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Serving Southwest Florida from Bonita Springs
Grill, counter, storage, and shade — an outdoor kitchen designed like a real kitchen and built from materials that laugh at Florida weather.
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over 20 years serving Bonita Springs and Southwest Florida
Family-run design, material selection, and installation
Outdoor kitchens
Ten months of genuinely livable outdoor weather changes the math on where a home actually lives — and Southwest Florida runs that math every evening. The lanai stops being a porch and becomes the dining room, the den, and — with a grill run, a counter, and cold storage — the kitchen where every gathering gravitates. An outdoor kitchen isn't a luxury here; it's the room Florida was promising you all along.
We build them the way we build indoor kitchens: designed first, materials chosen in person, one crew accountable from layout to the final wipe-down. The difference is the engineering — everything out there has to be specified for sun, salt air, humidity, and the occasional sideways storm, and that's precisely the kind of materials judgment a showroom is for.
The anatomy
Outdoors, the stone list narrows on purpose: UV-stable granites and dense quartzites that hold color and integrity through years of direct sun — because a lanai countertop lives a harder life than any indoor surface, and the stone has to be chosen for it. The slabs sit with our indoor selection, so the whole home's stone story stays coherent.
Marine-grade polymer and powder-coated aluminum cabinetry bring real storage outside — doors that don't swell, hinges that don't corrode, finishes that shrug off splash and salt. The good outdoor lines look as considered as our indoor cabinets; the days of a lonely grill on wheels are over. Drawers for tools, doors for the propane conversation, dry storage that actually stays dry through a Gulf summer — the difference between an outdoor kitchen and an outdoor countertop is mostly what's underneath it.
The backdrop matters: porcelain and stone underfoot (the lanai flooring conversation), tile that ties the cook wall to the pool deck, and layouts that respect shade lines and smoke paths. We design the kitchen into the lanai, not just onto it.
The build
The outdoor kitchen projects that disappoint are the ones treated as patio furniture — assembled, not built. Ours run through the same discipline as an indoor remodel: layout drawn around how you cook and gather, utilities planned for, stone templated and set, cabinetry leveled and anchored against weather.
The build is coordinated as one job — stone, cabinetry, tile, and the utility runs — so it comes together as one outdoor room, not a stack of separate trades. Scheduling is talked through up front so the build works around your season, with a crew that treats the lanai like the room it's about to become.
Outdoor-rated countertops → See outdoor looks in the gallery →
Planning it right
Outdoor kitchens fail in the planning, not the building. The ones that become the household's center of gravity answer a few unglamorous questions before any stone is ordered — and answering them is most of what a design session here covers:
We draw the answers into a real plan before you commit — the same design-first discipline that runs our indoor kitchens, pointed at the lanai. And because the counters, cabinetry, and tile all come from one showroom, the outdoor room matches the house instead of arguing with it.
Budget behaves better outdoors when it's phased with intention, too — financing included when it helps. The structure, utilities, and stonework want to happen once and happen right; the appliance roster can grow over seasons — grill first, refrigeration next, the kegerator when you've earned it. We'll help you plan the full buildout and phase it in stages, so the kitchen you start with already has the bones of the kitchen you're headed toward. That's a far cheaper path than the remodel-the-remodel approach, and it's how most of our best outdoor rooms actually got built.
Bring photos of your lanai and the way you like to host. We'll design the outdoor kitchen that fits both, spec every material for Florida weather, and walk you through the price and the build schedule.
The honest range is wide: a straightforward grill-and-counter run prices very differently than a full outdoor kitchen with weather-rated cabinetry, stone counters, a sink, and a bar. We'll walk through what drives the price — structure, counters, cabinets, appliance allowance, installation — so you can scale the project to the way you actually entertain.
UV-stable granites and dense quartzites lead — they take sun, salt air, and heat without yellowing or spalling. Most engineered quartz is made for indoor use, and its makers generally don't warranty it outdoors. We'll steer you to stone that's proven on lanais, not just pretty in a catalog.
Marine-grade polymer, powder-coated aluminum, and properly detailed stainless — materials engineered for humidity and splash. Outdoor cabinetry is its own product family, and the good lines look as designed as anything indoors.
Often yes — gas, electrical, and plumbing runs typically require them, and we make sure that's planned into the project from the start rather than sprung on you later, the same as any indoor remodel.
That's the right instinct — floor, counter, and cabinet decided together is what makes the space read designed instead of assembled. All three material families live in our showroom.
How long depends on utilities and stonework once materials arrive, and we talk through the schedule with you before work starts.
