It’s difficult to compose a concise review when there are so many positive and wonderful adjectives to use when describing our experience working with Cathie at West DuPage Cabinets. At our first meeting when asking us what we were looking for in an updated kitchen, we stated value and efficiency; and also a vision because “we aren’t gifted with this type of stuff.” Cathie reassured us that she “wouldn’t let us make any bad decisions” and that she could deliver on our needs pertaining to value and efficient use of our current kitchen layout. She delivered! At the initial showroom meeting the first decision made was to keep our current tile “because there’s nothing wrong with it and I can work the color pattern in with your cabinet and counter color preferences.” Great…there’s at least $6,000 saved, a week of construction and mountains of dust. And from there the process just rolled.
Cathie is insightful, thoughtful, respectful, patient and kind. The entire process is collaborative and transparent; hers is a relationship of trust and communication. She brings suggestions but isn’t married to them, listening and adjusting design elements to what we liked and what we were so-so on. The outcome is a kitchen we completely love but never in a million years would have picked out on our own. The craziest part that we still can’t wrap our heads around is our kitchen is the same layout yet we have a ridiculous amount of more space, she totally maximized efficiency of space.
Finally, all of her referrals worked very well for us. Most importantly, contractor Derrick Schnabel, who is worth his weight in gold; if you don’t have a preferred contractor, he’s worth the wait! We look forward to working with Cathie and Derrick in the next 2-3 years on a basement bar/kitchen. Thanks again, Cathie, for a wonderful experience.