor connects you to us without much fuss.
The showroom is the best way to make material decisions with confidence: you can compare quartz against granite under real light, open and close cabinet doors from the J&K, StarMark, Fabuwood, and Waypoint lines, and talk through your Reston kitchen or bath with a designer face to face. We’re open Monday through Friday, 9 to 6, and Saturday, 10 to 4, and you’re welcome to call ahead at (703) 244-1220 to set up a time. Whether your project is a Lake Anne contemporary’s kitchen, a South Lakes townhome bath, or a full renovation near Reston Town Center, we’d be glad to help you plan it.