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We remodel kitchens and bathrooms in Kernersville, a town of 29,128 between Greensboro and Winston-Salem. Its housing is young for the area, with a median build year of 1995 per Point2Homes. That makes most remodels here updates to a 1990s floor plan, especially the primary bath with its garden tub and the kitchen with its original builder cabinets.
Rethinking a mid-1990s primary bath
Primary bathrooms built in the mid-1990s were often laid out around a large garden tub with a small shower squeezed beside it. If yours goes unused, removing it frees room for a bigger walk-in shower with a bench, or for a double vanity with real drawer storage. We check the floor framing and drain locations first, because moving a drain in a house on a slab is a bigger job than over a crawl space. Slab or crawl space is one of the first things we confirm at the walk-through. QuickFacts shows a median owner-occupied value of $290,700 and owner occupancy of 60.5 percent, so most primary baths here sit in houses worth reinvesting in.
Kitchens that need new surfaces more than a new layout
Kitchens in 1990s houses are often roomy enough already. What dates them is honey oak cabinets, laminate or tile counters and a small sink. New quartz or granite with an undermount sink, painted or replaced cabinets and brighter lighting can modernize the room without moving walls. Where a dining room wall closes the kitchen off, we look at opening it as a second phase so the first one stays affordable.
Lighting is the cheapest big change. Many 1990s kitchens rely on one ceiling fixture and a light over the sink. Recessed LED fixtures in the ceiling, under-cabinet strips and a pendant or two over the counter make the room easier to work in, and they are simplest to add while counters and backsplash are already being replaced. Dimmers let the same room handle cooking and homework.
A growing town with two historic districts at its core
Kernersville grew 14.4 percent between 2010 and 2020, from 23,123 to 26,449 people. Its older center is still here: the North Cherry Street and South Main Street historic districts are on the National Register, and Korner's Folly, finished in 1880, has 22 rooms on seven levels and 15 decorated fireplaces. The town sits 19.2 road miles west of Greensboro, about 29 minutes, mostly in Forsyth County with a small part in Guilford.