Disposable tableware and kitchen renovation tips please?

We’ve just had comprehensive repairs done after a flood to the ground floor of our house and had no sink or water downstairs for a month. I made a kind of mini kitchen in a bedroom, with a ‘breakfast bar’ of cereals and coffee etc.

I bought a washing up bowl with a plug (£4 in Tesco) to use in a bathroom basin and a mix of paper plates and bowls and our usual plates. I also got wooden cutlery, which feels weird in the mouth but it did the job, and paper cups. We ate an awful lot of ready meals and I confess that to make washing up as easy as possible, we ate the ready meals out of their original containers served up on plates for a veneer of civilisation. We also used plastic picnic tumblers for water and other drinks.

We got by somehow and it was wonderful to eat at a proper table again when the work was finished!

Thanks Skydancer. I'm trying to take the "it is what it is" attitude, but that's now - try me 3 weeks down the line!

I have had most of the electrical work done in advance, and my kitchen fitters will be able to tile, (plaster if necessary) and plumb without bringing anyone else in. Everything is coming from the same place apart from the tiles, the cooker hood and the under cupboard lights and I'm ordering them this week. Fitter has the skip sorted.

Flooring man is lined up but I won't throw a paddy if that's not done exactly on time.

I'm just hoping my optimism on having everything covered as much as humanly possible is not misplaced!

We are in the middle of this. It is taking ages due to various unforeseen circumstances. I’ve got used to it. Just put up with it as the end result will be worth it. Sounds as if you’ve done all the right things.