On 1/21/2024 at 9:53 AM, FauxPas said:@liuzhou, how long is your lease on this flat/apartment? Are you restricted from doing any changes to the kitchen or can you do things like add extra storage hooks and small racks to the walls, for example?
Your fridge looks interesting to me. I'm not sure if there are 3 separate storage areas and 3 doors? If so, is it two freezer and one fridge or something else?
Also, that looks like fabulous storage to the left of the fridge. How will you use it? Will that be for kitchen items or is that for clothing or just flexible space with shelving, etc?
Edited to add: One of the most important questions to me about any kitchen is where to store spices, ha. How do you (or how will you) store yours?
I have an annual lease on this apartment. That is the norm in China.The last place's three year deal was highly unusual. Normally, leases can be renewed. I renewed one annual lease every year for 17 years until the landlord's business ran into trouble and had to sell my home to raise funds.
There are no specific conditions regarding alterations in the lease, not that I would consider doing anything major without consulting the owner as a basic courtesy.
Adding hooks or small racks wouldn't be a problem.
The fridge is strange. Top is a regular refrigerator, then two freezer compartments. I don't recall seeing that arrangement before.
The storage units to the left are what I would call multi - functional.
The left and right doors open to what could be used as wardrobes, whereas the centre section is shelves and drawers.
I won't be using any as wardrobes - the three bedrooms all have fully fitted wardrobes and other storage space. The unit extends to the left to house a television and more low level shelves and drawers.
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At the moment, the right hand section nearest to the fridge and the kitchen is holding dried food goods, cans etc. This may change. As you can see, unpacking is still a work in progress.
Few spices are regularly used in Chinese cuisine and are sold in tiny quantities, so don't really present a storage problem. I have some star anise, fennel seeds, black cardamom and cassia bark all in small recycled honey jars.The one exception is coriander seeds, which the Chinese don't use, but I love. They are somewhere in one of those boxes in a jar like this.
I can only buy them in 500 gram bags imported from Pakistan. One bag worth fits in that jar.
I'll get there eventually.
