Concealed power and USB
Pop-up outlets or under-counter towers, designed in.
Islands
Islands that do real work.
Seating on one side, deep drawers and integrated trash/recycle on the other, room for a wine column or microwave drawer where you actually need it.
At a glance
- Lead time
- 3–5 weeks
- Process
- Designer-led
- Materials
- European-finish
- Service area
- DC, MD, VA
3–5 week lead time · industry standard 8–12
European engineering · Blum & Salice hardware, 18mm carcass
Designer-led · drawn before it's quoted
In-house installation · no subcontractors
A working island is a small kitchen unto itself. Pannello draws each island to its room — clearance behind, sightlines from the living area, plumbing route — and lays it out so the storage matches the way you actually cook.
Why Pannello
A working island, not a prop
Most stock-cabinet islands are three boxes pushed together. Pannello islands are drawn as one continuous piece, with concealed power, integrated lighting, and panel returns on every visible side.
- Single continuous piece, not three boxes pushed together
- Panel returns on every visible side
- Seating overhang sized for your stools
What you get
The details that separate custom cabinetry from everything else.
Hidden trash / recycle
Soft-close pull-out beside the prep zone.
Integrated wine or microwave column
Sub-Zero, Liebherr, or Sharp microwave drawer panel-ready.
Waterfall or mitered counters
Full coordination with our stone fabricator.
From clients & designers
What people say after living with their Pannello cabinetry.
"Pannello drew our Georgetown kitchen the way an architect would — full elevations, real material samples, no salesperson with a tablet. The chimney chase that we had been trying to hide for ten years is now the most elegant element in the room."
Lauren O.
Homeowner · Georgetown
"The Pannello team turned around our Dupont condo kitchen in four weeks of fabrication and four days of install. Clean, on time, and the finish quality matched what we were specifying for clients in our own design practice."
Marc D.
Interior Designer · Dupont Circle
"We had eight contractors quote our McLean closet program. Pannello was the only one that drew it before quoting it. The drawings became the spec, and what got delivered matched the drawings exactly."
Sarah K.
Homeowner · McLean
Frequently asked
Questions clients ask before booking.
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How big does my kitchen need to be to support an island?
A working island generally needs at least 42 inches of clearance on every accessible side. We map this on your floor plan during the consultation — sometimes a peninsula serves better than an island in a Georgetown rowhouse.
Serving DC neighborhoods
Island Cabinetry for the way DC houses are actually built.
Ready when you are
Talk through your island cabinetry project with a designer.
90 minutes in our DC showroom. Material samples on the wall, your room on the table, no quote until we draw it.
- · No charge for the consultation
- · No quote sent without drawings
- · Designer-led — not sales
No pressure, no quote up front
Schedule a Design Consultation
90 minutes in our DC showroom. We will walk material samples, talk through your project, and outline next steps.
Talk through your island cabinetry project
90 minutes. DC showroom. No quote until we draw it.