Is there any software you can get or sites you can use to plan what your kitchen will look like? I know lots of you post your kitchen plans, but don't know if you did that or your contractor. I cannot quite picture how moving/adding cabinets here will look! I'd also like if you could add paint colors, too, but don't know if that's possible. Thanks!

For learning SketchUp there's a pretty decent series of books called "Google SketchUp for Interior Design and Space Planning" or some such. I bought them last winter when I was first learning it. The books ended up being a bit too basic for me, since I learn computer stuff quickly -- it's what I do for a living. By the time the books arrived I'd already learned most of what was in them. But for someone who's just starting out I think they'd be good. The series has 3 books. They're all pretty thin and fairly inexpensive. I bought them on Amazon. I agree that graph paper is a good place to start, though. Or go buy a cheap architects' ruler at Office Depot. I think I got one for $5 or so. Laura still annoyed that Google got rid of SketchUp

Ikea would shut down on me right in the middle of a layout. I finally did my floorplan with Google SketchUp. The learning curve is looooong, though and it is not intuitive.

I used a free interactive graph paper. Tom Maitland. I then save the outline in paint and add stuff. I've bought various programs but I found them cumbersome and not custom enough. Some people love Sketchup but it was very hard for me to learn so I gave up on it.