When it comes to storage and housework, the first thing many people think of is a Japanese housewife.
But I recently discovered that many women in China are not inferior to Japanese housewives in housework skills.
For example, @周小也shadow, 35 years old this year, who claims to be “a young woman living alone”.
Zhou Xiao is also a freelancer and lives in a 140 square meter house with the dog Xi Bao.
Last year, after she posted photos of her life alone on social platforms, she instantly attracted countless netizens with her good home improvement aesthetics and “obsessive-compulsive”-level storage.
Her home takes the retro route, the furniture is mainly solid wood, with vivid green plants and decorative paintings that reflect individuality.
It’s not an empty minimalist style, you can see all kinds of small decorations everywhere.
Everyone knows that when there are too many things in the house, it is easy to mess up. But fortunately, Zhou Xiao also has full storage skills and uses all kinds of storage boxes to the fullest.
The refrigerator is mainly made of transparent storage boxes, which can clearly see what is inside, so that she can keep track of the food inventory at any time.
She will use a white narrow storage basket + kraft paper bag for storage of small and large quantities of small objects such as seasonings, baking tools, stationery, etc., which can better complete the classification of items, and the vertical storage is more convenient to take.
In the living room and dining room, in order to match the solid wood-style storage racks and cabinets, woven storage baskets were chosen.
In the closet, multiple drawer storage boxes are used to replace traditional drawers and partitions. Flexible and easy to move, you can change the wardrobe layout at any time.
Many people may be curious, it must take a lot of time and energy to keep a 140 square meter house so clean and tidy, right?
In fact, Zhou Xiao also said that her secret to keeping the house tidy is “daily basic cleaning + regular deep cleaning + year-end dead end cleaning”. On average, the time spent on cleaning is only about 1 hour a day.
This is actually similar to the popular “housework list” among Japanese housewives, which quantifies the heavy housework, subdivides it into each day, and formulates a daily/weekly/quarterly (yearly) plan to efficiently manage the housework time.
Some people say that if you make a “housekeeping checklist”, you can easily have a new home where you live and live.
Since it’s so magical, let’s talk about how to make your own “housekeeping list” today.
Our daily cleaning goal is to maintain the home at an “easy-to-care” level. It doesn’t need to be too deep, but the basic cleaning that needs to be done cannot be less.
The first thing Zhou Xiao wakes up every day is to spend two minutes making the bed.
Clean the sink after washing in the morning, and scrape the bathroom glass doors and mirrors with a squeegee after taking a shower in the evening.
Dust removal is also a must-do item every day.
Use a dusting duster to clean the bookshelves and tabletops, and let the sweeping robot take care of floor hygiene.
She is still implementing a no-food plan recently, and she prepares three meals a day by herself.
In order to improve the efficiency of cooking, she will prepare the dishes in advance, and now it only takes 15 minutes to make a meal.
Put the dishes in the dishwasher or wash the dishes manually after the meal.
The housework to be completed every day looks like a lot of trivial things, but in fact most of them are trivial matters of a few minutes, and they all add up to about an hour.
Because everyone usually goes to work, I recommend to arrange the daily housework list in the order of “morning-mid-evening”.
There is no standard answer to the specific housework items and the specific time of each item in the list.
For example, Zhou Xiao also lives alone, so washing and drying clothes is not her daily housework, but for friends who live with family, this is another item that needs to be included in the daily housework list.
If you really have no clue about the housework list, you can refer to the basic daily housework list below, and then make adjustments in the course of practice.
The basic daily cleaning is to maintain the home at a “easy-care” level, and the weekly cleaning is to upgrade the home to a clean and tidy state.
Zhou Xiao also regularly conducts deep cleaning of the home.
Do some dust removal on the sofa and curtains.
Brush the toilet and bathtub carefully.
Water faucets, mirrors, etc. should be descaled.
ps. The effect of citric acid + hot water to remove scale is first-rate.
Floor tiles and wall tiles should also be scrubbed carefully, paying particular attention to the corners and corners where mildew is easy.
Places that have become moldy can be rescued with 84 disinfectant diluted with cold water.
The range hood is degreasing with heavy grease cleaner.
Small kitchen appliances such as rice cookers also use multifunctional cleaners, or “baking soda + hot water” to remove surface oil.
Clean the refrigerator and prepare the early meal for next week-as we mentioned earlier, Zhou Xiao also has a quick recipe for cooking.
The first step in preparing meals in advance is to wash the food, wash the vegetables with water, and remove the blood from the meat.
The second step is to process the ingredients. The specific treatment method depends on the recipe.
For example, spare ribs, beef tenderloin, etc., can be cut and marinated with seasonings, and placed in a fresh-keeping box with the side dishes to freeze.
Spinach, fungus, etc., can be blanched in hot water before being preserved, and then used as a cold dish.
Chopped green onion, ginger slices, seasoning sauce, etc. can also be prepared in advance, frozen in the ice cube, and directly broken off when cooking.
The processed ingredients are put into fresh-keeping boxes, labeled, and placed in the refrigerator neatly and easily.
Weekends are more relaxed and free, so the weekly housekeeping list is recommended to be arranged by region.
The specific matters are still determined according to personal circumstances, and they may not even be “weekly”.
For example, office workers who leave early and return late and basically do not fire at home can also perform deep cleaning only once every two weeks.
The following is a reference to the “Weekly Housekeeping List”.
Because of the daily basic cleaning and weekly deep cleaning, quarterly or year-end cleaning no longer needs to be laborious, and it is enough to focus on the blind spots that are usually overlooked.
For example, wiping the lamps, emptying the cabinet, and wiping and disinfecting the inside of the cabinet.
The sofa covers and curtains were removed and thrown into the washing machine, and the sofa cushions were vacuumed with a vacuum cleaner.
Disassemble and wash the cooker hood, and remove the oil inside the oven and microwave.
Organize the closet, wash and store out-of-season clothes.
Seasonal/annual cleaning plays a role in checking for omissions. When we list quarterly/annual housework, we mainly consider some sanitary corners.
Give a reference as usual?
I used to hate doing housework, first because I feel that there is no end to housework, and second, I don’t know where to start.
The housework list is like a “progress bar”. With it, you have goals and directions when you do housework.
Find your own cleaning rhythm and make a list of housework that suits you. You will find that it is not that difficult to have a home that is as clean as new after many years of staying in.
Source: @周小也shadow, Instagram, etc.
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