Kitchen Remodeling in Brewster, MA

Sea captains' houses on 6A, pond-side homes off 137, bayside cottages near Paines Creek — we remodel them all.

Brewster sits on the bay side of the Lower Cape, and its housing stock tells the story of that geography. Along Route 6A you have Federal and Greek Revival sea captains' houses with low ceilings, center chimneys and small original service rooms. Turn south onto Route 124 or 137 and you find mid-century Capes and ranches, pond-front homes around Long Pond and Sheep Pond, and newer construction near Nickerson State Park. Each of those house types needs a different approach to a kitchen, and after more than 30 years working out of North Eastham — about a fifteen-minute run down 6A — we have remodeled all of them.

On Cape Kitchens handles Brewster kitchen projects from the first measure through the final piece of trim. Owner and designer Vern Hatt is a Massachusetts licensed and insured contractor (Construction Supervisor License #CS62739, Home Improvement Contractor License #177590) and runs every job personally, which means the person who drew your layout is the person who answers the phone when a cabinet arrives damaged or a countertop template needs to move.

We can take on as much or as little as the project calls for: cabinets supplied only, cabinets supplied and installed, or a full remodel with demolition, framing, electrical, plumbing, flooring, countertops, tile and finish carpentry. Fall 2026 is a good moment to start the conversation, because winter and early spring are when Brewster crews can work without competing with summer traffic on 6A.

If your house fronts Route 6A or sits on one of the adjacent roads, it is almost certainly inside the Brewster portion of the Old King's Highway Regional Historic District — the only regional historic district in Massachusetts, covering parts of Sandwich, Barnstable, Yarmouth, Dennis, Brewster and Orleans. This catches a lot of homeowners by surprise partway into a kitchen project.

Here is the part that matters for kitchens: the district reviews exterior changes visible from a public way. Your new cabinets, island, countertops, flooring and interior layout are not reviewed by the committee. But the moment the design adds or resizes a window over the sink, changes a door, puts a skylight over the island, or terminates a vent hood through the street-facing wall, that work needs a Certificate of Appropriateness from the Brewster Old King's Highway Historic District Committee before the building permit can be issued.

We plan around this from the first sketch. In most cases we can keep the exterior untouched — venting through the roof at the rear, or borrowing light from an existing opening rather than cutting a new one. Where a new window genuinely improves the kitchen, we design it to a profile and muntin pattern the committee is used to seeing approved, and we build the review timeline into the schedule rather than discovering it three weeks before demolition.

Brewster leans traditional, and the cabinet lines we carry reflect that. Painted Shaker doors in white, off-white and soft greens remain the default for good reason — they sit correctly in a house built in 1840 and in one built in 1975. For the antique houses we often use a beaded inset or a beadboard-paneled island end to echo original millwork. For pond-front and newer homes, a two-tone kitchen with a painted perimeter and a stained island reads well without feeling fussy.

We supply cabinetry from U.S. Cabinet Depot, Forevermark and Versiniti Custom Cabinets, plus JSI vanities, and we keep door samples on display at the North Eastham showroom so you can see finishes in daylight before committing. New for Fall 2026, we are showing the Haven Sage line — a muted green that works particularly well against the wide-board floors and painted trim common in Brewster's older houses.

Consultations are free, whether at your Brewster home or at our showroom at Unit #7, 4250 State Highway in North Eastham, next to Ace Hardware. Bring photos and measurements if you have them; if you do not, we will take them.

Or send us an email to schedule  ·  Monday–Friday 8:00 AM–5:00 PM, Saturday by appointment