step 7: preparing for installation
Kitchen renovations are easier with these simple steps
Proper preparation can greatly ease the inconvenience of your kitchen remodel. This post will share tips on creating a temporary kitchen, keeping the right tools close at hand and stocking specific foods to make your kitchen remodeling project run as smoothly as it can.
Set Up A Temporary Kitchen Space
Before any major construction begins, look for an area of your home such as basement, dining room or perhaps even garage where you can set up a makeshift kitchen.
- Use a folding table for your countertop
- Select secondary appliances to cook with, such as:
- Toaster oven
- Coffee maker
- Slow cooker
- Small microwave
- Single burner electric hotplate
- Decide where you’ll wash dishes, such as a bathroom sink or laundry tub. Setting your temporary kitchen up close to this location is usually a good idea.
Keep the Right Tools Close at Hand
When working in your temporary kitchen space, less is more. Start with two plastic storage bins. In one bin, gather cooking utensils and cookware compatible with microwave cooking and safe for use in a toaster oven. The second bin can hold essentials like paper plates, aluminum foil, plastic wrap, garbage bags and sandwich bags. Place everything else into storage until the installation is complete.
Stock Specific Easy-Prep Foods
Inventory your pantry and stock up on dry and canned goods such as cereals, soups, fruit, veggies and more. Crackers, nuts, peanut butter, raisins and fruits are quick snacks. Heat-and-serve entrées, fresh salads or a quick rotisserie chicken can usually be found in your local supermarket’s deli section.
You can also consider making ahead your own freeze-and-heat meals. Make use of your slow cooker for bigger meals like pot roast and chili. As for the kids, packing their school lunch may be difficult during your kitchen renovation, so consider allowing them the luxury of buying lunch at school instead.
Prepare for the Mess
Dust and debris is inevitable in any remodel project. Doing prep work before our installers arrive is a critical step in the kitchen installation timeline – and a great opportunity to minimize the stress of living through a kitchen remodel. Here are helpful tips to survive a kitchen remodel.
- Try to seal off your entire kitchen space with some clear plastic sheeting. This can be tough if you have an open floor plan, but the more you can create a bubble around your construction zone, the less the rest of your home is impacted.
- Close all air vents on the same floor as the kitchen, especially during heavy construction days.
- Close as many doors as possible and keep them closed.
- In adjoining rooms to the kitchen, cover your furniture, bookcases, and electronics with plastic or blankets.
- Give yourself a break by planning family time away from the kitchen remodel project, including some dinners out.
- If possible, create a main construction area in the garage or even outside (weather permitting) to help prevent the dust and noise of construction from invading your main living space.
Keep in close contact with your Kitchen Craft Designer and their extended team during the cabinet installation process. They will keep you updated on the expected delivery of your new kitchen cabinets and when our team will begin the installation process.
Our team has assisted with hundreds of affordable kitchen remodeling projects in Winnipeg, Regina and Edmonton and can share helpful advice they’ve learned from their homeowner clients to make your kitchen remodel journey run as smoothly as possible.
