I work at Ant Moving Company. I was just transferred from Chengdu. Every time I receive a call from a customer, what gives me a headache is asking for the customer’s address. Originally, I was interested in Shenzhen.
Shenzhen is a city dominated by immigrants, and housing prices are extremely high, so renting has become the choice of most people. Due to various factors, we have to change our addresses frequently. If you pick up a few random people on the street and ask them, almost everyone will have more than two moving experiences.
So, how to arrange it after moving into a new environment? How to renovate a rental house to create a home-like atmosphere with the least amount of money? Today, classmate Shen Lan took the 45-month-old one-bedroom apartment that she currently rents as an example. She hopes that more friends will log on to Soufun Home Furnishing Network to show off your home, so that everyone can communicate and improve together.
In the past few years since I came to Shenzhen, I have moved on average once a year. I have lived in farmers' houses and community houses, ranging from 30 square meters to 80 square meters. The place I rent now is not big, only 45 square meters, with one bedroom and one living room. It has a wide view, plenty of light, and the surrounding supporting facilities are quite complete. I like it very much.
The house is a serviced apartment. The layout of the neighbors' houses upstairs and downstairs are all the same, very regular rectangular. The landlord has equipped it with cabinets, shoe cabinets, air conditioners and water heaters, but nothing else. To use a familiar saying, it means renting an empty room, and you have to buy all the soft furnishings yourself.
By the way, let me explain what soft decoration is. Some time ago, I heard an American soft decoration designer say that if the house is turned upside down, anything that can fall down is soft decoration. For renters, it is very important to master basic soft decoration skills and purchase appropriate soft decoration accessories, which can transform a completely unfamiliar rental house into a home with your unique personality.
Without any further chatter, let’s start talking by looking at the pictures one by one. (Note: The first few pictures of the kitchen are messy and not very nice. Please be patient and go back. The focus is on the living room and bedroom, haha.
Looking at my little nest from the door, the space is divided. It is divided into three parts, the first part is the entrance, the kitchen and the bathroom, the second part is the living room (and dining room), and the third part is the bedroom. Wooden storage shelves and bead curtains are used as partitions between the living room and the bedroom.
On the left hand side of the entrance is the kitchen. In home Feng Shui, there is a saying that if you open the door, you will waste more money. It is said that it will also affect the health of the hostess, so I was very hesitant and depressed when I rented the house. However, I The old man (that’s what my husband said in the Northeast) comforted me and said: If you think about it this way, this is not a home, this is a hotel. It is just a transitional place before buying a house. It is not restricted by home feng shui. Could it be that this is what the legend says. Ah Q mentally comforted himself? Haha, he finally rented it.
The kitchen is small and there is only one stove. It is inconvenient to cook more dishes. I still feel that it is not as good as gas if I occasionally use the induction cooker or microwave. The stove worked fine. There were hooks on the wall from the previous tenant, so I made do with them. I originally liked the IKEA kitchen accessories, but unfortunately I had to drill holes in the tiles and said that I should consider the landlord more when renting. , try not to damage it
The induction cooker and microwave oven usually live on top of the refrigerator. There is also a wooden dish draining rack on the top. I bought it from IKEA and it seems to be ¥19.9. I take it out after washing the dishes. Put it down and put it on the sink to dry.
The living room is separated by a glass, and it looks messy. There is no way, the place is small, and more importantly, the house is not as clean and organized as the model house. , there are always a lot of little things to use and display, haha.
Look back at the small shelf in front of the kitchen. Do you see that? I bought a simple shoe rack many years ago. After I moved in, I had a shoe cabinet. I no longer had any use for it, and it felt like a pity to throw it away. I cleaned it and disinfected it and used it as a multi-functional storage rack for preparing dishes (washed or cooked). There is no place to put the cut vegetables, so I put them here temporarily to make up for the shortcomings of the kitchen being too small). The middle layer can be placed with onions, ginger, garlic, boxed salted duck eggs and preserved eggs, Knorr thick soup and other things that are not afraid of getting wet or spoiling. , the lower floor can be used to place rubber gloves, rags and other cleaning tools (not kitchen rags, kitchen rags are too greasy and contain bacteria, so they should be kept separately)
The most important thing for us ordinary people in life is to save money. It is necessary to recycle old things.
Even if this old thing is faded or old, a coat of paint and a change of shape can make it look brand new again. Classmate Shen Lan’s blog has reproduced some amazing methods of renovating old furniture, with real-life illustrations, which are very inspiring, so you might as well take a look.
Refrigerator magnet, 2008 Olympic commemorative version of QQ. The microwave oven was a gift from a colleague when I got married. It works very well. Thank you, comrades. By the way, pay attention to the glass bottles in the lower left corner. They are from IKEA. They cost 7 yuan and 9 cents for 4 pieces, which is quite a bargain.
After reading the left side, let’s look at the right side. On the wall on the right side of the door, there is a small whiteboard bought at Walmart for ￥19.9 and a waterproof apron bought at Dongmen 2 Yuan Store, haha! Some time ago, the small whiteboard was used to record daily expenses. Last month, I spent a lot of money on moving, and it was hard to remember the bits and pieces, so I changed it to recording recipes for the time being.
By the way, braised pork ribs with potatoes is a dish that I never get tired of eating, and fried pork liver with garlic sprouts is a dish that the old man never gets tired of eating. It’s also a great idea to use Knorr Soup Pot to cook soup and blanch spinach (I’m not a sitter.
Between the shoe cabinet and sundry rack in the entrance, just inside the brown wooden door on the right is the bathroom. It violates home feng shui again. My taboo is that the kitchen is opposite the bathroom. I have no choice but to keep the bathroom door closed.
The top shelf of the shoe cabinet contains spare items such as paper towels and disposable cups and plates. IKEA bought a small basket for ¥15 to hang on top, specifically for storing shopping bags, plastic bags, and garbage bags. The two bags on the left are used to carry lunch boxes to the company.
I especially recommend the blue and green ones. The white one was purchased with a few colleagues on Taobao. It costs more than 20 yuan each. It is said to be sealed and insulated, and with a 2 yuan reusable ice pack, you can bring rice in the summer without fear of spoilage. I would like to recommend the blue one on the right. The colored spray bottle is filled with Amway concentrated detergent mixed with water. It is extremely effective at cleaning oil stains and is easier to use than Mr. Wham. The Shenzhen Good Luck Moving Company reminds new and old customers that a bottle costs more than 30 yuan. Money, 1:1 mixed with water, can be used for about a year.
Looking back at the entrance from the living room, there is a dart board behind the door. The old man bought it on a whim and played with it in the first two days. It is typical. 3 minutes of heat. The blanket at the door of the bathroom is still from IKEA. It is quite long, and it is folded in half. It is too cheap, but I went to IKEA in Shenzhen a few days ago and found that it was out of stock? Don’t want to buy any more?
Finally, we’re in the living room. Next to the sofa is the dining table. Next to the dining table is the partition between the living room and the bedroom. I have to consider all the furniture myself. , Shenzhen Longgang Moving Company, spent 2,300 yuan to buy an IKEA Acto sofa, which I plan to move to my new home in the future. As for the rest, the dining table, chairs, wardrobe, and bed frame were found at a flea market, 90% of them. It's new, the quality is good, and it only costs ￥1,100 per day. I plan to sell it to the landlord at a low price when I move next time.
Friends in Shenzhen, take note, I recommend a large flea market in Nanshan. Opposite Nanshan Market, the first floor is for home appliances and the second floor is for furniture. There are many new things and the business is very good.
I like the IKEA Ector sofa very much. The texture is very soft and the sitting posture is good. Regular or older friends may not like it, but it is more suitable for young lazy people who like to sit on the sofa and watch TV. Like me? IKEA has many kinds of sofa covers. When moving to a new house in 2010, pay attention to the feng shui of the move and change the cover for the sofa. Another style immediately appeared.
Our Chinese-style photos are not too pastoral, but we still can’t help but hang them out. The pig on the far left is the doll on the back of the sofa. The little raccoon was given by the old man’s company, the little raccoon was given by my close friend in high school (haha), the puppy dog was given by the old man when we were in love, and Snoopy belonged to my sister. She was too lazy to take it when she moved, so she left it behind. Here I am.
The wooden dining table is of good quality. I originally wanted to buy the IKEA small lamp with the common red lampshade, which is only ¥15.9, but considering that the lampshade is easy to fall off, it is difficult to move. convenient.
I went to the Flower World during May Day and brought back a bunch of things, two pots of sunflowers, a pot of spider plants, and a bottle of this gerbera. Comrades, when buying flowers, go to Flower World. There are many varieties and cheap prices.
This bunch of gerberas produced in Kunming only costs 9 yuan for a bundle of 20 gerberas, and local gerberas are even cheaper. The bottle is on sale for 15 yuan.
I would like to remind everyone that there are many merchants in the flower world, and some of them are not very honest (perhaps because they do not pay attention to retail customers), so you must read more and compare more before buying. Take this bouquet of gerberas, for example. A small shop owner actually asked for 15. I didn’t say anything, I just gave her a blank look and turned around and left.
Sitting on the sofa watching TV, the picture is quite messy, haha, sorry. The TV cabinet and coffee table were bargains bought at a roadside store many years ago. I went to the art exhibition center and bought a tablecloth to cover the coffee table. A lot of food can be hidden underneath. The rattan basket and transparent storage box on the coffee table are both from IKEA. They are used to store snacks. Recently, I had a cough and were refurbished for medicine.
The Art Exhibition Center is a good place, just near Luohu Sungang Talent Market. Building A mainly sells handicrafts with a wide variety of products at affordable prices, while Building B is more high-end. I have written a complete consumption guide for soft furnishings in Shenzhen before. It is on Shen Lan’s blog. You can check it out (click to enter).
The next step is to the partition. The partition on the right is the original one of the landlord, and on the left I used an acrylic bead curtain from Shantou Qilong Company.
Have you ever discovered what colors appear most frequently in our home? The answer is brown, green, orange, and blue. Brown is the main color of the landlord's hard decoration (doors, cabinets, shoe cabinets, partitions), green is also the color used by the landlord (range hoods, bathroom glass), and orange is also the color used by the landlord (walls). In order to match it, we deliberately picked these three colors when we bought things. For example, the dining table and desk are brown, the wardrobe has green and orange stripes, the curtains and floor mats are green, and the bead curtains are also in color, which is just right. Long has an orange and green one. As for blue, that’s what I like. I used to buy blue things a lot, and now almost all the blue gadgets in the house were bought before.
Ikea’s rattan baskets come in sets of 4 large and small, priced at RMB 19.9. I bought two sets. Cosmetics, skin care products, snacks, remote controls, and sundries can all be stored. This one contains the cross-stitch I have been doing recently. I like this stuff very much. When I was in college, I embroidered a lot of small things to give to my classmates and friends. The pillow I currently keep at the company is embroidered. I embroidered a large one for the Spring Festival this year. In my hometown (check out classmate Shen Lan’s blog to see some clips), I embroidered a small bib for my best friend’s baby on May Day? This is a hanging picture of gerbera in the frame. The flowers are already embroidered, and all the white background needs to be embroidered. Blue, the task is still arduous. Actually, I can’t explain why I like cross-stitch. I just think that after being tired from work, I can quietly do some crafts without thinking about anything, and feel very calm and peaceful.
The quality of the bead curtain is very good, the color is fresh, and the beads are transparent. The product plus express delivery is less than 400 yuan, which is a great value! In the spring of 2008, I was attracted by their products when I saw their products for the first time at the Shenzhen Home Textile Exhibition. Haha, now I finally got my wish. There are some special Qilong products in the building materials library of SouFun Home Furnishing Network. They are in the category of curtain fabrics (click to enter). Crystal, acrylic, shell, leather, thread curtains? Everything is available. If you need it, you can check it out.
Looking from the bedroom to the living room and doorway. The place is really small, you can see it all in one glance, haha.
Every woman must have a mirror at home. It is from IKEA. It is very cheap. I don’t remember whether it is ￥79 or ￥99. In the basket on the partition are the things I use to clean up this face. There is no room for a dressing table in the room, so this is just fine. Anyway, I rarely wear makeup. I usually put on some skin cream and draw my eyebrows before going out. Add some isolation cream.
Look at the partition from another angle. It’s not full of stuff, there’s still a lot of space to use, haha.
I bought furniture and needed spider plants to absorb the formaldehyde. I brought it back from Flower World. Orchids are only 10 yuan, and pots are 20? It seems expensive. They are in the same series as sunflower pots. There is a spider plant in front of my hometown, so I have feelings for this plant.
I am still a very nostalgic person. Haha, I can’t bear to throw this little bear away even if it has no nose (I just used PS to draw a fake nose on it), because it was given by the village committee when I was admitted to college. (I am the first child in my village to be admitted to a key undergraduate program).
The orchid flowers and the little bear bear couple were not photographed well, and the foreground and background were not clear.
A week after I bought it, the Chlorophytum bloomed and I couldn’t help but take a picture. I loved it!
Bookcase and computer desk. This is what it looked like before the bead curtains were hung. The bookshelf is a ￥129 storage rack from a company. We don’t have many books at home, so this is enough. The lamp is also from IKEA, and I vaguely remember that it cost more than 200 yuan. We have so many things that the top of the closet and under the bed are full, and the boxes have to live here. Although it doesn't look good, at least it doesn't take up space.
I really like the white, green and orange basket on the bookshelf. I bought it from Chaofan next to the Art Exhibition Center for 30 yuan. It looks very bourgeois, and I want to wear it with the long skirt I bought for the first time. Unfortunately, I don’t look like a prince when I put on the dragon robe. I don’t look like a lady, and I don’t look elegant.
Look at this area after installing the bead curtain. The coat rack is so ugly, let’s just ignore it, Amitabha.
From another angle, the bead curtain covers the box, which seems a little tidier. This is my territory. The old man usually uses his notebook in the living room. The table was bought at a flea market, but it's brand new. It costs ￥99. It was originally a dining table and I use it as a computer desk. The chairs are also new and very cheap, only about 20 yuan each. The wardrobe on the right has no problems except for a slight crack at the seam of the back panel. It doesn't look like a second-hand item at all. The dining table and bed frame are ￥1100, and the shipping fee is ￥120.
Special note, when I moved, it actually only cost 180 to load a truckload of stuff. Why are these pieces of furniture so expensive, 120, and the distance is not far? Because the workers near the flea market were transporting goods on tricycles? I originally wanted to find a familiar moving company to help, but I thought it would be troublesome. I originally wanted to give less money to these two tricycle delivery masters. Look. They were sweating profusely while cycling through Shenzhen's traffic. It was indeed hard work, so they also received a box lunch from Jiawang and green tea from Master Kong. Friends in Nanshan District can ask them to deliver it if it is more convenient. For friends who live in other districts, the journey is too far and it is difficult to transport the tricycle, so it is better to find a moving company.
The cactus and aloe vera in QQ flower pots cost 10 yuan each. Are they brought back from the flower world? Do they look like African natives? It is said to be anti-radiation from computers. It is best to water it once every half month.
Put away the native QQ and look at the photos of our family, haha. The photo frame is from IKEA, it can be turned like a calendar, and it can hold 12 photos in total. As for this photo, hehe, I have nothing to say. All grown men are paper tigers, ohyeah!
Once again, the mix of green, orange and blue is performed. The wall sticker was bought on Taobao for RMB 80. It’s a little expensive, but I can’t help it. I really like this one. The quality is very good, there is no smell, and the sticker is good. However, it took a lot of effort to cut the leaves and branches from the entire page in the early stage, and it also took a lot of effort to peel off the epidermal transfer film after pasting them.
The effect is good, but unfortunately before the curtains were installed, it rained and I forgot to close the window. The rainwater drifted in and stained it a little. I was heartbroken and had to try my best to avoid looking too close.
It took me the whole night to finish it. This kind of work that requires care and patience can only be done by female compatriots.
I was initially attracted by the large windows and open views, so I decided to rent this house. It turned out that I lived on the first floor of a certain community. The trees were shady and the house was dark. I wanted to live in a brighter place.
It’s too bright outside, so when you take a photo, it looks a little darker inside. What you see in the picture are basically from IKEA. The quilt cover and pillowcase are on sale, the blanket is only ￥29.9, the Bon chair seems to be ￥349, and the small side table is ￥99.
This leisure area is the old man’s favorite place. It is very comfortable to blow in the air and read a book. The bookshelf next to the chair was made of bamboo and fabric and cost only 15 yuan. When I went to Chaofan, I happened to see a store on clearance, so I brought it back.
The curtains are blackout type. I bought them at the Curtain Street next to the platform of the Primary School Affiliated to Beijing Normal University. There are about 10 curtain shops there, and the price is not bad. This set costs more than 300 yuan.
A pot of sunflower costs 4 yuan, but the pot costs 8 yuan. It is easy to grow and will shine brightly if you give it some sunshine.
Where else haven’t you seen it? Balcony and restroom. The door to the balcony is right next to the TV cabinet. Two pairs of cloth shoes brought from my hometown, a blue basket for dirty clothes, and a cardboard box next to it for stinky socks! The mat I used in college has never been used, so I simply spread it on the balcony so that I don’t have to wear shoes when I go to dry clothes. Shenzhen Longgang Moving reminds you.
The balcony is very small and contains a lot of sundries. Although there is no sunlight, the ventilation conditions are very good and the clothes can be dried easily.
The bathroom is relatively spacious, but I arranged it poorly. Things were bought casually one after another, red, yellow, blue, and green, and they were very mixed together.
It is worth mentioning the small red and green towels on the right wall. At the art exhibition center, I saw a hand towel with a doll that cost 15 yuan. I saw one in the supermarket for 10 yuan. In the spirit of frugality, I bought a square towel on sale for 2 yuan and sewed it on from an old one. The straps cut from the suspender skirt can be hung on the wall, just as useful.
The other side of the bathroom. Behind the glass is the living room sofa area. They say I am nostalgic. The pots and tubes were from my college days. Back then, they were delivered to Shenzhen by express delivery, and then I carried them with me every time I moved.
The developers and property owners still consider it more user-friendly. There are sky gardens on each floor. Sometimes you will see girls jumping rope here.
Shenzhen is a city dominated by immigrants, and housing prices are extremely high, so renting has become the choice of most people. Due to various factors, we have to change our addresses frequently. If you pick up a few random people on the street and ask them, almost everyone will have the experience of moving more than twice.