Every time I see someone doing housework and struggling to do it, cleaning artifacts, climbing high and low, and turning over boxes and cabinets, I feel a little sorry for him.
Because in fact, a lot of housework does not have to be done, as long as you do more "housekeeping" design when decorating, you can do it.
In this issue, let's start with the kitchen that needs the most housework design, and see how these designs kick off housework?
Ground rail door, the bottom of the track will hide dirt and dirt for a long time, forming a sanitary dead end, even if the current ground rail door has been changed to a minimalist track, but it is still difficult to clean.
In contrast, the hanging rail door is much more comfortable, directly paved, there is no sanitary dead angle at all, and there is no need to clean the track at all.
Of course, compared with the ground rail, the hanging rail feels swaying, easier to break, and the installation conditions are more demanding, which is also true.
To be good, you have to increase some budget, it depends on everyone's choice, whether to increase a few hundred dollars, or to decorate a little less, and then clean it yourself.
If the living room is tiled, it must be paved to the kitchen.
Otherwise, leave a doorstone, which is not good-looking, and there is a height difference, forming a sanitary dead end.
As for tiles or wooden floors, this kind of problem is not only a factor of cleaning, if you want to look at it from the point of view of today's article, then tiles, better cleaning.
The skin film and matte surface of the cabinet door, although it looks high-end, it is comfortable to touch.
However, we also have to admit that it is indeed more difficult to take care of, and after a little longer, the oil stains on our hands and the oil stains on the splashes are very difficult to wipe off.
You have to use a detergent, and you may not always be able to wipe it clean when you wipe it slowly.
In contrast, glossy doors are much easier to clean, and a little wiping of a cloth will wipe them clean.
However, the texture is like this, some people like it and some people don't like it, and when you usually use it and clean it, you need to pay special attention to the rag, because the shiny surface is easy to scratch.
If you don't reach the top of the cabinet, the top of the cabinet will be very dirty, and every time you clean it, you can make people vomit that way, and if you have to wipe it every day, it will take a lot of effort.
Therefore, if you want to make a wall cabinet, you must make it top and add a sealing plate.
In order to look good, you can do a hidden sealing board, which has the effect of one door to the top, which is simple and atmospheric.
If there is already a wall cabinet at home that is not on the top, then at least cover it with something, and replace it when cleaning.
If you want to put the dishes and chopsticks in the cabinet for storage, then you have to wipe the dishes and chopsticks for every meal, dry them, and then put them in, wash the rags, and take them out again for the next meal.
But if you set up a draining area and set up a draining rack on the edge of the sink, then after washing the dishes, you can directly put the bowl on the draining rack, and it is also convenient to use the dishes and chopsticks for the next meal, relatively speaking, it will save a lot of trouble.
Frankly speaking, having a drain rack does destroy the beauty of "empty countertops". But life is not a pictorial, and for families living in life, the "chaos" of a draining rack is still acceptable.
Because it cannot be completely seamless, the gap in the stove of almost all families is a sanitary corner.
It is easy to hide rice residues, oily ......Cleaning up is also cumbersome.
It is a cleaning pain point, so there are many methods, and there are five methods that I know at present: gap sticker, glass glue, beauty sewing agent, tape sticker, and gap plug.
I've tried the first four, but none of them:
The gap paste is too hard and the paste is not conformable;
glass glue, mold in a few months;
The beauty sewing agent will crack after a long time;
After the tape is applied for a long time, it will change color and warp.
At the moment, I think the only thing that is quite reliable is this gap plug.
It can block the debris that is going to go in, and when you rub it, because it is soft, you can also rub it in the crevices. It's just that when it's stuffed, it's more strenuous.
The kitchen countertop, really just used a circle, or feel stainless steel yyds.
The slabs will be broken and unusable;
Quartz countertops, high-quality will not bleed, but the water retaining strip is moldy and black;
Artificial stone, that is, low-grade quartz stone, can be used as an arc-shaped water retaining strip, but it is still difficult to escape the doom of seepage, dirty, and difficult to clean;
Acrylic, let alone the edges, will crack, will bleed, all the shortcomings are accounted for;
Corian, easy to scratch;
Only stainless steel countertops, as long as you are willing to raise your budget a little and do the cladding stainless steel customization, you can achieve almost perfection.
The water retaining strip can be integrated, and the oil baffle can also be turned up, and the surface can also be textured, not afraid of scratches, not afraid of bleeding, and can also be used as a storage system on the water retaining strip, which is almost meaningful.
But if you want to improve your appearance, it's not impossible that you can choose a solid stainless steel countertop, which is very tall, and it is not a problem that this thing can be used for several generations, but the wallet is not very allowed, last time I went to the store to ask, 10mm, a linear meter is 9000 yuan (including cabinets) ......
In addition, the stainless steel countertop has one of the biggest advantages - the sink can be made into a one-piece type.
You don't have to worry about making undercounter basins, countertop basins, and Taichung basins, they actually have sanitary dead ends, but it is just a matter of size and difficulty in cleaning up.
Directly choose the covered stainless steel, the sink and the countertop are made into an integrated type, and there is no sanitary dead angle at all.
Even, if you want, you can make the countertop ramp-like, and the open water will automatically flow into the sink, so you can save once or twice a day even by wiping the countertop.
Of course, I know that the current mainstream is not yet stainless steel countertops.
If you're concerned about the gaps in the sink, boost your budget and make a seamless basin.
Seamless basins, too expensive to accept, then make undercounter basins, the gap is not visible in the place, the frequency of cleaning is much lower.
If you are afraid of the basin falling, then do reinforcement, and make two steel pipes at the bottom to fix it, but don't be afraid of it, go to the countertop basin, Taizhong basin, that thing, you have to clean it up in the later stage, there is only one way - use mold removal gel, and use it constantly.
If you don't use stainless steel countertops, you are faced with a choice, whether to retainer the water strip or not.
My advice is not to, because don't be relatively wanted, can be less than one piece of glass glue to be cleaned.
Of course, the specific situation depends on your own situation, the water retaining strip is actually an ugly strip, if the wall is uneven, then you don't want to keep the water strip can't.
In addition, don't do the curved water retaining strip, because the real quartz stone can't make the arc water retaining strip, and the fake artificial stone is not necessary to pretend to be quartz stone.
Also, the front water strip is a pseudo demand, and there is no need to do it, and there is no problem with the water dripping on the countertop.
Afraid of dripping onto the cabinet? And the drip line.
In fact, it is to make a small slot under the countertop.
Its function is to let the water droplets, flow here, and drop to the ground, don't soak in the cabinet.
Once you have it, you can avoid the hassle of cleaning the mold inside the cabinet.
The wall behind the stove is easy to get dirty, so in order to wipe it well, we can choose to put enamel board on the wall.
The wall is directly integrated as a whole, like a whiteboard for meetings, which is very easy to take care of, and can also be used for magnetic absorption.
If the appearance does not meet the requirements, then large tiles or rock slabs will directly form a whole on the wall behind the stove.
If the budget does not allow, then use 60*120 bricks or 80*80 bricks to calculate the final effect of the stove wall, so that the tile gaps can appear behind the stove as little as possible.
No matter how bad it is, there are already gaps, at least put an oil-proof sticker on the wall to make it easier to wipe.
The beautiful seams of kitchen wall tiles and floor tiles, if you use epoxy colored sand, it is considered to be stepping on the pit.
Because this thing is expensive, difficult to clean, and has serious bleeding, its advantages are stickiness and hardness.
On the contrary, the cheaper epoxy-based sewing agent is cheap and easy to take care of, although the viscosity and hardness are not as good as epoxy color sand, but the kitchen space, it does not wade in water, and it will fall off and then hit again, and there will be no other consequences.
Faucets, black will show scale, clean every day, very troublesome.
The white paint will fall off after a long time, and the white resin coating will bleed, and I have tried it myself.
So, the best choice for the color of the faucet is chrome.
Of course, if the budget is willing to increase, white and gray can also be selected, and if there is a budget, the plating and paint process will be improved, and naturally there will be no problem of falling off.
Finally, and the finale, the factor that has the greatest impact on the amount of housework in the kitchen - storage.
I'll give you an example to make it easy to make it clear:
If you take the route of display, easy access, then cleaning is inevitable, just looking at the picture below, you will feel that it will not be long greasy, and it is very troublesome to clean up.
If you take the empty route, the oil will not erode and it will be easier to clean, which will naturally reduce the difficulty of housework.
Of course, in fact, convenience and good cleaning are also a matter that needs to be relatively balanced, just like the draining basket we talked about earlier, although it is taken out of the cabinet, it saves the trouble of wiping the dishes, and it is also a housework design.
In short, although it is good to go to housework, it is not the only factor, don't go to extremes, just look at whether it is easy to clean.