We gutted our kitchen in '08 and the whole house was unsettled. We also redid the dining room- basically lived in the bedroom. There was stuff in the living room from the dining room and the basement family room had stuff from the utility room which is under the kitchen. We had to do a downdraft vent for the cooktop that was vented through the utlity room. We set up the kurig, microwave and storage tubs with paper dishes, plastic silverware and the cat dishes and food. Our fridge was moved to the dining room, so sometimes during the day it was not accesable (sp?). So there were times that we had to go out the front door, through the garage to the other fridge to get something to eat. We ate out some, ate lots of cereal and sandwiches and microwave dinners. It was only for about 5 weeks. I was really sick of those MW dinners! LOL definitely worth it though- my old kitchen was horrible and the new one is amazing!