This Issaquah home came to Schock Construction as a single-phase whole-home remodel. The scope covered nearly every room: kitchen, primary bath and closet, family room, living and dining room, powder bath, laundry room, upstairs full bath, media room, and bedrooms. The project's defining quality is its material consistency. Cambria Brittanicca runs from the kitchen countertops down the waterfall island sides and up a full wall as a matching backsplash. Engineered hardwoods flow from the entry through the main floor, up the stairs, and through the second level. Modern 5-panel v-groove doors painted charcoal grey run throughout the home. Every room was designed and selected as part of one coordinated process.
The Brief

Every room. One design.

When you're touching every room in a home simultaneously, the coordination required is different in kind from a single-room remodel. The tile for the primary bath informs the countertop in the kitchen, which informs the hardwood running through the main floor, which informs the millwork in the hallway. Every material decision is made in relationship to every other material decision. The budget included comprehensive interior design services to manage that coordination across every surface in the home.
Cambria Brittanicca on the countertops, down the waterfall sides, and up a full wall as backsplash. One material, three applications.
The Build

From the front door to the second floor

Entry & Doors

The home makes its statement at the front door: a black wood double door with four frosted glass panels per door — contemporary, substantial, and a preview of the design language inside. Throughout the home, all interior doors were replaced with modern 5-panel v-groove doors painted charcoal grey, set against white trim. The consistent door treatment is one of those whole-home decisions that quietly ties every room together.

The Kitchen

The kitchen is the project's centerpiece and the material anchor for the entire home. Cambria Brittanicca countertops run across the perimeter and island, with the island featuring waterfall sides — the countertop material wrapping down both ends to the floor. Behind the six-burner gas cooktop, a full wall of matching Cambria Brittanicca serves as the backsplash. One material, three applications. The effect is a kitchen that reads as a single, unified surface, and every other room's selections were coordinated against that palette. The perimeter cabinetry is white with brushed gold bar pulls. The island base is finished in a contrasting deep navy, giving it presence as a freestanding element within the larger kitchen. Pendant lighting over the island features clear glass dome pendants with brass canopy and fittings. The appliance package includes a Fisher & Paykel double wall oven with microwave, a two-drawer dishwasher, and a large stainless French door refrigerator.
Design Detail

Cambria Brittanicca Waterfall Island

A waterfall island requires mitered edges where the horizontal countertop meets the vertical panels. The miters are cut at precisely 45 degrees and bonded with color-matched adhesive so the seam virtually disappears. The pattern is book-matched across the miter so the visual flow is continuous from top to side — transforming the island from a work surface into an architectural statement.
A built-in banquette with storage drawers beneath sits in the kitchen nook, topped by a sculptural multi-ring gold chandelier.

The Living & Dining Room

The living and dining areas were an open, two-story single space, connecting directly to the kitchen and creating one continuous main floor. The space is anchored by a dramatic multi-globe chandelier — twenty-plus individual clear glass globe pendants suspended at varied heights from a single ceiling canopy, cascading through the double-height volume above. The beverage station along the far wall features dark cabinetry, a marble-look countertop, and a built-in beverage refrigerator — a natural extension of the kitchen into the entertaining space.

The Staircase

The staircase makes a clean, contemporary statement with engineered hardwood treads matching the main floor. The railing system is open horizontal bar — dark metal bars with a capped wood rail in a warm grey-brown tone — running both flights and continuing along the second-floor landing. The stair base is painted white with simple paneling detail, grounding the otherwise open structure. Tucked beneath the stairs is a hidden bonus space — accessible behind a wine storage rack and finished as a playful retreat for the kids.

The Family Room

The family room fireplace is an Accent Linear 46-inch direct-vent gas unit with a Topaz crystalline ember bed, MIRRO-FLAME reflective panels that create an illusion of greater depth, and eFire Bluetooth control for adjusting flame height, lighting, and fan speed from a smartphone. It serves as the room's primary visual anchor.
Technical Highlight

Accent Linear 46" Fireplace

The Accent Linear 46 is a direct-vent gas fireplace with a Topaz crystalline ember bed, MIRRO-FLAME reflective panels, and eFire Bluetooth control for flame height, lighting, and fan speed. It's a fully featured modern gas unit — not a decorative insert — and serves as the family room's primary focal point.

The Powder Bath

The powder bath is one of the project's most distinctive rooms. Floor-to-ceiling chevron tile in a warm greige covers every wall, with subtle texture variation that catches the light differently throughout the day. The vanity is a floating marble slab — white with soft grey veining — with no cabinet below, keeping the room open and uncluttered. Centered on the counter sits a hand-cut and polished stone vessel sink in dark grey granite, raw and textured on the exterior, smooth within. The faucet is a brushed nickel waterfall style. Above, three staggered globe pendants with crackled glass interiors hang from a single ceiling canopy, casting a warm, jewel-like light across the chevron wall. A thin brushed nickel framed mirror completes the room.

Primary Bath & Closet

The primary bath was gutted and rebuilt as a true suite. Large-format white marble-look tile runs floor to ceiling throughout — across the floor, up every wall, and continuing into the curbless shower — creating a seamless, luminous envelope. A skylight over the vanity draws natural light deep into the space. The shower is a fully tiled walk-in enclosure with frameless glass and a door. Inside, the shower features a square wall-mounted shower head and an adjustable slide-bar hand shower, both in brushed nickel, with a recessed niche. The freestanding oval soaking tub is positioned as the room's centerpiece, with a brushed nickel floor-mount tub filler beside it. The vanity features a single wide trough sink spanning most of the vanity's width, set into a dark charcoal stone countertop with visible veining. Two tall square brushed nickel faucets serve the trough — a detail that reads as a double vanity while maintaining the clean, unbroken line of a single surface. White floating cabinetry with brushed nickel bar pulls runs beneath, flanked by a full-width frameless mirror with paired multi-bulb sconces on each side. The primary closet is a full walk-in room with a custom built-in system: a tower of drawers on one wall, open shelving and hanging rods on the others, all in white with brushed nickel hardware. Engineered hardwood continues from the bedroom. A sliding barn door with four frosted glass panels — painted charcoal grey to match the home's interior doors, on stainless barn hardware — connects the primary bedroom to the bath and closet suite.

Upstairs Full Bath

The upstairs bath is finished with the same level of attention as the primary. The walk-in shower features a frameless glass enclosure with a door. The back wall of the shower is tiled in a geometric diamond-pattern tile in warm greige — a feature wall that echoes the chevron tile in the powder bath below. The surrounding shower walls use large-format field tile in a matching tone, letting the feature wall read clearly. The shower includes a square wall-mounted shower head, an adjustable slide-bar hand shower in brushed nickel, and a tall recessed niche with multiple shelves. A horizontal window at the top of the shower wall brings in natural light. The vanity is a floating cabinet in warm grey with matte black bar pulls — a deliberate contrast to the primary bath's white cabinetry — with a white countertop and undermount rectangular sink. A large frameless mirror spans the vanity width, with clear glass pendant lights above, tying the space back to the home's lighting palette.

Additional Rooms

Laundry Room: The entire room was painted, including the cabinets above the washer and dryer, helping it feel like it got a glow up, too. Media Room: The media room is accessed through one of the project's most memorable details: a custom sliding barn door with a bold geometric chevron millwork pattern — diagonal lines meeting at a center point — painted charcoal grey on stainless hardware. The interior of the room was painted charcoal grey to match the doors and make the room darker for enjoying TV and video games. Bedrooms: Each bedroom received new engineered hardwood flooring consistent with the rest of the home, fresh paint, updated closet systems, and the home's new charcoal v-groove interior doors.
The Result

Every room. One vision.

The kitchen is anchored by Cambria Brittanicca on countertops, waterfall island, and full-wall backsplash, with a navy island base and brass accents throughout. The living and dining room opens from the kitchen as one continuous space, lit by a cascading globe chandelier and a sculptural gold dining fixture. The family room centers on an Accent Linear 46-inch gas fireplace with Bluetooth control. The powder bath features chevron tile, a floating marble vanity, and a hand-cut stone vessel sink. The primary bath and closet function as a connected suite, built around a freestanding soaking tub, a trough sink with double faucets, and a full custom closet system. The upstairs bath carries the same design rigor with its own geometric tile feature wall. And the staircase, the doors, the flooring — every element from the entry to the second floor belongs to the same design language.
Nothing feels mismatched. Every finish, fixture, and material belongs to the same palette.