Johns Creek Kitchen Remodel: White Shaker with a Dark Island Cooktop

A white shaker kitchen remodel in Johns Creek, Georgia, where the cooktop and hood live on a dark island. The perimeter stays quiet. This record covers the kitchen cabinets and countertops.

The arched windows and the tray ceiling were already in the room, and both stayed.

Moving a cooktop to an island is a layout call, and it comes with two checks. We ran both before the 3D kitchen design was signed. First, the clearance from the cooktop to the island hood, which the range manual sets. Second, the gas line location. Moving a cooktop to an island means the gas has to come up through the floor.

For context, the IRC puts 30 inches between a cooktop and unprotected combustibles above it. With listed protection, or when the appliance instructions allow it, that drops to 24 inches.

The cooktop and the hood moved to the island, so the white shaker perimeter runs clean with no range wall.

Uppers and bases are white shaker, topped with white quartz. The island is a dark painted shaker, deep enough for the cooktop plus seating on the back side.

Shaker is one of several door styles we offer, next to slim shaker, slab, raised panel and inset. We carry several white finishes, and a custom paint color is available on our semi-custom line. On painted lines the door frames are solid wood or HDF with a ⅜ to ⅝ inch MDF center panel, and our main lines build the box from ½ inch plywood.

The LED strip in the tray ceiling went in during installation.

Quartz countertops installed run $49 to $72 per square foot on our price list today, within 100 miles of Alpharetta. That covers template, fabrication and install.

The table shows today's cost for a kitchen like this. Final numbers are quoted per project.

For context, nationally cabinets run 30 to 40 percent of a kitchen renovation budget. Current prices live on our pricing page, and a design consultation turns those prices into a number for your own kitchen once your measurements are in.

Seven photos in this gallery show the Johns Creek island cooktop, the white perimeter and the LED strip in the tray ceiling.

• Island: dark painted shaker with a gas cooktop, an island hood and seating on the back side.
• Perimeter: white shaker uppers and bases, white quartz, no range wall.
• Ceiling and windows: arched windows and a tray ceiling with an LED strip.

The two-tone look reads modern, but the shaker doors keep it familiar.

Two of our other kitchens match this one by style or countertop: Milton and Alpharetta. Both are worth a look.

• Milton: white shaker kitchen with a quartzite island
• Alpharetta: light gray kitchen with white quartz

Review excerpt, Daria Kushtym, 5★, 2026-06-17: "Absolutely thrilled with the results! The quality of the cabinets and the attention to detail exceeded all my expectations. The price was very fair, and the workmanship was outstanding. …"

More on our reviews page, and every other finished kitchen, bathroom or feature wall we've published sits in all projects.

Our free design is valid for 10 days, and any change is one message away. Send photos from all sides, the ceiling height, the wall lengths, and where the windows, plumbing, fridge and gas sit. Gas matters most with an island cooktop, and so does storage: think about where pots and drawers go once the cooktop takes the island.

Book a design consultation, or visit the showroom on Hwy 9 and walk through full kitchen displays. Our lines run from stock to custom cabinetry, and a dedicated personal manager follows your dream kitchen from first sketch to the crew day. Island designs start with those measurements. The customer opens the 3D design on a phone.

We also take on kitchen remodeling, bathroom remodeling and bathroom vanities. Homeowners doing a kitchen and bath, or a kitchen and bathroom in one house, can ask about both at the design consultation.

Installed within 100 miles of Alpharetta. Delivered anywhere in Georgia. We ship across the US on request: one 2026 kitchen was designed in Alpharetta and delivered to Phoenix, Arizona.

Prime Cabinet Store, 4700 Atlanta Hwy, Alpharetta, GA 30004, (470) 460-6180.