Does your studio/small apartment smell whenever you’re cooking?
Well, you’ve come to the right place, because in this post, we’ll be going over how to get rid of these smells and prevent them.
So, let’s get straight into it!
Cooking smells in my studio apartment
Studio apartments are generally small, single-rooms and will absorb smells. To prevent this, shut your doors while you cook to contain the smells to the kitchen, open your windows and clean up quickly after you eat. Make these habits and you’ll have fewer smells.
Studio apartments are generally small, single-room apartments. Because of this, every time you cook, odours and grease can easily get trapped. There are, however, some simple steps you can make a habit of to reduce the amount of cooking smells that linger in your studio apartment.
- First, every time you cook, shut your doors. That’ll help contain the bad smells to the kitchen area so the odours have less chance of seeping into your fresh linens.
- Second, blow the smells away. If your cooker has a vent, use it. Or, use a fan. Try to blow the smells toward the windows.
- Third, quickly clean it up. As soon as you’ve finished eating or whenever you spill food, clean it up as quickly as possible. Food left on the countertop and on plates leaves the odours to linger. Contain it by binning it.
You can also use vinegar. Vinegar is great for ridding unwanted and bad odours. A little trick is to simmer a pot of half water, half vinegar and leave it out in the pot overnight. It’ll help rid your entire apartment of those pesky scents.
How do you keep food smell out of studio apartments?
You can keep food smells out of your studio apartment by opening all the windows, putting artificial walls such as blinds in the kitchen area if there is a space to vent the smell out within the kitchen. You can install an extractor fan along with installing incense.
- Some small apartments have a kitchen area that’s separated by walls. If yours doesn’t, you could install some artificial walls with your landlord’s permission if you rent. Perhaps the easier and more cost-efficient option — one your landlord is more likely to agree to — is installing some vents above the cooker to extract the smells while you cook. This is a great preventative measure, giving the smells of your cooking almost no chance of seeping out from the kitchen area and into the body of your studio.
- Have your cooker close to the windows, if you have a portable, micro-oven like many studio flats do. Having it by the window while you cook and keeping the windows open when you can will help eliminate the cooking smells from your flat while you cook.
- Use scented bin bags. Often, smells come from the bin, using scented bin bags can help combat this.
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How to keep clothes from smelling in studio apartment
To keep your clothes from smelling in your studio apartment, you need to take preventive measures like wearing an apron and storing your clothes. These will help prevent unwanted smells like odors from cooking from seeping into their fabrics, keeping them fresh.
Nobody wants to walk around smelling like the food they just ate. Pungent spices, oils and fats in particular are notorious for seeping into the fabrics of clothes. The best practice to keep your clothes from smelling in your studio is by taking these small, preventive measures.
- When cooking, wear an apron. A cooking apron will act as a barrier between you and your cooking. It will stop cooking smells dead in their tracks and prevent them from being absorbed by your clothes.
- Store away all your unworn, fresh clothes, as well as your coat and any extras you don’t need to wear while cooking. Again, the trick here is to create a barrier. If your clothes are put away and safely stored, food odors from your cooking cannot reach them and be absorbed.
- Always keep a vent on to whisk away smells and prevent them from staying in the apartment too long and stinking your stuff out.
- Avoid frying. Frying will adds smells to the air, try using the oven more often.
- Clean pots and pans. Your dinner will still be hot after you’ve cleaned the dirty pots, pans and dishes. This will reduce the amount of time strong odors are allowed to expand into the air.
- Use an air purifier. An air purifier will help get rid of bad smells and replace them with a pleasent one.
