Beautiful job! I want those windows in MY Kitchen! lol. I'm not kidding though. My old house Kitchen has one window, double hung sash window that is 29" W and about 5' tall. Bottom sill is about 17" up from floor. What the heck? Size/dimension are just all wrong for both an old 1915-bungalow Kitchen and a modern functional Kitchen so... I am fighting for her life! DH is probly gonna win this one though and we'll (eventually) put a better size window in her place. But Im hoping I might find a decent old one at the salvage place and see if we can make that work. Wonder if they'd trade me? ha! So what are the dimensions of your two here? They really do look lovely.

I went back and forth with my architect over this very detail when designing our house. He wanted my kitchen window to sit flush with my countertop like your inspiration pic. I liked the look of that concept but when I started thinking about the practicality of it, I decided to raise my window up a bit (or actually shorten the window). Knowing how much water splashes behind my sink at my current house, I would be constantly wiping off water from my window sill. And water would likely be splashing on the window itself leaving me to constantly clean water drops or not clean it and stare at water drops all time (the more likely scenario!). I wouldn't put a piece of wood under your window. I'd leave it so you have no trim or apron below the window. I'd use your backsplash tile to extend under the window and tie the two sides together. The tile backsplash will prevent water damage far better than sheetrock or wood. Your kitchen looks lovely! Here is one of my inspiration pics. You can see the window just ends at the sill. Nothing below it but tile.

whoa,,after all that she's asking for 10K more? under no circumstances are you required to pay that. Because she miscalculated the time that was needed, is not your fault it took longer. Do not pay her for that mistake. What does your contract say? What did she say about your 'missing' original doors/windows? Was that written down anywhere (that you were to keep the original pieces)? you 8 missing windows, deduct what those would have sold for from what you owe. guarantee she sold those and kept the money. You've brought up major points, but you've already paid. Basically, you've accepted all of their incompetence. show the owner the mess and drywall mishaps. ensure that those are completed. Do not pay another dime until all your fixes are done. And btw, was the 50% down used to purchase the windows? The remainder does NOT get paid until they are all finished and you are satisfied. why you continued to pay her, I don't know. I'm sure you've learned an expensive lesson.

I called Vytex windows several times and finally was able to reach a live person. Told her I’d like a list of dealers in my area to get quotes from. She took my information and said I would be called back shortly. So far, crickets. I’m guessing they don’t want the business!