Remember these? Old counter top and original condition cabinets:
New counter top and refinished cabinets:

Old counter (close-up):

New counter top pattern (close-up):

It is very import to me that (within reason) we could keep any contractor hiring local. Accordingly we went with Random Lake's own:

I will add photos tommorow of the second counter top we had installed.
btw, I updated the to do list...