Project Timeline

Depending on the size of your project, availability of materials and contractors, and your natural decision-making process, your kitchen remodel timeline may last a few weeks or a few months. (It doesn’t happen overnight like those home makeover shows make it appear.)

Get to know the steps to remodel a kitchen and the activities in each, so you understand what to do now, what comes next in the order of events, and what a typical bath or kitchen renovation timeline looks like.

Kitchen and Bath Remodel Order of Events

Typical Time Frame: As long as you need

Gather ideas
Set a budget
Take measurements
Meet with a kitchen planning professional
Order KraftMaid® cabinetry door and finish samples
Refine design plans
Get contractor quotes

Tips:

Revise and adjust your design plan as many times as it takes. It’s easier and far less expensive to try out ideas on paper than it is to change course after you order materials and begin construction.

Typical Time Frame: VARIES

Order cabinets
Purchase fixtures, flooring and appliances
Box up your dishes
Set up a temporary kitchen

Tips:

Your cabinets will take a minimum of 4 weeks to arrive. While you’re waiting, plan ahead for life during construction. What meals you can make with a slow cooker? Where will your kids eat? How will you keep pets safe?

Typical Time Frame: A few days-2 weeks

Demo
Plumbing, electric and HVAC rough-in
Drywall and painting

Tips:

Demolition is dirty and dusty. Protect floors and walls leading to and from your kitchen. Expect surprises and delays in this phase. They’re part of every remodeling project.