Kitchen Tune-Up opens doors wider in Farragut
“We opened the showroom [at 11113 Kingston Pike in
Premier shopping center with Premier Eyecare] in November [2025],” Wes recalled.
However, “the business has been open since 2019. This is our third showroom. The business really started out of our home.
“We’ve been able to grow it a little by little ever since,” he added. “We love it.”
“Our showroom before was in Oak Ridge, and it was tucked into an industrial park,” Katlin said. “There wasn’t much walk-in traffic or visibility, so we’re really excited to be in Farragut on Kingston Pike, to have more visibility and having people see our sign, walk in and check it out.”
The business idea was sparked when Wes was 19.
“I started a handyman company,” Wes said. “I ran that business for four and a
half years. So, I naturally, kind of, was an entrepreneur and wanted to have my own business.
“I spent some time in industrial distribution and sales,” Wes said. “I found myself wanting to get back into owning a business.”
Then, he learned about the franchise Kitchen Tune-Up, which was available.
“The franchise was started in 1988 by a gentleman, Dave Haglund,” Wes said. “He had a cabinet company, and wrote an article, I believe, in Life magazine about taking care of your cabinets and what you can do to get them looking back to closer to what they were when they were new.
“That article blew up, and he got so many phone calls he said he needed to find a way to franchise or spread it out.”
For Wes, “it’s a really good fit for my background of what I’ve done before, but I really liked the focus of being in kitchens, perfecting and installing cabinetry and the little details you can do inside of a kitchen.
“The company was founded as “a tune-up, where we
don’t change anything about your cabinets, but we just bring them back to 90 percent of what they looked like when they were new,” he
said. “That’s still one of our core services; but over the years, we’ve added cabinet painting, refacing and new custom cabinets.”
“As well as reflooring,” Katlin added.
“When I started the business in 2019, we offered those services the whole way through, but the franchise has been around for a long time,” Wes said. “It’s nice to have that extra support and extra layer of accountability.
“We’re hoping to have folks from the franchise who will be here for the ribbon cutting,” he added.
While Katlin has been employed with Farragut Primary for about nine years, “we’ve been in touch with the Farragut community and feel like it’s a really good fit for the business,” Wes said. “We’ve done a lot of work in Farragut area, and it’s a lot closer to where the center of our customer base is.”
For the customer, he said the first step is to meet in the customer’s home.
“We do not do high-pressure sales,” Wes added. “We believe in a process of a lot of communication of what your interests are, what you’re looking to improve, what your goals are. We can tailor a solution to the customer.”
The showroom is open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday; from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and closed Sundays and Mondays.
For more information, call 865-253-7805 or visit kitchentuneup.com/Knoxville-tn/
