Old world craftmanship, unrivaled customer care. The favorite of Chicago top interior designers and discerning home-owners because we make renovation easier.

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Construction & Custom Cabinetry

Construction & Custom Cabinetry

Modern kitchen with white upper cabinets, dark lower cabinets, stainless steel appliances, wooden bar stools, and hardwood flooring, with a view of trees outside through large windows.

Why We’re Different

  • 18 years of superior customer satisfaction

  • Our core construction teams are employees

  • Founded by a physician with a client’s-needs-come-first approach

  • Everyone who works here is friendly, respectful, professional and will treat your home like it’s their own

  • We organize your jobsite at the end of every day

  • We have close relationships with many interior designers to provide end to end service

  • We have our own custom cabinetry shop, reducing costs and speeding deliveries

  • Our custom database management system tracks every detail of your project, ensuring smooth planning and near perfect results

  • We offer an ironclad warranty

  • Nearly 5 star ratings on Google, Yelp and other review platforms

We are committed to delivering an unparalleled experience and taking the work and worry out of home renovation.

Services we offer

  • We renovate kitchens of all sizes and styles from traditional to ultra sleek, from modest homes to mansions, from suburbs to Chicago high rises.  Whether it's a full rehab or a partial touch up, we'll be happy to help with your project needs.  With our own in-house cabinetry shop, two decades of experience, and our experienced management team, your renovation will go smoother and more comfortably than you ever imagined.  Our teams are here to make you happy and if your project requires a designer, we can help, too.

  • Whether it's an update to a powder room or a new primary bathroom closet suite, we'll handle every detail no matter the style whether in a high-rise or single family home.  With hundreds and hundreds of bathroom projects under our belt, we can handle the most complex and demanding designs, delivered with beautiful workmanship.  Our construction teams are highly experienced, long-time employees which shows up in the quality of their work and their dedication to keep our clients happy.  Whether you’re a designer in need of a contractor you can count on or an owner in need of a designer to guide your through design and construction, we can help. 

  • No matter the complexity of your cabinetry demand, we can build it in our custom cabinetry workshop and we'll stand behind it.  It doesn't matter if it's a kitchen banquette, a full custom office, or a built-in supporting a 3000 pound fishtank, we've done it.  Our shop team has over two decades of experience and our field teams ensure all the parts come together smoothly.  If your dream has a plan, we can build it.   If it's still in your thoughts, we can help you understand your options, estimate the costs, and if you'd like, connect you with a top Chicago interior designer to bring it to life.  From beginning to end, we have you covered by our rock-solid warrantee.

  • Using Stratagem Construction means you'll be working with tested contractors who will use the best materials and will be fully insured.  We'll also coordinate subcontractors to optimize efficiency and ensure that all the details are looked after until the work is impeccably completed.  You'll only have to make one phone call and you can leave rest to us.

    We have more than two decades of experience in flooring and painting and can explain all the options.   Furthermore, when your project is completed, you can count on us to stand behind the work.

  • A full renovation requires a capable partner you can trust because it's a large investment and an undertaking where there will be some surprises.  A trusted partner provides the comfort of knowing you're in good hands.  With over two decades of experience, hundreds of projects, and innumerable five star reviews, you can count on us to be that partner.  

    Key to our success is our dedication to our clients and to each other.  Everyone who works for Stratagem is not only professional, but they're excellent at what they do and do so with kindess and good character .   In many ways, we are family.   Some team members have worked her for more than twenty years.   We have foremen who started as apprentices.  All are dedicated to quality, working cleanly, and creating a great experience for our clients.  Everyone will treat your home like theirs.

    In addition to our craftsmanship, we provide every part of the equation, including great customer care, in-house custom cabinetry, and design assistance from the best Chicago interior designers, all backed up by our cloud-based database management system. This allows us to track every project detail from contract to completion.  If you ask us about your backsplash grout color in five years, we'll be able to find it in less than five minutes.  In other words, we're well-organized, precise and here when you need us.  Everything we do is backed up by our ironclad warrantee.

    Great people, working in a company that cares.  That's how we had success year in and year out.  Give us a try and you'll see. 

  • If you're a client in need of a designer, or a designer in need of a construction partner, you've come to the right place.   We work with a number of excellent Chicago interior designers, supporting them with our decades of construction experience.  For those in need of a designer, we're happy to connect you with a designer suited to your needs.

    ‍If you are a designer in need of a team to support you, we're happy to work with you and support you in a myriad of ways from drafting support, to budgeting and cost engineering.  We can help you offer more to your clients so you can achieve more success.  Visit our designers page for more information.

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Our Portfolio
A modern kitchen with light blue cabinets, gold handles, a white marble countertop, a gas stove with a pan, a sink with a gold faucet, a window with a plant, and a built-in refrigerator in the center.

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“I had such a wonderful experience with Stratagem and their sister company when they updated my kitchen that, after recently moving, I decided to use them again to add an electric fireplace and shelving to a blank wall in my new living room. Their work did not disappoint!”

— Mary K.

“Mitch and his team at Stratagem saw thorugh the entire process of the construction like I've never seen another contractor do. They built two beautiful bathrooms and, crucially, managed the project such that we could sit in the spectator seat comfortably.”

— Jannis B.

“I highly recommend Mitch Newman and Stratagem Construction. The contractors have completed a kitchen and a master bathroom for me, and their workmanship is impeccable. They did not miss a day of work, and the results have been excellent. The materials are extremely high quality, and the results are just what I hoped for.”

— Martha G.
Kitchen with a light blue cabinet, a white marble countertop, a stainless steel faucet, a microwave oven, a toaster oven, and a window with white blinds.
A bedroom with a bed and a wooden nightstand with a white table lamp on it.
Living room with a brick and white paneled fireplace, built-in shelves with decorative items, a large wall-mounted TV, beige sofas with pillows, a wooden coffee table, a striped rug, and windows showing trees outside.
A small bathroom with floral patterned wallpaper, a mirror with a gold frame, a black vanity with a white sink, gold fixtures, a wall-mounted gold towel holder with a towel, and a toilet paper holder with a roll of toilet paper.