Kitchen remodels, bathroom remodels and whole-house renovations for Highland Park homes — designed by Jan Revels, ASID, and built under her general contracting, so the house keeps its character and the plan survives the build.
Chateau Concepts handles Highland Park home remodeling as one team: Jan Revels, ASID, draws the plan, chooses the finishes with you, and then runs the build as general contractor. Kitchen remodels, bathroom remodels, built-ins and whole-house renovations — with the Town of Highland Park’s own permits and inspections built into the schedule from the first day.
Most Highland Park houses date from the 1910s through the 1930s and have been altered before. The plan allows for what may be behind the walls, and the details worth keeping are decided before anything is demolished.
Real projects across Dallas and the Park Cities, photographed before and after. Nothing here is staged or borrowed.
A Highland Park kitchen was usually planned as a service room at the back of the house: small, separate, with a pantry and a breakfast room adjoining. Most kitchen remodels here connect the kitchen to the breakfast room, keep the pantry (it is almost always worth keeping — see butler’s pantry and scullery design), and open to the dining room only when the plan genuinely gains from it. Two things are established before the layout is drawn: whether the wall is load-bearing, and where the plumbing stack and gas line run. Both change the cost, and both are far cheaper to find on paper than on demolition day.
Jan draws the floor plan and elevations first, so the cabinetmaker, the stone fabricator and the electrician all build from the same drawing. Simple cabinetry, restrained hardware and a calm counter sit comfortably in a 1920s house; a highly styled contemporary kitchen fights it.
Bathrooms in these houses are few and small by current expectations. Adding one, or enlarging the primary bath, usually means borrowing space from a bedroom or a closet rather than adding on. The plan starts with the plumbing: whether it moves, and what the foundation allows. Then layout and clearances, then waterproofing and ventilation — the two things nobody sees and the two most common reasons a bathroom fails early. Tile, vanity and fittings come last, chosen against the actual slab and a wet sample board.
Highland Park lots are generally well built out. Setbacks, lot coverage, height and tree protection are set by the town and frequently decide that an addition can go in exactly one place, or nowhere. Reworking the existing house usually beats adding on, because these houses often contain underused rooms — see add on or rework. Where new space is right, matching brick, roof tile, window proportion and trim matters more here than almost anywhere in Dallas, because the streetscape is coherent and new work that does not match announces itself.
Inside, the rule that holds: keep what was made better than it would be made today, and replace what has worn out. Original hardwood floors, doors and hardware, plaster walls and trim profiles are usually kept and matched; wiring, plumbing and the old service-room layouts are replaced. Built-ins are drawn to the trim profile of the room so they read as original.
Highland Park is an independent municipality surrounded by Dallas, with its own building department, adopted codes, inspectors and review times. Requirements are confirmed with the town at the start and its review periods are built into the schedule, not discovered halfway through. Construction hours, parking, dumpsters and site conduct are governed locally and enforced. When Chateau Concepts is the general contractor, we file the applications and you are shown the approved permit. The full picture is in the Highland Park renovation guide; the wider jurisdictional map is in permits and trades in Dallas.
Jan looks at what is there, asks how you live in the rooms and tells you what is possible — including what the town and the lot will not allow.
Floor plans and elevations drawn to scale, every wall and cabinet run visible before anything is ordered. On paper, moving the range is free.
Every finish chosen and written into the scope; applications filed with the Town of Highland Park and long-lead items ordered.
Trades scheduled in the order the work depends on, work checked against the approved drawings, one weekly update to you, and a punch list that is actually finished.
| Phase | Typical duration |
|---|---|
| Design and selections | 6–12 weeks for a kitchen, 4–8 weeks for a bathroom |
| Town review and permit | The town’s own timeline, confirmed at the start and built into the schedule |
| Cabinetry lead time from approval | 6–16 weeks, depending on stock, semi-custom or custom |
| On-site construction | 6–12 weeks for a kitchen, 4–8 weeks for a full primary bath |
A house of this age carries a larger contingency than a newer one, because what is behind the walls is genuinely unknown until they open. Sizing it is explained in change orders and budget control.
Jan designs the space and then runs the build. No hand-off, no two firms blaming each other, and nothing lost between the drawing and the crew.
Floor plans and elevations first, so you see the room before it exists. On paper, changing your mind is free. After the plumbing is run, it is not.
Chateau Concepts, LLC is registered as a general contractor with the City of Dallas, which requires registered contractors to carry general liability insurance. Certificates available on request.
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Furnishing, color, lighting and window treatments for the rest of the house, by the same designer: interior designer in Highland Park.
Start with a walk-through of the house. Jan tells you what is possible, what the town will want, and what to keep.
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