Stone from Whitehouse, set in Jacksonville.

32 minutes from the shop on 110.

Down 69 into Cherokee County. We treat it like a local job, not a road trip.

Jacksonville is about half an hour from the Whitehouse shop. We measure, bring the stone back to our saws, and return for set day — same two-week target as a Tyler kitchen.

A lot of the houses here mix older cabinets with a new top. We’ll tell you if the boxes need shimming before we cut, so the seams don’t advertise the house’s age.