8 Steps to Surviving a Kitchen Remodel


If you're lucky enough to have a morning kitchen or a guesthouse, you can turn that into food-prep central. Or outfit a corner of the basement, garage or workroom with a few portable tables, standalone shelves, storage crates and folding chairs.

Keep things simple and pare down to the kitchen tools you really, truly can't live without. Be merciless — how often are you going to use your food processor or waffle iron? Stash the essentials close at hand and store the rest.

Move your fridge to your temporary kitchen, if possible; if not, invest in a minifridge and a chest freezer or borrow them from a friend.
4. Stock the pantry with disposables. Without your usual spot to wash dishes, you'll be getting creative (the bathtub, an outdoor hose, a cooler full of sudsy water).
Make life easier by stocking up on recyclable or biodegradable plates, napkins, cups and utensils. You'll streamline cleanup and cut down on the stress of your temporary displacement.
5. If the weather
cooperates, put your grill to work. Here's a secret: Your grill can do almost anything your oven
can. Need to roast meat or vegetables, or bake pizza? Look to the grill. You
can even channel your Scout days and use it for foil-packet meals, pans of
biscuits and rolls, skillet pies and cobblers and, of course, s'mores.

6. Keep a stash of nonperishable snacks. When you're starving but can't face putting together a full meal in your makeshift digs, snacks can save your stomach.
Peanut butter, crackers, dried fruit or fruit leather, canned goods, trail mix and more can make for quick meals in a pinch.
7. Leave town for a short time, if you can. If you're considering a vacation or need to
schedule a business trip, now might be a good time, assuming you're comfortable
with the remodeling work continuing in your absence. Bonus points if you're
visiting relatives — you might score a home-cooked meal or two.

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