In case you are wondering, my kitchen looked like this as of yesterday, Completely bare. They tore down our countertops and cabinets Monday. Since then, we got some new drywall and filled in the holes on the floor.
As far as meals have gone, it's kind of like camping, a little inconvenient, but still the comforts of home. Oh wait, y'all don't plug in your coffeepots in the wilderness? Well, I do. Okay, so this is like CAR camping. Whatev. Last weekend, we cleared out our laundry room and moved everything in there. We have a microwave, a countertop toaster that can cook a casserole or pizza and a coffee maker. We borrowed a 4-foot folding table from our neighbors and that's our work space/ coffee area. We're using our second "beer" fridge as a regular fridge and our utility closet is doubling as a pantry. One sucky thing is that we don't have a utility sink. I miss being able to do dishes in something other than a small washtub in our tiny first floor half bath. Two things making life easier for us are huge packages of plates, bowls and paper coffee cups I got from Costco. I'm sorry, earth. Another thing is the 10 casseroles I froze beforehand.
On Monday they come to install our cabinets and I believe that means we'll get our fridge and range back. After that we wait for countertops, then they hook up our sink and dishwasher and then we get our backsplash. As our house is 45 years old, we feared that we might have some unexpected "Money Pit" type surprise expenditures, but knocking on wood, so far it's been only moving a pipe a few weeks ago and some drywall repairs. So far, it doesn't seem so painful, but we'll see!
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