I should probably ask if anyone may have a solution. The FP is outside on a screened porch that is not overly spacious so we liked the outside mounted screen b/c it was virtually flush to the brick. I've thought about getting just a flat screen but our firebox itself is raised up off the floor adding to some odd dimensions that would bring us to a custom size. Any thoughts? THanks!

Thanks -- I have never thought out or planned what went under a sink so much as in this remodel. Never had any choice other than making the best of what came with the house. It's easy to use and to keep when you plan a spot for what you need and have an extra couple of spots for overflow (that extra bottle of Dawn that seems will be there forever and some extra sponges under the disposal as well as some on the right). Having everything that needs to go into the cabinet and telling the plumber where he can put the pipes rather than letting them run all over the place makes a big difference. They'll eat up the whole thing if no one tells them otherwise because it's easier to work out front -- even with that rear drain. My sink drain is center rear. We found that nearly everything that large other than the Shaw's Original fireclay farmhouse sink had center or center rear drains. The side drains was one vote for the Shaw's, but we weren't convinced we wanted a farmhouse for the long haul. As it turned out, it works well, both in the sink and below. In the sink, I can put a half sheet pan laying flat front to back on either side and still have the center open for the drain. Having it to the rear does give me more height for cleaning supplies toward the front. My corner pantry didn't work in large part because of the shelving -- it wasn't right for the space or our needs. It wasted anything above 5 or 6 feet and we had 10 feet ceilings. The shelves were also on 2 sides only They were deep on one side, and that meant you had deep, dark corners that were near impossible to use, even with turntables, for half the space. The third wall was wasted (could have had shallow shelving -- great for cans -- if it had been better planned)and the fourth was the door and the depth of the narrower shelves. The only good thing was the spice rack DH built and installed on the back of that door, but I like my spice drawer better. I think that we could have possibly redone all the shelving and made the pantry work much better. We started toying with the notion of taking the pantry out altogether when I was questioning whether the ovens I wanted would fit in the cabinet we had right next to the pantry. Sliding the ovens over gave me a more workable space for baking, and creating a wall of tall storage evolved from that -- fridge is flanked by pantry rollouts and pantry tower as well as as 12" utility and 24" cabinets above all of that. My small appliances go in 13" deep cabinets on the back of the island and are very handy -- but I don't have any island seating. Either system can work, but you need to be able to make it work for all your needs. You should have some flexibility in your system too (I'd want adjustable shelving rather than fixed). I'd be careful about having deep shelves. What you have planned isn't wrong and many people would love to have something just like it. Mine didn't work -- in large part because the fixed shelves were thrown in (on 2 sides only) by the builder who didn't care how it functioned and so much was lost to deep corners. It was a big space so it should be good, right? Wrong. Plan it an make sure you get what you want and that anything you are uncertain about has flexibility so you have options. I do like having my corner more open and the space feeling larger. I also paid more for my cabinets to get it. Lots of things to think about.

The price you were quoted is about right. Personally, my preference would be 30" viewable.

Until you go in to apply for the position, they tell you the pay is commission based. So if you're not also a 'silver tongued' salesman, your pay is likely at best 30K a year or less and at risk of being let go. These kinds of ads are nothing new Mike. I've seen them for 20 years. They talk a good game... but it's just a game like everything else. You're a home owner Mike. How could you know? Why is a position like this commission based? because techs lie, ride the clock... meanwhile the company goes broke, due to non-productivity --- or giving services away. (Some companies will employ these measures to get their foot in your door. You know we won't charge you for advice sort of thing... but their advice is heavily stacked in their favor. It has to be... they are paying 100's of thousands of dollars to make high cost TV ads, not to mention other forms of ads.) The position is a good secure position that isn't going away... but if you think it's easy as just 'showing up' to make $75-100K a year... you're beyond clueless. There are more techs that try this field and quit, than there are techs that succeed and become anything remotely what I wake up to every morning. Why do you think there are so many ads looking for people. Hint *high turn over, churn mill*. Remember I've been doing this for 26 years... 13 of those years I worked for other companies. This isn't meant to discourage a younger generation from doing this... but there is no such thing as an 'easy profession' to make a livable wage. This job is hard, hard, hard. People will call you rip off artist, lying cheating con man, tell you the company you work for cheated them when the system fails. You will work in the weather... hot, cold, mild, windy, rainy, thunderstorms. You will craw under homes in rat infested dumps, climb thru attics maybe if you're fortunate you won't plummet to serious injury up to and including death by being impaled by something. You will sit in a truck for many hours. Get used to it because you will more or less live in that truck. You will work from sun-up to sun down and sometimes beyond that. Some days you'll will be busy, making good money. When the calls come at a trickle you'll still be sitting in that truck... the pay won't be as good then. It's a seasonal business any way you slice it. There will be the calls you spend hours on, but because you're running a 'free estimate bid' you won't make nothing on those that you don't sell. Do too many of those and the company will cut you loose. Why would this company put you in a truck and keep you there if you don't perform like they think you should? There will be those employees who wanting to get a leg up, go and snitch on you. There will be favorites.. those who get to go home early while you continue to work. You're nearly to your front door... then another call comes in. You're on call... forget your plans. On that call you find out that another clueless idiot that snitched on you had been out on this call earlier didn't perform the repair right and the condensate pan is over flowing dripping into yet another pan from another unit that is also backing up flooding the home. What's all this you ask: It's what the ad doesn't say. If they told you all that... there would be far less people who stick their neck out. Remember, I've lived it... 26 years is a LONG TIME. I don't run a 'churn mill' -- if that's what you want, good luck. The Ray Austin way is only achieved by using Ray Austin. The few, the happy, the service when you need it. (I can't service everyone, nor do I try.) I service the Katy, Texas area