General Discussion & Chat: How do YOU check on contractors?, 1 by gardenwife

gardenwife wrote:
We're 90% sure our friend John will do the windows and....Our kitchen. We nixed the privacy fence plans in favor of getting new cabinets and counter! We're used to having to walk the dogs in all weather, anyway, and we can always get a fence later. This is the perfect time to replace the cabinets, though, since the windows are being done. We're probably going with Lowe's stock cabinets in the Hudson maple line, and their stock laminate countertops since they're in our budget right now. Here's a layout I did with Ikea's kitchen designer software.

This is our existing configuation: