"We'd been through two other designers who kept showing us the same gray-and-white kitchen. Hearth listened to how we actually cook — Sunday sauce simmering for six hours, kids doing homework at the island — and built around that. The soapstone gets better every year."

"We bought a 1908 Victorian knowing the kitchen was the whole project. Hearth matched the hand-thrown tile to the original wainscoting color, found unlacquered brass that looked like it had always been there. Every offer we got was fifteen percent over asking."

"The powder room alone stopped every showing cold. People walked in expecting a half-bath and found a room that made them feel something. That quartzite vessel sink on the dark vanity — it photographs like a magazine cover and it's been two years with zero issues."