Tips For Surviving a Kitchen Renovation

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Tips For Surviving a Kitchen Renovation
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• Having your kitchen renovated is a wonderful way
  to transform the space into something that youve
  always dreamed of, but it does require a bit of
  planning and organization. While your chosen
  construction company can be immensely helpful in
  the planning stages, you will still need to have
  your own ideas as to what you want from your new
  kitchen, and think about a few other things such
  as your budget and where youre going to eat for
  the next few weeks while work is underway. The
  latter is something thats often overlooked, but
  is one of the most important factors for being
  able to survive a kitchen renovation

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• Eating and cooking creating a temporary kitchen
  in your home
• The contractors will need full access to the
  kitchen space while they carry out their work,
  and you will likely not be able to use the
  facilities for at least a month, depending on the
  size and extent of your plans for the new
  kitchen. With this in mind, youll need to think
  about where youre going to cook and eat for the
  duration of the project, and whether youll be
  able to create a small kitchen elsewhere in your
  home, or if youll need to dine out.

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• Eating out is all well and good, and many
  families do it regularly, but doing it every
  single day can get expensive, especially if you
  have a large family. It might be that you have a
  large enough home to be able to cook and eat in
  another space for a few weeks, or perhaps you can
  move in with a friend or family member until the
  work has been completed. Either way, youll need
  to come up with a solution before work begins,
  and if you cant, you may need to postpone the
  project.

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• If you continue to cook at home, be prepared to
  make some sacrifices
• Thinking about where youre going to cook and eat
  while your kitchen is being renovated isnt the
  only consideration to make youll also need to
  downsize your cooking equipment and tools, and
  may not be able to access an oven for a few
  weeks. Think about dishes you can make on the
  stove, or in the microwave, and plan your meals
  ahead so that you dont have to stress about
  feeding your family while the project is underway.

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• Turn to disposable items
• Without a full sink or access to a dishwasher, it
  may make more sense to use disposable (preferably
  recyclable or reusable) crockery and cutlery
  until you get back into your new kitchen.
• Try to ignore the mess
• No matter how professional and experienced the
  contractors are, they cant help making a bit of
  a mess, but cleaning it up every day may not be
  possible, or worth the trouble. Its better to
  turn a blind eye to the mess while the project is
  underway, and focus on how wonderful it will look
  once its finished.

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• As with any renovation project, its important to
  remember that the noise, mess and inconvenience
  are all temporary, and that the end result will
  absolutely be worth eating off of paper plates
  and getting takeout more often than you might
  usually, for just a few weeks.

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