Design-led renovation · McLean, Virginia
One house. One team. Inside and out.
A limited number of luxury kitchens, baths, and whole-home renovations each year, for the communities surrounding our Tysons office.
Projects start at $80,000. By appointment only.
Kitchen — McLean- Licensed & Insured
- Virginia
- 5.0
- Houzz Rating
- 5.0
- Google · 18 reviews
- Since 2018
- McLean, VA
- From $80K
- Projects Start At
The Explore Companies
It started with stone — a year spent building an exclusive network of local wholesale dealers rather than taking whatever a distributor offered. That principle became #ExploreFirst.
Our role is design, sourcing, and accountability. The trades are a consistent, vetted network of specialists, project after project.
2018 · Where it began
Explore Granite & Quartz
The foundation.
Marble, granite, and quartz fabrication and complex tile installation, supplied through a network of vetted local dealers.
Marble, granite, and quartz · Complex tile installation · Vetted supplier network
The specialty
Explore Kitchens
The most luxurious kitchens and baths.
Design-led from first drawing to final walkthrough. Also known as Explore Kitchens and Home Remodeling.
Kitchen and bath specialists · Design-led · #ExploreFirst
JR28 @ExploreKitchensThe scope
Explore Remodeling
Whole homes, inside and out.
Interior and exterior renovation, additions, teardowns and rebuilds for the communities surrounding our Tysons office.
Licensed & insured in Virginia · Design through final walkthrough · In-house project management
@exploreremodeling
2025 · The new frontier
Explore Mining Division
A strategic pivot to digital infrastructure.
- Structure
- Chartered division
- Established
- 2025
- Power
- Hydroelectric
- Digital assets
- Treasury reserve asset
Informational only. Nothing here is an offer, solicitation, or financial advice.
Established in 2025 as a chartered division of the Explore group — a deliberate structure, not a side interest.
Passive digital income on low-cost hydroelectric energy, offsetting the cyclicality of construction. Hosting and facility management run through Abundant Mines, a U.S.-based provider in Bend, Oregon.
Mining, without the guesswork.
The same partner that hosts our operation works with individual clients — hosting, equipment, consulting, and education, all U.S.-based.
Explore Abundant MinesReferral link. Explore may receive a benefit if you become an Abundant Mines client. We partner with them because we use them.
Eight years, several pivots, one philosophy — Explore First.
Featured project · Northern Virginia
Every trade, under one schedule.
A whole-home renovation in Northern Virginia — interior and exterior, first drawing through final walkthrough.
The same team carried the kitchen, the baths, the stone, the millwork, and the exterior. One schedule. One party accountable.
Start a conversationFour steps, no improvising.
- 01
Consultation
An in-person conversation at the home, by appointment. Not every inquiry becomes a project.
- 02
Design
A paid design phase: measured drawings, 3D renderings, material and finish selection. You see the room before anything is ordered.
- 03
Build
A vetted network of specialists — the same trades, project after project — under one schedule.
- 04
Walkthrough
A final inspection together. Punch list closed on the spot.
Step one is a conversation at the home, by appointment. Request a consultation
JR28
Jason “Flaco” Kidwell · Founder
Eight years in, and the standard hasn't moved: Explore First.
I spent two years in Baton Rouge and a good stretch of my twenties on the road selling alarm systems door to door. You learn one thing fast doing that: nobody buys from a stranger. They buy from someone they trust, and you earn it in the first ninety seconds or you don't earn it at all.
That's what #ExploreFirst has meant since year one — the customer's decision comes before the sale, and the work goes out the door the way I'd want it in my own house.
Go with who you trust.
- Build today. Freedom tomorrow.
- Sound money. Strong family. Sovereign future.
- Work hard. Stack sats. Live free.
By appointment only. Currently booking months out.
We take on a limited number of projects each year.
Request a consultation