Skip to main content Skip to content The Murray kitchen: a full gut remodel in Cedar Mills, NW Portland. We leveled the floor, closed a doorway for more wall, added new windows, and opened a dated galley into a sage-green kitchen with a proper island.
The Murray home is a 1961 house in Cedar Mills, NW Portland. The kitchen was the whole project: a dated, closed-off galley taken down to the studs and rebuilt.
We reframed and leveled the floor over a new subfloor, closed a doorway to win back a full wall of cabinets, and added new windows for light. A custom island with a speed oven and pendant lighting anchors the new open plan.
The finish is a warm, sage-green kitchen: white uppers, quartz counters, a pro gas range with a custom hood, a glass display cabinet, and white-oak floors run throughout. We are booking 2026 kitchen remodels now for homeowners who want the same.
A 1961 galley kitchen was built to be closed off. The move that changes everything is not a new appliance, it is reworking the walls and floor so the room finally opens up, levels out, and holds real light.
Tyrell has run WCG kitchen builds across the Portland metro, Murray among them. With interior director Anna Woodland on design, he owned the schedule, the trades, and the final walk-through, so one person answered for the result.
A gut kitchen remodel is the highest-return room in most older Portland homes. It is where the household actually lives. The job is to fix the bones, then make it beautiful, so it works for the next twenty years.
The whole room changed. A closed layout with white-laminate cabinets, tile counters, and a walling peninsula became an open kitchen with a custom island, quartz counters, white-oak floors, and a pro gas range on a subway-tile wall.
Closing a doorway won back a full wall for a glass display cabinet and a run of cabinetry, and new windows brought in light. The island now opens straight into the dining area, so the kitchen finally works as one room.
A kitchen is only as good as the framing, the floor, and the systems behind the cabinets. Here is what went into the Murray kitchen.
The dated kitchen was fully gutted so the layout, floor, and finishes could be rebuilt from scratch.
A sloped floor was reframed over a new subfloor, then finished in continuous white-oak hardwood.
Closing an existing doorway won back a full wall for cabinetry and a glass display cabinet.
New windows were added to brighten the room and open the kitchen to the yard.
A custom island with pendant lighting and a speed oven built into the cabinetry anchors the plan.
A professional gas range and custom hood, white uppers, sage-green lowers, quartz, and a touch faucet.
One firm carried Murray from the first drawing to the final walk-through. Design and construction under a single contract, so nothing got lost in a handoff.
WCG was founded in 2008 by Tyrone Woodland. As of 2026, we have over 18 years of design-build remodeling experience serving the Portland, Oregon metro area, with hundreds of completed projects and a consistent 5.0 rating across Google, Houzz, and Yelp.
Design-build means one firm handles both the design and the construction under a single contract. You work with one team from the first drawing to the final walk-through, so nothing gets lost in a handoff between a separate architect and builder.
We serve the full Portland metro, including NW Portland, Cedar Hills, Beaverton, Bethany, Hillsboro, Lake Oswego, Tigard, and West Linn. If you are just outside these areas, call us and we will let you know if we can help.
Yes. Woodland Construction Group is licensed, bonded, and insured under Oregon CCB #181942. We are a family-owned firm operating since 2008 and back our work with a 1-year craftsmanship warranty.
We focus on kitchens, bathrooms, whole-home renovations, home additions, basement finishes, and ADUs across the Portland metro. Projects range from a single room to a full gut kitchen remodel like the Murray kitchen.
Yes. Every WCG project is backed by a 1-year craftsmanship warranty, on top of the manufacturer warranties that cover your materials and appliances. If something is not right, we come back and make it right.
Start with a free consultation. Call (503) 912-2000 or request an estimate online, and we will schedule a visit, talk through your goals, and follow up with an itemized estimate. We are booking 2026 projects now.
The Murray kitchen sits in Cedar Mills, NW Portland. We design and build kitchen remodels across the Portland metro.
The Murray kitchen started with one conversation. Yours can too. Free consultation, itemized estimate, and one accountable team for 2026.
