Renovating your kitchen is exciting.
Maybe you’ve been saving for years so you can finally have the kitchen of your dreams. Maybe you just bought your first house and remodeling the kitchen is the last step to complete your perfect home.
As thrilling as the prospect of building a beautiful new kitchen, a demolition and remodel come with frustration and stress - especially if you are living in the home at the time of the renovation.
Luckily, you don't have to find a temporary place to live during the process. Discount Dumpster has put together a guide to make the best of a kitchen renovation. Remember, it’s temporary. Soon you will have the kitchen that you have always wanted.
Have a dedicated space to use as your makeshift “kitchen” to help alleviate the stress of working without one for a short time. Set up a space for prep work, dishwashing and ideally a space to plug in a microwave, electric pressure cooker and any other appliances. This could be a counter space, or a card table or two - whatever works for your family and is out of the way of the construction of your kitchen.
If your budget allows, purchase a mini fridge to use during the remodel. Look at secondhand sites such as Facebook Marketplace, OfferUp and letgo for deals. After you’re finished, try reselling it. Who kn威而鋼
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Gather knives, silverware, plates and any other tools and utensils you need to cook and eat. Store them in your makeshift kitchen for easy access.
When making your shopping list during your kitchen construction, opt for food that doesn’t require refrigeration.
Fresh fruits and vegetables such as apples, pears, bananas, avocados, potatoes, onions and tomatoes can be stored at room temperature. Also, canned goods, cereals, nuts, oatmeal, whole grain bagels and breads, peanut butter and packaged tuna are healthy foods that do not need to be refrigerated.
Don’t fall into the trap of ordering out every meal. Carry out is convenient, but unhealthy. You have to get creative about meal planning when you don’t have your oven or stove.
You can easily make a ton of healthy meals using your electric pressure cooker, slow cooker and toaster oven. On cold days, you can’t beat a delicious soup simmering in the slow cooker all day long.
For a quick meal, you can rely on an electric pressure cooker for fast, amazing dinners like pasta, pot roast and lettuce wraps.
When you need a substitute for your oven, you can make a variety of great meals using your toaster oven. Try sticky, spicy honey chicken, miso-glazed toaster oven salmon and whole-wheat blueberry cornbread muffins.
If you will have access to a freezer during the remodel, prep meals in advance that can easily be heated up during renovation. There are many meals that freeze well. You can store them in small batches so they can defrost quickly and be zapped in the microwave, toaster oven or the slow cooker.
During the summer months, or if you live in an area where the weather is warm year-round, you can set up your temporary kitchen in your backyard or patio.
Use your camping equipment while your kitchen is out of commission. Set up the camp stove and cooler and enjoy your makeshift, open-air kitchen. Remember - it is not safe to use a camp stove indoors.
Your grill does not have to be just for burgers, brats and steaks. In fact, most meals usually made in the oven can also be cooked on your standard grill.
Craving some pizza while your oven is off-limits? Throw that sucker on the grill. Have a hankering for cookies while your oven is unusable? Charcoal-broil those babies.
Would bread be tasty with your pasta, but you don’t have an oven to cook it? Make bread on the grill. In fact, for many items, your grill can be the perfect oven substitute, for when your oven is inoperable, and when you dream kitchen is complete, you can remember this tip for those hot summer days when you don’t want to unnecessarily heat up you house.
A kitchen is the heartbeat of a home. You spend time with your friends and family as you cook meals and laugh and conversate. Taking that pulse away, even for a small amount of time, can drastically affect your life. There are certainly ways to make a kitchen remodel less stressful, and even fun!
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