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It is possible to stay in your apartment while kitchen renovations are in process. The first thought is how best to take care of the dust factor?

Your general contractor will be able to control dust by sealing off the construction area with a vinyl zip-door to go in and out, plastic walls, and the team will place a heavy-duty cover across the entire floor area.

It is also a clever idea to cover your furniture with bed sheets as some dust is simply unavoidable! Danny Diulus, project manager for Georgia In Home services, says, "My entire aim is for homeowners to retain their day-to-day schedule on the other side of my erected dust wall, which separates the remodel area from your living space."

Most apartment remodel projects we do involve problem solving how to gain more storage space. One option is to look upwards and take advantage of the wasted space by installing new cabinets on top of your existing upper cabinets. You can store items on the highest shelves. Upper cabinets (known as wall cabinets) help get you more organized with storage for seldom-used kitchen appliances, big vases, and baking kits.

If you do not already have one, install a kitchen island. Perhaps a kitchen Island that extends into the living area, doubling up as a dining table. Think of styling your Island with a new-look waterfall granite slab on one side, which drapes down from the island to the floor. Adding cabinets to the Island is a perfect way to create more storage space.

There is also something to be said for capturing innovative areas to install single floating shelves, like the dead-space above the door frame, or the elongated dead-space to the left and right side of the door frame.

Despite the inevitable stress, the good news about kitchen renovation is that it is possible to stay in your apartment, with only some changes to your daily routine. Apartment dwellers implement just two major changes - set up a temporary alternative kitchen inside the home and set up a dining area elsewhere in their home. When you are ready, call us for a quality end result!