Home renovation is always a painful affair, which involves large scale upheaval of furniture and other household items. You can make it less of a bother by following a few tips:

• If you are having your home renovated while staying in it, keep one room aside to dump all your things. Make it a kind of base for operations.
  
  

• Do not invest in too many things. Buy the items you require as and when construction progresses or after construction
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• Protect your furniture and wood items by covering them with a thick, old blanket or bedspread.
  
  

• Dusty things like cement should be stored outdoors, not indoors.
  
  

• People who have chronic asthma or other allergic symptoms should not stay in a house that is being renovated. The same applies to the elderly.
  
  

• The kitchen should be the last place to be renovated and one bathroom should always be kept for use.
  
  

• Food items should be kept covered all the time.
  
  

• Paints and varnishes should be kept out of reach of children.