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Kansas City, MO · Design-Build Remodeling

Remodel the home you already love.

Design-build remodeling for Kansas City homes — one team from first sketch to final walkthrough.

Design-build under one roof · Fixed-price proposal before we swing a hammer.

Cornerstone is a design-build remodeler for the Kansas City metro. One team designs it, prices it honestly, pulls the permits, and builds it — so a kitchen, a primary bath, or a whole-home renovation runs on a real schedule instead of turning your house into a construction site with no end date.

4.9/5 from 214+ homeowner reviews
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Offer Free in-home design consultation — bring your ideas, leave with a realistic plan and budget range.

A remodeled, open-concept kitchen and living space by Cornerstone Remodeling in Kansas City, MO
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Portfolio

Before & after — real Kansas City remodels.

Every project below is designed and built by the same Cornerstone team. Filter by room, then open any project to see the full story — the before, the after, and exactly what we did.

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What we remodel

Whole rooms, whole homes, and everything in between.

Design and construction under one contract. Pick a room to see how we approach it — and the projects we’ve done like it.

Kitchen Remodeling

From a dated galley to an open, working kitchen — cabinets, counters, layout changes, and the wiring and plumbing behind them, designed and built by one team.

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Bathroom Remodeling

Primary suites, hall baths, and tight powder rooms — curbless showers, better storage, and waterproofing done right so it lasts.

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Home Additions

More house without moving — primary-suite additions, bump-outs, sunrooms, and second stories that look like they were always there.

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Whole-Home Renovation

A full renovation of an older home — layout, kitchen, baths, systems, and finishes — coordinated as one project instead of a decade of one-offs.

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Basement Finishing

Turn the basement into real square footage — a family room, guest suite, home office, or bar — dry, warm, and permitted.

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Outdoor Living

Covered porches, decks, patios, and outdoor kitchens built to the same standard as the inside of your home — and designed to match it.

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How a design-build remodel works

One team, one plan, one point of contact — from first sketch to final walkthrough.

The reason remodels turn into horror stories is a broken hand-off: you hire a designer, then a separate contractor bids the drawings, then nobody owns the number or the schedule. Design-build fixes that — the people who design your project are the people who price it and build it. Here’s exactly what to expect, and roughly how long each step takes.

  1. Consultation

    We come to your home, look at the space, and talk through what you actually want to change and roughly what you want to spend. You leave with an honest budget range — before anyone asks you to sign anything.

    Week 1 · about 60–90 minutes

  2. Design & selections

    Our designer develops the plan, 3D layouts, and material selections with you — cabinets, tile, counters, fixtures — until the drawings match the way you live. You approve a fixed-price proposal with no surprises baked in.

    Weeks 2–6 · design agreement

  3. Permitting & pre-construction

    We pull the permits, order long-lead materials, and build the real schedule. A pre-construction walkthrough sets expectations: where the crew parks, how we protect your floors, and which days matter.

    Weeks 6–10 · while materials arrive

  4. Construction

    One lead carpenter runs your job start to finish and you get a weekly schedule update. We dust-wall the work zone, protect the paths, and clean up every day — you keep living in the house.

    Kitchen 6–10 wks · bath 4–6 wks · whole-home 4–8 mo

  5. Walkthrough & punch list

    We walk the finished project with you, build a punch list of anything that isn’t perfect, and close it out fast. Nothing is “done” until you agree it’s done.

    Final week

  6. Warranty & after-care

    You get a written workmanship warranty and a real number to call. Settling, a sticky drawer, a caulk line — we come back and make it right.

    5 years
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Financing

A major remodel from about $399/mo — renovate now, pay over time.

A kitchen or a primary-suite remodel is a $40k–$150k+ decision, and most homeowners would rather keep their savings working than write one big check. Qualified homeowners finance the project with fixed monthly payments through our lending partner — apply in minutes, and we’ll frame the design to a monthly number that actually fits, not just a total.

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The team

Who you'll work with

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Daniel Reyes

Owner & Lead Designer

Class A General Contractor · 21 years in design-build

Daniel started Cornerstone after two decades of watching remodels go sideways at the hand-off between the designer and the builder. His whole model is design-build under one roof: the person who dreams up your project is the person who prices it and stands behind the number. He still runs the first consultation on most projects himself — and he’d rather talk you out of a bad idea than sell you a good-looking mistake.

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Sara Whitfield

Design Director

Kitchen & bath designer · 14 years · selections lead

Sara runs the design studio and the selections process — the part where a remodel either comes together or falls apart. She’s the one who turns a Pinterest board and a budget into drawings you can actually build, and who keeps cabinets, tile, and counters arriving in the right order so the schedule holds. Homeowners tend to describe her as the person who finally made the decisions feel manageable.

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Marcus Bell

Production Manager & Lead Carpenter

Lead carpenter · 18 years on the tools

Marcus runs the crews and the job sites, which means he’s the reason a Cornerstone project stays clean, on schedule, and communicative. He assigns one lead carpenter to own your job start to finish — the same face every day — and he’s a stickler about dust walls, floor protection, and cleaning up before the crew leaves. It’s your house, and he treats it like it.

Reviews

What homeowners say

4.9 from 214+ Google reviews ↗
“We were terrified of a kitchen remodel — every friend had a nightmare story. Cornerstone gave us a fixed price up front, one lead carpenter we saw every day, and a weekly schedule. They opened a load-bearing wall and it still finished on time. It’s the room the whole family lives in now.”
J&Jennifer & Paul AdlerKitchen remodel · Brookside, KCMO
“The design process is what sold us — Sara turned our vague ideas into real drawings and a budget that didn’t move. Our primary bath is genuinely a spa now, and the waterproofing and ventilation they kept talking about mean it still looks brand new. Worth every dollar.”
MTMichelle TranPrimary-bath remodel · Prairie Village, KS
“They added a primary suite onto our house and you honestly cannot tell where the old house stops. Same brick, same rooflines, seamless. One team from the first sketch to the final walkthrough, and they came back to fix a settling crack a year later without a fuss. We’d hire them again tomorrow.”
TOThe Okafor FamilyPrimary-suite addition · Leawood, KS

Service area

Remodeling the established neighborhoods of the Kansas City metro.

From the older homes of Brookside and Prairie Village to newer builds in Overland Park and Lee’s Summit — we know how these houses are put together, what’s behind the plaster, and how to remodel them without wrecking the character that made you buy the place. Local designers, local crews, and one point of contact from consultation to the day you get your house back.

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Let’s talk about your project

Tell us a little about what you’re picturing and roughly what you’d like to invest. We’ll set up a free in-home consultation — you’ll leave with a realistic plan and an honest budget range, no pressure and no obligation. Prefer to talk it through first? Call the studio; we answer live during business hours.

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Phone
(555) 555-5555
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Studio
4120 Pennsylvania Ave, Suite 200
Kansas City, MO 64111
Hours
Mon–Fri 8am–5pm Sat by appointment Design studio — consultations by appointment

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