I basically just flew by the seat of my pants and figured out what to do as I went.. It wasn’t that different from redoing a room inside our house.. Well, not quite like a room in the house, but similar! They’ll ask you lots of questions to determine your style and function requirements for your kitchen. Each of them has more than 20 years of experience in construction and remodeling. But contractors can’t see through walls, so don’t expect them to catch every possible pitfall.

Originally we were going to do a home addition by adding a third floor — until the last minute when we realized there were some restrictions and city codes that limited how high the house could go. We were really fortunate to be working with Jeff Metke and his team who knew how to work with the local building officials and could facilitate the …