I found out the start date of the kitchen demo will be two weeks away. If you read my previous post, we started the kitchen remodel project planning process about 6 months ago. Since the weather was so bad this past winter, the start of the process was delayed a bit too. But that was OK. I didn't feel like cooking outside in the freezing temperatures. Now, I can get down to business and start doing what I do best, and that is decluttering and organizing.
Of course, I first purged the different cabinets of anything I didn't use. Since I have been doing this all along, there wasn't that much to get rid of. Then, I organized the stuff I kept. Here are the kitchen remodel project tips I wrote up just for you. This helped me clear the cabinets and get me organized for this major remodel.
Helpful kitchen remodel tips to help reduce stress
I started with the cabinets I did not use often, like the one above the fridge and the small corner cabinets.
I cleared out lots of old plastic water bottles and moved wine glasses that I hadn't used in years because they were stored above the refrigerator to an area where my other smaller supplies of wine glassware were in our dining room. Now, I can actually use them.
I cleared the upper cabinet decor.
I washed them and put them in the other room inside a cabinet for safekeeping. Most of these decorations will be reused in my new kitchen.
I was able to store all the stapled foods in the foyer closet/pantry I had been using.
Yes, if you know my posts, I had a pantry in my foyer that I use for my kitchen supplies. You can check out this post.
I place all my pots and pans and cookbooks in our enclosed sunroom.
I wanted them handy since I have a few weeks till the demo.
The items that were under the sink went in their own opened box and were stored in the sunroom as well.
I knew I would be using these items to wash cooking supplies when grilling, so I wanted to keep it nearby.
And for the rest, I boxed up items into categories, just in case I needed them.
For my utensils, I bought cheap dividers and organized them into the organizers' sections.
I purchased them from a discount store. Then, I was able to stack the organizing trays on top of one another and store them downstairs out of the way. This helped when I needed to put everything back into the new kitchen.
BEFORE image of the Kitchen Remodel
Here is the room cleared out; the electrical was already done, and the cabinets were going up. It was starting to come together.
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In the next post, I will talk about how we ate during the demo and reconstruction process of those three weeks. And, no, we didn't eat out all the time. I hope you enjoyed this post. Please share to show love.
Below are links to the other two posts:
PART 1: KITCHEN ZONES TO ADD TO YOUR NEW KITCHEN
PART 3: EATING HEALTHY TIPS WITHOUT A KITCHEN
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