08/25/2026
A kitchen remodel takes your kitchen offline for 3 to 5 weeks. Here is what that actually means and what to do about it.
Cooking stops on demo day. Set up a temporary kitchen before work starts: a folding table, microwave, mini-fridge, and electric griddle cover most meals.
Your morning routine changes. Identify what you depend on most and replicate it in the temp setup before day one.
Dust and noise spread beyond the kitchen. Close off adjacent rooms during demo week. It is the hardest stretch and it gets better quickly after.
Your storage disappears early. Box and label your kitchen contents before cabinets come out so the temp setup has what it needs.
What part of your routine would be hardest to give up for a few weeks?