New kitchen next week - how to manage?!

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We are getting a new kitchen fitted next week, so they are coming to rip out the old one on Monday. Any tips for packing it all up and coping without for a week?!

Is it best to pack up like we are moving house?

My thoughts:

• kettle, airfryer, old microwave, tea making stuff etc on table in dining room
• fridge in same room
• quick meals/ takeout & washing up in downstairs bathroom

help me please

That actually sounds like you have it totally covered 🤣

@Cocomarine ha I prefer to be in control but i am sure i have missed something!

Not great for the environment I know but I got a big pack of paper plates and used those to save washing. Also used up some disposable cutlery I'd had in a cupboard for years. We got a cheap toastie maker from Asda for lunches which is still going strong 2 years later. Good luck, it'll be worth it!

Paper plates! Yes. Thank you we have a stack, Ill dig them out.

We had ours done in October last year. Moved the entire contents of the kitchen into the dining room, put the stuff you will need close to the door. Keep an area for dirty stuff and clean stuff. We washed up in the bath (bloody hated that) we have a bbq hut so used that a lot. You’re covered with the fridge. Our lovely neighbours did us dinner one night, mum another at least you’re in salad season, I really missed vegetables.

Also a washing up bowl for carting stuff to the bathroom to wash up and a camping water carrier might be useful if your dining table is any distance from the nearest tap.
Salad one night, fish & chips or takeaway another, microwave rice, beans on toast……have you got a slow cooker or could you borrow one?

We had microwave, kettle and fridge in our dining room plus we borrowed an electric induction plate from a friend to make some one-pot-meals.

We had one crate with tea bags/basic spices/pesto jar/curry sauces/rice microwave packs for easy access. Another one with mugs, bowls, plates, ja pan. and a pot and knives. All other stuff was in more crates upstairs in the guest bedroom.

I don't like eating from paper plates unless it is dry food so we didn't used them but I know of people who did during a kitchen renovation.

I agree with making sure you keep doors closed, maybe keeping a heavy duty plastic sheet in front of them as well. I also had a bedsheet over the crates to keep things dust free. We had the unfortunate issue that we needed new ceilings and floors and walls re-plastered so plenty of dust and dirt. Our fitters were great and we had a hob and sink back first thing.

Yes to take away or eating out. We also used the BBQ as we were lucky with the weather.

It was so worth it.

We were lucky as our kitchen only took 3 days. A friend made dinner one night and we had fish and chips the next. By oh my the dust!

I found the kitchen quicker and easier than the bathroom!

Can you do a couple of meals now for the freezer to reheat in the microwave.

Use couscous instead of pasta or rice as the carb as it’s much easier to prepare without a hob, just boil the kettle and pour it over
BBq is also a good idea- you can cook mushrooms, zuchinni and capsicum on it for your veges.

Oh yes, ours over ran because of bastard covid. Slow cooker was a godsend