| Having your kitchen remodeled is really no big deal, as | | | | about anywhere else. |
| long as you do it while your lying on the beach. | | | | Rasta Man in the Kitchen |
| Preferably a beach on a warm tropical island, with a | | | | Your probably thinking to yourself, if you're on vacation, |
| pleasant trade wind keeping your margarita cool from | | | | then whose watching the workers? The key to all of |
| the oh so scorching rays of the sun. | | | | this is to get a bunch of contractors you can trust. |
| More…Surely you must think I jest, I assure you | | | | Otherwise you'll be worrying yourself sick instead of |
| however, I am serious. We had our kitchen totally | | | | drinking yourself sick with rum punch. We were a little |
| remodeled a few years ago, while our three young | | | | lucky, and a little smart about pick out the crew for the |
| children were all under the age of eight. Not a simple | | | | kitchen remodeling. We didn't go with the cheapest |
| remodel, I'm talking serious stuff here. Old drywall (and | | | | guys in town. We were also lucky to get a contractor |
| walls) coming down, new drywall going up. New | | | | that oversaw the work who was top notch. He acted |
| hardwood floors (the kind you sand with lots of dust), | | | | as if he was remodeling his own kitchen. And he made |
| and old linoleum ripped up. New windows, new kitchen | | | | sure the guys he brought in acted the same way. The |
| doors, new plumbing, new appliances, all new kitchen | | | | only real issue we had to deal with was one phone call |
| cabinets and kitchen counters to match. We even | | | | from the flooring contractor. Apparently they had |
| moved the sink and dishwasher with it's plumbing and | | | | incorrectly measured the floor, and it was really gonna |
| electrical from the west wall to the north wall of the | | | | cost me another $800 over the original quote. Hey, |
| kitchen. In total, the elapsed time for the remodel, lasted | | | | sure why not! Problems like this seem like no big deal, |
| about 4 weeks. So how do you continue to feed your | | | | when you're on the phone from your Caribbean suite |
| young family and continue to live in a house whose | | | | starring of into the sunset, wondering which beach side |
| most important room is in a shambles. | | | | restaurant has the best margarita this side of the |
| Kitchen Drywall Dust vs Beach Sand | | | | island. No problem mon. |
| Well, I'll tell you it isn't easy, but the only real solution, is | | | | Palm Tree Kitchen |
| to get the heck out of town. That's right. Time for a | | | | By the time we got back, there was still some work to |
| winter vacation. We decided, since we're dumping a | | | | be done, but all the messy and nasty stuff was |
| ton of money on a entire new kitchen, we may as well | | | | finished. Plus, things we're pretty much on schedule. So, |
| dump a ton more money on a well earned vacation in | | | | we converted the family room into a makeshift dining |
| Aruba. So, for the first two weeks of the remodel, we | | | | room for a week or so, and made due until the rest of |
| were hanging out on a beach, or by the pool, or | | | | the kitchen remodel was finished. A couple of palm |
| swimming up to a swim up bar while the contractors | | | | trees in the family room would have been perfect, but |
| were sanding drywall and hardwood (cough cough). | | | | hey mon don't worry . . . every little ting gonna be all |
| We figured that during the two messiest weeks of the | | | | right. |
| kitchen remodeling, the best place to be would be just | | | | |