How To Live Without A Kitchen During A Renovation
Planning a kitchen renovation is a big project and not one you can go ahead with without extensive planning.
One of the first questions you might ask when renovating a kitchen is: How does one live without a kitchen during a renovation?
While staying with relatives for the duration of your kitchen renovation might seem like a more desirable choice, it doesn’t have to be the only option.
There are many tips you can follow to ensure your daily routine continues as smoothly as possible in spite of the fact that ‘the kitchen is the most stressful room to renovate in a house’.
With the right designers and plan in place, you’ll have a beautiful kitchen you can be proud of, without you having to sacrifice your sanity.
That said, to live without a kitchen during a renovation, you should:
Carefully schedule your renovation
Organise portable cooking appliances
Set up a temporary kitchen
Batch cook your meals
Prepare for the long haul
1. Carefully Schedule Your Renovation
While you’ll likely do this anyway, it’s essential to carefully schedule your renovation to ensure it’s as convenient as possible for you.
A renovation will inevitably cause disruptions, but this shouldn’t be during a time that you know is going to be particularly busy.
Perhaps you have a stressful period of work coming up that is planned well in advance, or your children are off school for the summer.
While it’s good to be flexible, it’s also important to have open lines of communication with your chosen designers to come up with a renovation timeline that works for you - not one that hinders your lifestyle.
At Cwtch Haus, we dedicate time and attention to each and every one of our customers, to truly understand them and their lifestyles.
To find out more about how we can collaborate with you to create your dream renovation, get in touch with a member of our team today.
While it’s good to be flexible, it’s also important to have open lines of communication with your chosen designers to come up with a renovation timeline that works for you - not one that hinders your lifestyle.
2. Organise Portable Cooking Appliances
You can’t practically eat every meal outside of your house during your kitchen renovation, so it’s important to organise portable cooking appliances.
Along with your white goods such as your freezer and fridge, you’ll want to ensure that you have anything that will make cooking easier as you likely won’t have access to an oven.
From camping stoves to microwaves, to kettles and toasters, there are lots of appliances on the market that can make the cooking process more convenient.
3. Set Up A Temporary Kitchen
Next, you will need to set up a temporary kitchen you can cook in whilst your kitchen designers are fitting the new kitchen.
Ideally speaking, you will want to set up a temporary kitchen in a room with a sink and access to running water, such as in your garage or utility room to make cooking as convenient and hygienic as possible.
However, if this isn’t an option for you, using a washing basin will be sufficient. That said, you will need to discard the water down the drain outside whilst your kitchen isn’t in working order.
As you’ll no longer have kitchen cupboards, it’s also a good idea to buy large bins to store and keep your food safe, as well as keep your crockery and cutlery organised.
Set up your temporary kitchen with any other kitchen essentials, such as your dining room table and chairs, as this will help to maintain some normalcy and routine through a period of disruption.
Ideally speaking, you will want to set up a temporary kitchen in a room with a sink and access to running water, such as in your garage or utility room to make cooking as convenient and hygienic as possible.
4. Batch Cook Your Meals
To make your life as easy as possible for the duration of your kitchen project, it’s best to batch cook your meals, especially if you’re cooking for a family.
Cooking in bulk not only helps to minimise the amount of cooking that you need to do in your temporary kitchen, but it is also great to ‘save time and money’.
There are many meals that you can cook on a camping stove and reheat with ease in a microwave.
It’s also a good idea to stock up on Tupperware, as you’ll be able to store the meals that you cook in bulk in your fridge and freezer and use them as and when needed.
5. Prepare For The Long Haul
Last, but not least, when it comes to living without a kitchen, you will want to plan and prepare for the long haul.
It’s no secret that when planning a renovation, delays can inevitably occur, and you don’t want to find yourselves dealing with an unsustainable living situation because you didn’t prepare adequately.
Planning for the long haul will be unique to you and your living circumstances.
Whether that be investing in a decent camping stove, or purchasing smaller furniture to accommodate everything you need in your temporary kitchen, it’s important to carry out the steps required to make your daily routine sustainable during your renovation.
This way, you’re not at the mercy of delays, and you’ll appreciate your new kitchen all the more when it’s done.
Cover all bases by preparing for the long haul!
When it comes to planning a renovation, delays can inevitably occur, and you don’t want to find yourselves dealing with an unsustainable living situation because you didn’t prepare adequately.
We hope this article will help prepare you for a renovation and has provided you with some useful information on how to live without a kitchen during a renovation.
Cwtch Haus dedicates time and attention to understanding our customers’ lifestyles and habits to create a space that is perfectly tailored to their needs. We work to ensure that your space is not only beautiful but practical for your everyday use.
Get in touch for your free consultation and design from one of our experts. For more advice, head to our blog page or get in contact about our renovation services.
Written by Jemima Thomas for Cwtch Haus.
