The Dillman renovation in Plainfield covers three of the most impactful spaces in any home — the kitchen, the primary bathroom, and the mudroom — and executes each one at a level that holds up to daily use and serious scrutiny. The kitchen is built around a full Viking professional appliance suite and anchored by a bronze mirrored hexagon tile backsplash that turns the cooking wall into a focal point. The primary bath is a private suite with a double walk-in shower, makeup vanity, geometric floor tile, and board-and-batten wainscoting throughout. The mudroom is a fully custom built-in locker system that finally gives the entry point of the home the function it's supposed to have.
SilverBullet managed the entire Dillman project — permitting through the Village of Plainfield in Will County, rough-in coordination across all three spaces, custom cabinetry and countertop installation, tile work, appliance integration, and all finish millwork. Three scopes. One contractor. One point of accountability from start to finish.
The Dillman kitchen was rebuilt from the studs out — new layout, new cabinetry, new appliances, new countertops, new backsplash, new flooring. The cabinet specification is gray shaker style running floor to ceiling on every wall, with a contrasting darker-stained wood island that gives the space visual depth without disrupting the overall palette. White quartz countertops run throughout — waterfall-edge on the peninsula, standard on the perimeter — and a farmhouse sink sits under the window on the sink run.
The appliance wall is the statement: a full Viking professional suite including a 6-burner commercial-grade range, stainless range hood, double wall oven stack, microwave drawer, and French door refrigerator — all set into the cabinetry with the precision that flush installation demands. The bronze mirrored hexagon backsplash tile behind the range is the visual anchor of the entire kitchen — its reflective surface catching the under-cabinet lighting and making the cooking wall feel three times its actual depth.
The bronze mirrored hexagon tile runs from counter to ceiling across the full cooking wall and continues around the corner to the coffee station zone — an uninterrupted field of reflective bronze that transforms what would be a functional but forgettable wall into a design signature. The tile's elongated hexagon format and metallic glaze pick up the stainless of the Viking appliances and the warm tones of the reclaimed wood bar stools, pulling the material palette together without a single accent piece doing heavy lifting.
Two floating shelves in the same gray finish as the cabinetry are set into the tile field above the coffee station — providing open display storage without interrupting the visual momentum of the backsplash. The positioning of these shelves required coordination between the tile setter and the finish carpenter to ensure the shelf brackets hit studs through the tile without cracking the field. That's a detail most homeowners never see — but they'd notice immediately if it was done wrong.
The Dillman primary bathroom renovation operates at a different emotional register than the kitchen — quieter, more deliberate, built around the experience of two people sharing a space that's supposed to feel like a retreat. The double walk-in shower is the centerpiece: a large-format enclosure with dual rainfall showerheads, frameless glass panels on three sides, a cathedral-vaulted ceiling above, white subway tile floor to ceiling inside, and the same geometric diamond-pattern floor tile running continuous from inside the shower to the bathroom floor — no threshold, no visual interruption, no barrier between the spaces.
The vanity wall is equally considered: gray shaker cabinetry runs the full width of the room, split into his-and-her sink towers flanking a center makeup station with knee clearance, a sit-down stool, and its own mirror position. Two arched black-framed mirrors with paired wall sconces at each sink create a symmetry that reads as intentional luxury rather than builder-grade symmetry. Matte black hardware throughout — faucets, towel bars, cabinet knobs — ties the whole room together with a material consistency that elevates every individual detail.
The double walk-in shower at Dillman is sized and specified for two — twin rainfall showerheads positioned on opposite walls of the enclosure, each on independent controls, with the vaulted ceiling above giving the space a height that most primary bath showers don't have. The frameless glass enclosure uses matte black hardware at every hinge and handle — a detail that connects the shower back to the vanity fixtures and the rest of the bathroom hardware palette.
The geometric diamond floor tile was one of the more demanding elements of this bathroom renovation. The pattern requires precise layout from a center point to maintain symmetry to all four walls simultaneously — and it runs continuous from inside the shower (with a waterproof membrane and mud bed underneath) through the shower threshold and across the entire bathroom floor. Getting that transition flat, level, and pattern-continuous required a tile setter who could plan the layout before the first piece was set and execute it without deviation. SilverBullet coordinates the trades to deliver that result consistently.
The Dillman mudroom is a fully custom locker-style built-in system — individual cubbies above, coat hooks below, a bench with under-seat storage, and upper display shelving that extends to the ceiling. The finish matches the trim and cabinetry palette of the rest of the renovation — the same warm gray, the same panel profile, the same hardware language — so it reads as designed rather than added. The mudroom is bright and open with large windows flanking the built-in wall, bringing natural light into a space that's typically one of the darkest and most functional rooms in a house.
Custom mudroom millwork like this is often the finishing touch on a whole-home renovation that homeowners underestimate until they're living in it. When every person entering the house has a defined place to hang a coat, drop keys, and store shoes — the whole entry experience of the home changes. It's practical infrastructure with a designed finish, and it's one of the highest-use-to-investment-ratio spaces SilverBullet builds.
The Dillman project was permitted and built in Plainfield — one of Will County's largest and most active residential markets. Plainfield's housing stock includes a significant concentration of 2000s-era homes in the 2,500–4,000 sq ft range, with original builder-grade kitchens and bathrooms that are overdue for their first serious renovation. The Dillman remodel is what that investment can look like when the contractor executes at a high spec.
SilverBullet pulls permits through the Village of Plainfield Building Department and serves all of Will County — including Joliet, Romeoville, Bolingbrook, Shorewood, and Oswego — for kitchen remodeling, bathroom renovation, and whole-home project management. We know this market, and we know what these homes need to perform at the level their owners expect.
A project like Dillman — kitchen, primary bath, and mudroom running concurrently — requires a general contractor who can sequence the work intelligently. The bathroom rough plumbing has to be done before drywall. The kitchen cabinetry delivery has to be coordinated with the countertop template date. The mudroom millwork has to be built to the exact dimensions of the framed space, with paint scheduled around the finish carpenter's timeline. When all three scopes are running simultaneously under separate contractors, the homeowner becomes the scheduler. When they're under one SilverBullet contract, we own the schedule entirely.
That's the practical case for working with a veteran-owned general contractor on a project this size. Not just the craft — the coordination. The Dillman renovation delivered three high-specification spaces on time, on budget, and built to a standard that shows in every photo and holds up in every inspection. If you're planning something similar in Plainfield or anywhere in Will County, give us a call.
A full Viking appliance package — 6-burner range, double wall oven, microwave drawer, and French door refrigerator — integrated into custom cabinetry with proper rough-in and flush finish. The kitchen performs like a professional space because it's built like one.
Twin rainfall heads, vaulted ceiling, continuous geometric floor tile from inside the shower to the bathroom floor — a primary bath shower built for two, specified without compromise, and tiled without a shortcut.
Mirrored bronze hexagon tile running floor to ceiling across the full cooking wall — a material choice that reflects the Viking stainless, deepens the perceived space, and makes the kitchen wall a genuine design feature.
Plainfield is one of the most active residential renovation markets in Will County — and SilverBullet has the project history to back that up. The Dillman renovation is the kind of multi-space project we're built for: three distinct spaces, coordinated under one contract, each delivered at a specification that the homeowner and their neighborhood can support.
We serve all of Will County for kitchen remodeling, bathroom renovation, basement finishing, and whole-home project management — including Plainfield, Joliet, Romeoville, Bolingbrook, Shorewood, and Oswego. If your home in Plainfield is ready for its first serious renovation, we're the contractor to call.
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