{"id":6235,"date":"2021-05-13T10:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-13T01:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vhbloglive.wpengine.com\/?p=6235"},"modified":"2021-05-10T16:46:42","modified_gmt":"2021-05-10T07:46:42","slug":"cleaning-your-kitchen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/japanese-apartment-life\/cleaning-your-kitchen\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleaning Your Kitchen"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Wondering about the best\nways to keep your kitchen spick and span? Here\u2019s a guide on how to clean\nit! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While it\u2019s best to keep\nevery room in your home neat, clean, and organized, your kitchen is one area\nyou should pay careful attention to. Keeping your kitchen clean is important\nbecause it is an easy place for germs that can get you sick to grow. From mold\nto bacteria, kitchens can become filled with pathogens if they aren\u2019t cleaned\nproperly. Don\u2019t get sick! Set some time aside to clean. Here\u2019s how you can stay\nhealthy and organized in the kitchen. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Get Rid of Things You\nDon\u2019t Need <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Many of us have plates, utensils, cooking tools, or even appliances that we don\u2019t use very much. It\u2019s a good idea to declutter a bit when you take the time to clean your kitchen. Doing so will make future cleaning easier. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Take the items you don\u2019t need to a thrift store or recycle shop, or give them away to family and friends that might want them. Alternatively, you may be able to sell or give them away on Facebook, Jimoty, Craigslist, or other sites that help people find a new home for unwanted items.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clean the\nRefrigerator <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To avoid smells and food-borne\nillnesses, make sure to clean your refrigerator regularly. Start by going\nthrough the items in your refrigerator and throwing out anything that has\nspoiled or expired. Then, wipe down all of the shelves and walls in the\nrefrigerator using disinfecting wipes or a multipurpose cleaner. Once you\u2019re\ndone sorting out your food and cleaning the refrigerator, re-organize it in a\nmanner that lets you quickly find anything you\u2019re looking for while cooking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Scrub Out the Sink<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The sink is one of the\ndirtiest places in your kitchen. Make sure to give it a lot of attention when\nyou clean! If your sink has a net to catch large food particles, make sure to\nreplace it. Then, sanitize your sink using some bleach, water, and dish soap,\nor a disinfectant spray. Don\u2019t forget about the faucet – make sure to go over\nit and its handles. If they\u2019re metal, using a toothbrush to scrub them can make\nthem sparkle. After disinfecting and scrubbing down your sink, wash all of the\ncleaners away with some hot water. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Clean the Microwave or\nToaster Oven <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The microwave or toaster\noven is also an often overlooked part of the kitchen to clean. Many of us don\u2019t\nclean out our microwaves until some food we\u2019re heating up explodes all over\nthem. Don\u2019t wait for your microwave or toaster oven to become disgusting before\nyou clean it! Wipe down the insides and outsides on kitchen cleaning day. You\nmay also want to scrub any grates in your toaster oven in the sink. Depending\non what you like to cook, there\u2019s a chance some food may have gotten on them.\nYou should also take this time to clean any other kitchen appliances, like a\ncoffee maker, that you may have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Freshen Up Your Stove<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

If you have a flat-top\nstove, cleaning it is pretty easy. You just have to wipe it down the way you\nwould a countertop. However, stoves with heating coils and gas burners are a\nlittle harder to clean. You\u2019ll have to remove them from the stove and scrub\nwhen with soap and water to get them clean. If they\u2019re really dirty and you\nhave a hard time getting them clean with just soap and water, use baking soda\nand vinegar. After you\u2019re done, dry them off and put them back on the stove.\nWipe down the stove\u2019s other surfaces and it\u2019s looking good as new again!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Don\u2019t Forget About High\nUp Storage Spaces <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

High cabinets and\nshelves in your kitchen can easily be neglected, especially if you\u2019re too short\nto reach them easily. When forgotten about for a while, these cabinets and\nshelves can get pretty dusty. Take some time to wipe down the cabinet doors or\ndust off the shelves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Finish Off By Cleaning\nthe Floor <\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s a good idea to save\ncleaning the floor for the last task on your kitchen cleaning to-do list. As\nyou clean everything higher up, dust and debris might come down and settle onto\nthe floor. Besides, it\u2019s not that uncommon for small pieces of food to end up\non your kitchen floor. Use a mop or floor sweeper to get those floors to be\nsparkling clean! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wondering about the best ways to keep your kitchen spick and span? Here\u2019s a guide on how to clean it!  While it\u2019s best to keep every room in your home neat, clean, and organized, your kitchen is one area you should pay careful attention to. Keeping your kitchen clean is important because it is an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6236,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6235","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-japanese-apartment-life"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6235","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6235"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6235\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6236"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6235"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6235"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.villagehouse.jp\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6235"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}