Ellis County runs south from the Dallas County line along I-35E and US-287, and kitchen remodeling in Ellis County, TX covers a wide spread of houses. In Waxahachie, the county seat, Victorian homes surround the 1890s Ellis County Courthouse. In Midlothian and Red Oak, new subdivisions keep adding builder-grade kitchens that owners will want to upgrade.
All of it sits on Blackland Prairie clay, some of the most expansive soil in North Texas, and that shapes every tile and stone decision we make here. Six Design Group handles design and construction under one team, which matters on longer drives where each trip has to count.
Drive Times From Lake Highlands to Ellis County Towns
The county is a long drive from our base, so we schedule it by appointment and fit visits to the size of the project. Red Oak, just south of the Dallas County line on I-35E, is about 45 minutes. Waxahachie, farther down I-35E, and Midlothian, reached by I-20 and US-67 or US-287, are each about 55 minutes. Ennis, Ferris and Palmer on the county's east side sit along I-45 rather than I-35E, so visits there are planned as their own trip.
Because of that distance, larger projects such as full kitchens, multiple baths or several rooms at once fit our schedule better than small repairs. We won't promise a response time in Ellis County.
Planning a Remodel in Ellis County?
Call to set up a consultation. We schedule Ellis County visits from our Lake Highlands base and follow up with a written scope.
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Kitchen Remodeling Across Ellis County Housing: Victorian, Rural and New
Three kinds of houses make up most of the county.
- Victorian and early twentieth-century homes. Waxahachie's "Gingerbread City" nickname comes from them. Expect pier-and-beam floors, plaster walls, small original kitchens and pre-1978 paint covered by the EPA lead renovation rule.
- Older farmhouses and rural homes. Scattered across the county outside town limits, sometimes with additions built in different decades.
- New subdivisions. Midlothian, which calls itself the "Cement Capital of Texas," and Red Oak are adding large neighborhoods of slab-on-grade homes, many with HOAs.
The Blackland Prairie clay underneath all of them swells and shrinks with the weather. Older pier-and-beam homes may need leveling before a kitchen floor is tiled, and newer slabs should be checked for cracks before large-format tile is set.
The Remodels Ellis County Homes Call For
Kitchen Remodeling
Kitchens range from small Victorian-era rooms in Waxahachie to new builder layouts in Midlothian and Red Oak, and each calls for a different design approach.
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Home Remodeling
Older homes in the county seat often need several rooms reworked together, since floors, walls and plumbing are tied to each other, and one design-build scope keeps a long drive from turning into several separate projects.
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Bathroom Remodeling
Bath remodels on Blackland Prairie clay need a floor that is flat and stable before tile goes down, whether that means leveling a pier-and-beam Waxahachie bath or crack-isolating a new Midlothian slab.
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Flooring
Original wood floors in older homes may be worth refinishing, while newer slab homes often get tile or luxury vinyl plank. Long open runs in Red Oak and Midlothian builds need expansion space at the walls for clay movement.
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Whole-House Remodel
Farmhouses outside Ellis County town limits often carry additions from different decades, with mismatched floors, ceiling heights and plumbing. A whole-house plan ties them together instead of patching one room at a time.
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Countertops
New Midlothian and Red Oak builds often finish with laminate or entry-level granite, and a stone top on sound builder cabinets is a contained job with few site days, which suits the drive south.
Learn more →Which Ellis County Office Handles Your Permit?
Each city runs its own permit and inspection office. Waxahachie, Midlothian, Red Oak, Ennis, Ferris and the county's smaller towns each handle permits for homes inside their limits. Parts of Glenn Heights, Grand Prairie and Mansfield also fall in Ellis County, and their permits come from those cities. Outside city limits, ask Ellis County which approvals apply.
Statewide rules still hold everywhere: plumbing must be done by plumbers licensed by the Texas State Board of Plumbing Examiners and electrical work by electricians licensed by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. In older Waxahachie neighborhoods, ask the city whether your address falls in a historic district before any exterior change.
What We Can Honestly Say About Ellis County
None of our published projects or reviews are tagged to an Ellis County address yet. What we stand behind are the facts above: the drive times, the roads, the housing types and how we schedule work here. Reviews from clients in other places are on our reviews page.
Cities We Serve in Ellis County
- Kitchen remodeling in Red OakAbout 45 minutes (32 mi) from Lake Highlands
- Kitchen remodeling in WaxahachieAbout 55 minutes (42 mi) from Lake Highlands
- Kitchen remodeling in MidlothianAbout 55 minutes (41 mi) from Lake Highlands
Reviews to Read Before Your Ellis County Remodel
No reviews are tagged to Ellis County yet, so these are two of our strongest Google reviews from Dallas-area customers, quoted as written. Six Design Group has 34 Google reviews (checked November 2026).
“If you're looking for trustworthiness and appreciation for quality then look no further. Easy to work with, communicated well which is extremely important to me. Highly recommended!”
“Ax and Arian sat down with to fully understand what it was that I was trying to achieve. They were communicative throughout the process and most importantly to me kept on budget! Would most definitely recommend them for your remodeling needs!”