Pinellas County · about 85 min (69 mi) from the shop
Kitchen Remodeling in Palm Harbor, FL
Kitchens, baths and built-ins for Palm Harbor's golf and lake communities, built in our Sarasota shop and installed in planned visits.
- Built in our Sarasota shop since 2011
- 4.4★ from 52 Google reviews
- 3D model before anything is built
- Solid-wood boxes, dovetail drawers
Palm Harbor is a long way from our Lewis Ave shop, about 85 minutes (69 miles) over the Sunshine Skyway and up through Pinellas, so kitchen remodeling in Palm Harbor gets planned carefully: one measuring trip, design review remotely or at our Sarasota shop, then delivery and installation of finished cabinets. Homes here are worth that effort.
With 61,366 residents (2020), this unincorporated community in north Pinellas is home to Innisbrook Resort and to neighborhoods built from the 1970s through the 1990s around golf courses and Lake Tarpon, where kitchens, baths and storage are all ready for a second generation.
Innisbrook Fairways, Lake Tarpon Shores and Old Palm Harbor
Innisbrook, whose Copperhead course hosts the PGA Tour's Valspar Championship, set the tone for much of the area's golf-community housing: condominiums and villas among rolling, pine-shaded fairways, plus single-family neighborhoods on nearby courses. To the east, homes along Lake Tarpon range from modest 1970s ranches to large 1990s houses with lake views. Old Palm Harbor, around Florida Avenue and the Pinellas Trail, holds the older downtown. Builder kitchens from the 1980s and 1990s typically have oak raised-panel doors, a corner sink and a soffit; primary baths often have a single long vanity with no drawers. Families also tend to want more storage than these homes came with, from mudroom lockers to a media wall in the great room.
The older core has a longer story than the subdivisions suggest. Settlers in the 1860s called the place Curlew; the Orange Belt Railway reached the settlement of Sutherland in 1890, Sutherland's big hotel became Southern College in 1902, and the community took the Palm Harbor name in 1925. A few buildings from those decades survive around Florida Avenue, and the older frame houses in and near Old Palm Harbor and Ozona need the opposite of a builder-kitchen refresh: cabinets scribed to walls that wander, raised wood floors checked for level, and proportions that respect tall windows.
US 19, Alternate 19 and Pinellas County Permits
US 19 and Alternate 19 both run north-south through Palm Harbor, with Curlew Road and Tampa Road as main cross streets. Because it is unincorporated, permits for plumbing, electrical or structural work come from Pinellas County and are pulled by the licensed trades doing that work. We also serve Dunedin and Tarpon Springs. If a bath is in your plans, our guide to custom bathroom vanity cost explains what drives the price.
The 2020 Census counted 31,238 housing units across Palm Harbor, a median age of 51.2 and about 28 percent of residents 65 or older, so we expect projects here to range from a family's great-room media wall to a retiree's request for drawers instead of shelves. Innisbrook sits on US 19 just north of Alderman Road; Old Palm Harbor's downtown is at Florida Avenue, Alternate 19 and County Road 1; and Pop Stansell Park, west of Palm Harbor Boulevard, overlooks St. Joseph Sound.
Why Palm Harbor Projects Need Fewer, Better-Planned Visits
At this distance, each trip carries more weight. Our measure visit covers every room in the scope, so a kitchen, a primary bath and a built-in can be drawn together. Working drawings and 3D models follow, and you can review them by video or at our shop by appointment. Everything is built and finished in Sarasota and delivered on one truck; installation runs on consecutive days. Our stone fabricator templates the counters once the boxes are fixed in place.
Kitchen, Primary Bath and Built-In Cabinetry for Palm Harbor
These four cover most Palm Harbor projects.
Kitchen Remodeling
Reworking 1980s–90s kitchens: removing soffits, fixing corner sinks and adding islands, with licensed trades for plumbing changes. Moving a corner sink to a window wall is a common request; a licensed plumber handles the new rough-in.
Primary Bathroom Remodeling
Double vanities with drawer stacks and linen towers replacing one long builder vanity. Lake Tarpon and golf-course homes from the 1990s often have primary baths large enough for a vanity on each wall.
Custom Built-Ins
Mudroom lockers, media walls and home offices for family homes around the golf and lake communities. Great rooms in the 1990s subdivisions off Tampa Road usually have a blank wall waiting for one.
Custom Cabinetry
Solid-wood cabinets that handle humid lake air better than original particleboard. Lake-view houses near Lake Tarpon see damp mornings most of the year, so we seal every face of the boxes, including backs against exterior walls.
Custom Kitchen Cabinets
Older frame houses around Old Palm Harbor and Ozona have walls that wander and floors that dip; custom cabinets with scribe allowances fit them where stock boxes would leave gaps.
Accessible Kitchen Design
With 28 percent of Palm Harbor residents 65 or older, Innisbrook condos and lakeside ranches often benefit from drawer bases, a raised dishwasher and pull-down shelving that keep the kitchen easy to use.
Custom Closets
Primary suites in Palm Harbor's 1980s and 1990s houses often came with wire-shelf walk-ins; wood closet systems with drawers, finished for humid air, make far better use of the space.
Reviews
What customers near Palm Harbor say
4.4★ average from 52 reviews on Google. Quotes are from public Google reviews, shortened where marked.
“We recently had a remodel done in our home in which all the custom cabinetry was beautifully done by SRQ Woodworks Co. Graham made cabinets for our kitchen, feature wall, dining room, and powder room. The quality is amazing and we are so happy with the wonderful attention to detail!”
“No fancy showroom. No pretentious anything. Just evidence of a working shop that builds and repairs cabinetry & furniture and that does a wide variety of other work involving wood and engineered wood alternatives. Everything they've done for me has been top notch.”
FAQ
Palm Harbor kitchen remodeling questions
Do you work in Palm Harbor even though it's 85 minutes from Sarasota?
Yes. We plan Palm Harbor projects around three or four visits: measure, an optional in-person review, delivery and installation. All cutting, joinery and finishing happen in our Sarasota shop, so time in your home is spent fitting and fastening. Many clients review their 3D model by video to save a trip.
Can you redo a kitchen and primary bath in the same Palm Harbor project?
Yes, and it is efficient. Both rooms are measured on one visit and drawn as a pair, so species and finish carry from kitchen to bath, and everything is built in one production run. Licensed plumbers handle any fixture changes, and we sequence installation so you keep a working bathroom throughout.
Do I need a permit for a Palm Harbor kitchen remodel?
Only if the work changes plumbing, wiring, gas or walls. Replacing cabinets in the same layout generally does not. Palm Harbor is unincorporated, so those permits come from Pinellas County, and the licensed contractor or trade responsible pulls them before work begins.
Nearby
Also serving near Palm Harbor
- Tarpon Springs, FLAbout 90 min (75 mi) from the shop
- East Lake, FLAbout 85 min (71 mi) from the shop
- Dunedin, FLAbout 80 min (65 mi) from the shop
- Oldsmar, FLAbout 80 min (64 mi) from the shop
- Safety Harbor, FLAbout 75 min (61 mi) from the shop
1121 Lewis Ave, Sarasota
About a quarter mile east of US 301, off 12th Street. Shop visits are by appointment. Please call ahead before stopping by Lewis Ave.
Living Well Crafted
Planning a kitchen in Palm Harbor? Talk it through with the shop.
- Built in our Sarasota shop since 2011
- 4.4★ from 52 Google reviews
- 3D model before anything is built
- Solid-wood boxes, dovetail drawers