Marquette
The Alvarez galley
A worker’s cottage kitchen that stayed a galley on purpose, done in deep green with butcher block and twice the storage.
Not every kitchen wants walls removed. This 1905 cottage near the Yahara had a galley that worked; it was the storage and the sixty-year-old wiring that did not. We kept the footprint, rewired everything, and used the shop to squeeze storage out of every inch: ceiling-height uppers, toe-kick drawers, a broom pull-out beside the fridge.
The Alvarezes wanted color, so the cabinets went deep green with a butcher-block counter that will wear its scars proudly. Total build time was six weeks, and they cooked at home through four of them.
Reviews
Rated 4.9 stars across 116+ reviews
“The island panels shifted over the winter, exactly like they warned us they might. They came back in February and fixed it without being asked twice. Who does that?”
“We interviewed four firms. Fourlakes was the only one that told us our budget would not cover our wish list, then showed us which two-thirds of it mattered.”
“Friday, 4pm, every week: photos and a plan. I never once called to ask what was happening in my own house.”
“Standing in their shop next to our half-built cabinets was the moment this stopped feeling like a leap of faith.”
“The addition matches so well that our neighbor of nine years asked if we had repainted. That is it. That is the review.”
“Their first estimate and the final invoice were the same number. In this industry that fact alone deserves five stars.”
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