6 secrets of clean Scandinavian apartments

Have you ever noticed that Scandinavian apartments always look perfectly clean? Sometimes it seems that no one lives here - well, it’s just impeccable order. You can, of course, look for the reason that they know some special secrets of comfort in the hygge style or this is their specific mentality. However, as it turns out, Scandinavians simply use simple solutions when renovating and decorating their homes. And we will tell you about them.

Light shades of decoration and furniture

By the way, the fashion for light colors in interior design came to us precisely with the Scandinavian style, which many quickly liked. And indeed, white looks neat, strict and, surprisingly, always clean.

The fact that many people consider this shade to be too easily soiled is another myth, because the main thing is to choose the right finishing material (for example, wallpaper that can be washed, or moisture-resistant paint) and furniture facades (preference is given to matte coatings rather than glossy ones).

Dirty shoes - only at the front door

You've probably noticed more than once how in Western films people walk into a room wearing street shoes. This is partly just fiction. In Scandinavian countries, it is similarly not customary to walk around the house in dirty shoes or boots.The explanation for this is the simplest - we carry so much dirt into the house on our shoes that it is sometimes difficult to imagine. Of course, the smart solution is to leave your shoes at the door. Of course, the house will be much cleaner, and bacteria and germs brought from outside will not spread throughout all rooms.

As a matter of fact, our cultures are very similar in this regard, so following the example of the Scandinavians will not pose any difficulties.

By the way, when visiting, they bring their own slippers and under no circumstances go into the living rooms wearing what they came in.

Pre-designed storage system

Perhaps the coolest secret of order in Scandinavian houses is that residents very competently think through all storage systems. Moreover, they are not always hidden from prying eyes. However, organized little things on the shelves, hanging rails, hooks and interesting systems - all this helps to maintain order in the house and find a place for each specific thing to avoid visual clutter.

Ideal lighting in all rooms

Since winter in Scandinavian countries is quite severe and, as a rule, long (more than 3 months), lighting is important in any apartment. Of course, it is artificial, but the principle is quite simple: the lighter the room, the cleaner and visually larger it seems. By the way, the same principle directly affects the quality of cleaning. If the corner is dark, it is clear that it will be more difficult to restore order there than in a more illuminated area.

From here we take an example: we carefully think through the lighting in our homes so that there are no too dark corners and areas.

Large carpets? Excluded!

In Scandinavian apartments and houses, you are unlikely to see carpets on the walls, as we are accustomed to seeing them since our childhood.And there is never carpet or long-pile carpets on the floor. If the people of these northern countries place something like this, it looks like a small accent accessory that can always be washed in a washing machine or put away without any effort at all.

Minimalism as a philosophy of life

Perhaps someone will be very surprised, but in Scandinavian houses there are practically no built-in storage systems; residents are not familiar with such concepts as a pantry, storage on balconies, mezzanines, boxes under the bed. They easily part with all their junk - worn out, broken. They simply do not have unnecessary things that need to be stored somewhere and protected like the apple of their eye.

The Scandinavians approached the organization of their lives very competently. To maintain order in their homes, they simply got rid of the habit (or did not have it at all) of hoarding and learned to declutter the space from everything that had already served its purpose. We can do the same thing at home: keep only what brings positive emotions and easily part with what we will never use again.