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Opening the kitchen to the living area
Taking out a wall or widening an opening is the most common request in Studio City ranches. If the wall is load-bearing, we bring in engineering and a beam.
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Girl Flip plans, permits and builds kitchen remodels for Studio City homeowners, from mid-century ranches near CBS Studio Center to hillside homes in Fryman Canyon.
A kitchen remodel in Studio City usually starts with a familiar problem. The kitchen was designed for a different era, with a closed-off layout, narrow counters and a pantry that never held enough. Many homes here are mid-century ranches and Spanish-style houses, and both reward a careful plan.
Girl Flip is a licensed, women-led kitchen remodeling contractor, and kitchens are what we do best. We handle the layout, cabinets, counters, tile, flooring, lighting, plumbing and electrical under one roof, so you are not chasing subcontractors you have never met.
A lot of our Studio City clients work in film, television and music. We plan around call times, travel and shoots, and we keep updates short and useful so a project keeps moving without constant hand-holding.
Looking at the whole house? See our Studio City home remodeling page or the Studio City bathroom remodeling page. The citywide kitchen remodeling service page explains our full scope.
Every Studio City kitchen is scoped in writing after a walkthrough. These are the jobs we are asked for most here.
Taking out a wall or widening an opening is the most common request in Studio City ranches. If the wall is load-bearing, we bring in engineering and a beam.
Explore →Flat-panel and slab-front cabinets suit a mid-century home. We keep the clean lines and upgrade the storage, drawers and lighting behind them.
Explore →Warm wood, handmade tile and arched openings can stay. We blend new cabinets and counters into the home's character instead of fighting it.
Explore →In a smaller footprint, a peninsula or a slim island adds prep space and seating without blocking the walkway.
Explore →A gas range, a larger hood or a built-in refrigerator changes the venting, gas line and electrical load. We confirm specs before cabinets are ordered.
Explore →Quartz and stone counters, wood or tile floors, and layered lighting that finish the room.
Explore →Studio City is part of the City of Los Angeles, so kitchen permits come from LADBS. Moving walls, relocating plumbing, adding circuits or changing a gas line generally needs a permit and inspection. Swapping cabinets and counters in place often does not. We tell you which category your plan falls into, and we handle the paperwork when a permit applies.
The streets near CBS Studio Center are mostly flat, with easy access for deliveries. Homes up toward Fryman Canyon sit on slopes with narrower roads, so we plan material drop-offs, parking and debris removal early. A steep driveway can change how cabinets and slabs get to the house.
Homes built in the 1940s and 1950s can hide older wiring and plumbing behind the walls. We check the panel and the supply lines during the walkthrough and tell you what is likely to come up.
Planning a kitchen remodel in Studio City? Tell us about your space and we will set up a discovery call.
A kitchen remodel starts with a discovery call and a walkthrough, then a written scope and estimate. Design and selections usually take 2 to 4 weeks, and permit review runs 2 to 8 weeks or more when a permit applies. Demo takes 2 to 5 days, and the full project usually runs about 3 to 5 months from signed contract to final walkthrough. Finalizing your cabinet, counter and appliance choices before demo is the best way to protect that schedule.
For the full step-by-step, see our kitchen remodeling page.
We take kitchen projects across Studio City and the neighboring streets.
If your Studio City address falls in one of these zip codes, we can take on your kitchen. Not sure? Call us and we will confirm.
For Carnie Wilson, we gutted a 400-square-foot kitchen to the studs, refinished and reconfigured the cabinets around a 72-inch built-in refrigerator, and removed a wall to open a passthrough to the dining room. It is the same kind of opening-up that many Studio City ranch kitchens need.
The photos below show finished kitchens from our portfolio.
Most mid-range kitchen remodels in Los Angeles start in the $50K to $100K range, and larger or high-end kitchens move well past that. These are general market ranges, not a quote. Your number depends on layout changes, cabinet type, counters, appliances and what we find behind the walls. Our remodel cost guide breaks it down.
In an older Studio City home, what is behind the walls often matters as much as the cabinets. Outdated wiring, galvanized pipe and prior unpermitted work can add cost once demo starts, which is why a walkthrough comes before a firm number.
Next door to Studio City, we also work in these areas.
Studio City is an easy drive east along the 101 from our Canoga Park shop, so the crew, the materials and the project managers are never far. We are licensed (CA #1091248), women-led and family-owned, and we are glad to come out for a walkthrough.
Tell us about your project and we'll set up a discovery call to talk it through. Serving LA and the Valley.
