The kitchen is where a Southern Maryland home actually lives, and it's the remodel that pays you back every single day. From a fresh set of cabinets and quartz counters to opening the whole room up to the living space, Gray & Sons Contracting handles it end to end as one experienced, family-owned crew. Free written estimate, no pressure.
A kitchen remodel touches more trades than any other room in the house, cabinetry, countertops, plumbing, electrical, flooring, and finish carpentry all have to land in the right order. That's exactly why homeowners in Prince Frederick, Leonardtown, and Waldorf hand the whole thing to one contractor instead of trying to quarterback five subs themselves. We manage the schedule, keep the trades in sync, and stand behind the finished room. Here's what a Gray & Sons kitchen typically covers.
Cabinets set the tone and the budget for the whole kitchen. We install semi-custom and custom lines in everything from painted shaker to stained cherry, sized to your walls instead of forced into stock dimensions. On top of them we set durable countertops, quartz for the low-maintenance crowd, granite or butcher block when the look calls for it, with tight seams and an undermount sink so cleanup is a single wipe.
Half the kitchens we're asked to remodel in Calvert and St. Mary's County are really requests to open the room up. We add islands with seating, relocate the sink or range, and take down the wall between the kitchen and the family room when the floor plan allows, handling the load-bearing check, the beam, and the electrical and plumbing that has to move with it.
The details are what make a kitchen feel finished. We tile backsplashes from simple subway to full-height stone, add recessed cans and under-cabinet lighting so you're not working in your own shadow, and swap in the faucet, pot filler, and pendant lights you picked. Good lighting alone can make an older kitchen feel like a new one.
If your cabinet boxes are solid and the layout already works, refacing, new doors, drawer fronts, and veneer over the existing boxes, gives you a brand-new look for a fraction of the cost. If the boxes are failing or you want to change the footprint, full replacement is the smarter long-term spend. We'll look at what you have and tell you honestly which way makes sense.
A new kitchen shouldn't dead-end at a scuffed floor or a mismatched trim line. We tie the flooring, baseboard, and paint into the rooms around it so the remodel reads as one continuous space, not a box that stops at the doorway. It's the difference between a kitchen that looks renovated and one that looks like it was always meant to be there.
Most full kitchen remodels in our area run between roughly $25,000 and $75,000 or more, a minor refresh comes in lower, and a high-end kitchen with custom cabinetry and moved walls runs higher. Four things drive that range more than anything else: the cabinets you choose (stock, semi-custom, or custom), the countertop material (laminate versus quartz or natural stone is a real spread), whether the layout or plumbing has to move, and the appliance package. Because a "kitchen renovation cost in Maryland" varies so widely, a real number only comes from measuring your space and pricing your actual selections, which we do for free and put in writing, with no surprise line items after demo.
None of these get better on their own, and the kitchen is consistently the room that returns the most at resale in Southern Maryland, a free planning visit now is the cheapest way to see what's possible.
For cabinetry we work with proven lines like KraftMaid and Wellborn, American-made, warrantied, and available in the door styles and finishes homeowners here actually want. On countertops we install engineered quartz from Cambria and Silestone for a surface that shrugs off a busy family kitchen, along with granite and quartzite when a client wants natural stone. Sinks and faucets come from names you know, and we install to spec so every warranty stands behind you. If you've already fallen for a specific cabinet door or a slab at the showroom, bring it, we'll build the plan around it.
We remodel kitchens throughout Calvert, St. Mary's, and Charles County, including Prince Frederick, Solomons, Lusby, Huntingtown, Dunkirk, Owings, St. Leonard, Leonardtown, California, Lexington Park, Hollywood, Waldorf, and La Plata. See our full service area.
Because we're a full home improvement company, your kitchen remodel never leaves you chasing separate contractors. The same crew that sets your cabinets can tie in the new flooring, patch and repaint the drywall where a wall came down, and keep the finish consistent from room to room. Plenty of clients who start in the kitchen have us handle their bathroom remodel next, because the trust is already there. One contractor, every project, that's the whole idea.
Tell us how you cook and gather, and we'll show you what's possible. New cabinets, a bigger island, or a wall opened up, you'll get a straight answer and a free written estimate.