I Tried A 1930s Cleaning Routine (and learned a GREAT new trick)

[@EdenYell]

"My laundry is always overflowing because I have 5 kids and haven't found a routine that works for me" Gurl, it's overflowing because you have 5 kids all in the messy ages. Mine would come home covered in jam until high school. Where does the jam come from?!?! Give yourself grace because you're doing amazing

[@WithLoveKristina]

Thank you for this ❤️❤️❤️

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

Laundry happens daily Just does

[@WheezyCatLady]

Seeing this really helps to bring home how much hard work it was to keep a home for one of my grandmother’s specifically. She had a husband and 5 sons. All sons were built WELL and ate her ‘out of house and home’. She never sat down during the day at all. My dad told me that he tried persuading her to sit and listen to a piece of music with him one day, and she would only stand in the doorway with a tea towel over her shoulder. She was petrified of not being seen as busy. She kept an immaculate home and the men never went hungry. She worked in my grandfather’s turkey rearing factory for the Christmas rush too. An amazing woman who was relentlessly kind and loving. She was such a strong person. I’ll never not miss her ❤

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

I’ve never understood keeping an immaculate home as the pinnacle of anything, let alone a woman. Firstly, why are ablebodied ppl using you as a maid and secondly, all the things you can’t do becuz you’re wiping imaginary spots off the baseboard. Like, welcoming nay, celebrating, more than 2 or 3 babies in your family. Like, homeschooling. Like, having ppl for dinner several times a week, for good, simple food. Like, having a huge garden and selling your produce. Like, composing songs for your flute or or guitar. Like, designing and making a line of clothing you sell. All home based.

[@SarahJacobs-nb3lw]

I bet she was a beautiful person inside and out, 😊❤

[@WheezyCatLady]

@@SarahJacobs-nb3lw she really was ❤️

[@amandamartinez9609]

Such a beautiful family story! Sounds like she was the family rock and an amazing lady!

[@junglesuperstar9270]

Sounds like a very abusive environment

[@kimsimmons3911]

As a retired nurse, I can tell you those bed making directions were used in hospitals in the past. Those corners are also called 'Hospital Corners'. LOL!!! It sounds way more difficult than it is in practice. I LOVE your videos and think you are such a lovely person. ❤❤

[@mrssharp]

My nurse mom taught me this way of making a bed

[@silverdeer2515]

My nurse grandmother taught my dad this and has also passed it on to me xD so this wasn't new at all, but 6in from the top of the was a good clarification

[@lydialinville2524]

I’m 64 and still do the “hospital corners”. Something my mom thought me. I tried teaching my girls but I double they do that today. lol

[@terryruiz7417]

I remember when we finally had fitted sheets...such a relief! The bottom flat sheets wouldn't always remain in place. It's amazing how much less time we spend caring for our homes these days. My mother, 96, is very specific how she wants her bed made, and has watched me, now 76, to make sure I do it as you have in the video.

[@WithLoveKristina]

I really love the specific bed routine, I’m picky about the tautness of my sheets! And I love this anecdote 💖

[@VoodooAngel63]

I'm not quite so particular about making the bed, but boy, I want the kitchen and bathroom just so. When I was a kid, we didn't ever have a dishwasher (by the way, I am 60 years old). I remember when washing the dishes, Mom always scraped the dishes and then rinsed anything particularly messy before drawing up the dishwater. She always said the same phrase when anyone didn't do it right, "I can't stand slop in my dishwater!" And now, because of our small kitchen, I don't have a dishwasher; like Mom, I scrape and rinse before washing. My husband asked me why I wash the dishes before washing the dishes and I replied " I can't stand slop in my dishwater!" The sudden realization hut me that I had become my mother!

[@monicahamm3353]

I thought it was silly that prior to fitted sheets, the directions were to position the bottom sheet just to the end of the bed and tuck the excess in at the head of the bed. As a tall person, my feet always hang over the bottom of the bed, and after 10 years, the mattress would certainly be yucky and groaty if it wasn't covered in sheets..........

[@catgrrr1]

@@VoodooAngel63You are totally correct about your mother’s and your opinion about dishes! Dishes should be “clean” before they’re cleaned. No visible food particles on the dishes or in the dishwater before you begin actually washing dishes.

[@YeshuaKingMessiah]

Why would anyone want food in the dishwater? That’s illogical My gma did not waste water so she scraped all the dishes into the garbage. I rinse with the sprayer. Very hot water. Even if I’m using a d/w. Why would I want food in my d/w? 🤢

[@PiskeyFaeri]

Making the bed in the 1930's: basically astrophysics

[@WithLoveKristina]

😂😂😂 right

[@lyannecb8499]

I think of that as a normal way of making the bed...!

[@mapistuffyvideos5216]

​@@lyannecb8499me too,i thought everyone made it like this😮

[@GoingGreenMom]

Sounds like hospital corners. Used at hotels and I believe in the military as well.

[@JB-vd8bi]

​@GoingGreenMom yup. My grandmothers beds you practically had to fax yourself into the corners were just so!

[@candykane4271]

Reminds me of my mom ….Monday am wash afternoon iron* Tuesday clean upstairs dust, dust and clean a bathroom * Wednesday cleaned the downstairs vac dust, wipe all the woodwork * Thursday, AM wash PM iron, * Friday grocery shop. I have never lived up to her expectations.

[@aimee-made]

Regarding leaving the water running: I am with you. I live in a 3rd floor apartment, and the on-demand hot water heater for the whole building is in the basement. It's a blessing that hot water is included in my rent, but it also means that it could take up to 90 seconds of "calling" for hot water in the faucet for that hot water to actually arrive (I try to collect the cold water that's running for watering plants, etc). Once the system is generating hot water, I want it to keep giving me water hot enough to cut grease! (In the depth of winter I sometimes need to add some boiling water from a stovetop kettle to the wash water.) So I keep the water running, at maybe 25% capacity into the soapy water side, which is enough to tell the system to keep giving me hot water, AND it's how I rinse the dishes. You have a lovely home, and it really shows that you make it so with love.

[@kalka1l]

As someone also on well and septic, you are doing great. Our next bicentenary farmhouse upgrade is adding foot pedals to control the kitchen sink because increasing accessibility is necessary. Resource policing of working class folks’ reasonable use seems antithetical to not just the spirit of your content but also to an understanding of how farmhouse water systems operate. Our house runoff? It waters the raspberries and the blackberries. I bet your septic is keeping your trees and garden hydrated too.

[@louiseyvette2261]

Interfering women policing other housewives is just an unfortunate and apparently permanent part of life :)

[@Khrysalis01]

I run the water while washing dishes too. My mother though, would put a huge pot of boiling water into one sink for rinsing. It was brutal, I would use tongs to dip the plates into that hot, hot rinse water. Lol I dumped that routine when I moved out. Now I use running water to rinse dishes, and really have no choice as I don’t have a double sink. Plus the sink is shallow so you can’t even fill it with soapy water. So I put some dish soap into my sponge, turn on the water then wash and rinse in one go. I used to have a sponge tipped dishwashing tool that had a hollow handle where you could fill it with dish soap and it would dispense the soap to the sponge. I’ve had trouble finding them lately though. 😞 My mother and father had their own ideas about flat sheets too. My mother did it like nurses would in hospital, while my father was Army trained and tried to teach us how make a bed so well mitered and tucked that you could bounce a quarter off of it. Mine always just flopped. Oh and my mom’s wash day routine was to iron as well as wash and dry. As I mentioned, my dad was career Army and his trousers had to have sharp creases. She even ironed his boxers with creases so they would not ride up. I was born 5 years after they married, so my mom went a little overboard with mothering and would even iron my cloth *diapers!* that changed quickly though as my brothers were born eleven months after me. And 22 months after the twins she had triplet boys! That’s *six* children all under the age of 3. My youngest brother was born four years after the triplets, and my sister was born four years after him, so there were eight kids total. My mom was a super mom, because back in the late fifties, husbands did *not* help their wives with the children, or *any* women’s work. She went from ironing my diapers to filling all available chairs with the 4-6 loads of laundry a *day!* Also, her washing machine was round and had no lid, it had a mangle which squeezed out excess water (very labor intensive, but much easier than using a washboard in a small wooden tub) and everything was hung on the clothesline in the backyard. When neighbors and friends would visit the rule was to fold down to the chair you wanted to sit in. Lol All of the housewives in the Fifties and Sixties would lock all the doors to keep kids out while while they waxed their floors to a mirror finish. My mom was the only one who did *not* lock us kids out. So all the neighborhood kids would come over to our house. She would make pb&j, chicken soup and Kool-Aid and load down the picnic table with this feast. Everyone loved it! Lol We were very popular in the neighborhood. Lol Oh and different things would happen on different days, like Mondays were Washday, Tuesdays were floor days for waxing said floors, major dusting occurred on Wednesdays, where wax was used on all the wooden furniture. Routine dusting occurred daily, no waxing involved. Sundays were bread making days so enough bread was baked to last a week, until Wonder Bread came out. Lol My grandma also baked enough pies to last a week on Sundays, because dessert was mandatory for lunch and dinner. I’m turning 68 next month, so I did everything back then that is called vintage today. I love that you do vintage housecleaning. It takes me back. 👍🏼😊

[@susantippitt8631]

I am a child of the 60s, born in 1958. I think this was the 3rd video of yours I have watched and am enjoying them very much. A few things I have noticed while watch. First, you are trying to do vintagr routines in modern day life. We had 6 children in our family and 1 toy box. All of the toys for all 6 kids fit in that one toy box. All of the kids had chores to do to every day. As the oldest, I started washing the dishes at 5 years old. We were all responsible for making our own beds and cleaning our own rooms. Also, homes just didn't have as much stuff. People had what they needed and not much more. I am enjoying your videos. Brings me back to much simpler times.

[@jennycaneen]

I was thinking the same thing. She literally has more stuff to clean and put away while attempting an earlier generations’s housekeeping strategy.

[@absinthemindedcat]

a quick tip for filling salt and peper shakers is to roll up a small square of paper to make a funnel so the salt and pepper dont go everywhere

[@WithLoveKristina]

Shoot see i knew this! But it’s been so long since I’ve even USED them that I had forgotten!

[@Aelffwynn]

For pepper mills (where you put in whole pepper corns), I just make my hand into a funnel 😅

[@rachelroelands9928]

thank you. I dont have a funnel, so this is very helpful

[@kandacek63]

I was taught to use the mitered or “nurse’s” corner. To this day I still tuck my side in that way, but I have to leave my husband’s side undone because he’s tall and hates having his feet restricted. As to the dishes. I grew up on well water and the faucet was only turned on long enough to rinse the current dish and turned off again. Sounds tedious but it really wasn’t. My folks are on rural water now but we still turn the faucet on and off between rinsing.

[@meg12763]

I leave my water running just like you do! I have no dishwasher and am too broke to buy one so I’ve dealt with dishes by hand for over 12 years. Exactly as you said, this is just what has to be done. Thanks for being REAL!!!

[@user-yc4fz7vv6u]

Yes, you have to think that a man designed that kitchen. Or a person who had never even seen somebody wash up. You really need drainers on both sides to wash up effectively.

[@luhaleyry321]

Hi, I'm from another country and I've never seen anyone have the need to keep the water running or to have two sinks full of water while washing the dishes. What is the use of that?

[@MissPalim]

​​@@luhaleyry321s far as I know that's just the american way / a different routine of doing the dishes. We don't rinse the dishes where I live, just wash them in soap water and let them dry afterwards. No problem. I think it's personal preference or simply what you are used to.

[@helene4397]

​@@MissPalimwait a minute! You do not rinse the dishes AFTER washing them?!?

[@margareth1504]

@@helene4397rinsing the soap off is better. Dish soap has some degreaser and eating some with the next meal off that unrinsed plate is not so good.

[@bethanypetersen7005]

Im also ND and my house looks similar to yours. Thank you for being real! Loved the video.

[@therealmouseymouse]

So a lot of people are surprised by this because I'm only 33 but my grandmother was born in 1922. She was always quite particular about how everything was cared for in her home, which her husband built for them in the 1960s when my dad was born. Even when she did eventually move to a smaller home in 2005 and had a dishwasher it just added to her list of how things should be cleaned. She is why i am so obsessive about how my dish washer is loaded and how clean my kitchen should be. She passed just shy of a decade ago.

[@acpfeiffer6057]

Same! I'm 30 and my grandmother was born in 1913. My grandparents got married during the Great Depression. If a dish broke she would say "Save the pieces!" for her to glue back together. As a result my dad and us kids were taught to be careful with money and keep a very clean home. I don't do either as well as they, but decluttering has helped immensely.

[@therealmouseymouse]

@@acpfeiffer6057 my grandma kept the pieces for us to make art with! We would turn plates into stepping stones for the garden! Her property was lovely.

[@aniroc543]

Laundry seems to always win. Lol What worked for me when my kids were smaller was keeping the dirty clothes separate in their own hampers and washing one hamper each day. This required enough clothes to get through the week before the next wash day, which may or may not work for everybody. Now that my kids are older (11, 8 and 5) they are in charge of their own laundry day. My kids and I love your content!

[@amandag8741]

It’s sad someone has to justify how they wash their dishes

[@WithLoveKristina]

✨the interneeeeet✨ 🤣🤣🤣

[@ltlwlwl5057]

I really like your personality and channel. You make KZbin better. People like you are the reason KZbin was created. Thank you for being you.😊

[@WolfPrincess478]

As a person without a dishwasher, take that thing that's in the left side out and put your dirty dishes in there. A helpful thing is to rinse them after you are done using them before washing them. Fill the left side with soapy water. (enough to be able to use to scrub them off.) Then make sure the right side is cleaned out and put soapy, clean dishes in there until you are ready to rinse them off. It saves on water and it's easier.

[@Z-ef1rr]

Exactly!!!

[@catie5939]

I mean this in the most best way possible: you look like my grandma (born in 27) did when she'd clean. She wore either a bandana or a flour sack towel over her head just like that. I still do it too, all the time. I'm so happy to find your channel as a fellow ND person! 💜

[@chloelea9974]

I really love you videos!! As a Verbal Autistic with ADHD/ADD it is SOOOOOO nice and helpful to see another neurodivergent person doing day to day things such as cleaning. ALSO! I love vintage, and the idea of homesteading/homemaking but find it hard to start. But you definitely inspire me to continue on my path!!

[@WithLoveKristina]

Yaaay I’m glad you’re here!

[@louiseyvette2261]

The thing that helped me most with the laundry was limiting the children's clothes to about 4 items per category (or about 6 for little children).

[@WithLoveKristina]

I’ve been meaning to do this, but with three girls (and me) who LOVE clothes it’s a bit hard 😂

[@louiseyvette2261]

@WithLoveKristina I feel for you! Notice I didn't say anything about MY clothes :) I know you'll find what works best for you and I love your videos

[@monicahamm3353]

I was born in 1959...... so my mom was teaching me to make my bed by the mid-1960's...... and from minute one, she taught that corner fold for sheets and blankets, which I am sure she learned from her mother. I do it to this day, however I kick it apart at night because I don't like the sheets/blankets tight on my feet when I sleep. I taught it to my kids (Gen Z'rs) who all use it when making their beds, too!

[@kathryncooper4001]

Adding a 1950s style, 2-tier tea cart to the left of your sink would give you plenty of space to stack dishes and pots & pans conveniently and enhance your workflow when you're ready to start washing. Remember those painted metal rolling carts? No kitchen was without one, way back then.

[@WithLoveKristina]

Great idea except that’s the entryway of our house 😅

[@kathryncooper4001]

@@WithLoveKristina Oh, golly! I couldn't tell. The tea cart could be loaded elsewhere in the room, then moved to the sink when time to do the dishes, I suppose. Not likely too many people would be going in and out at that time. My own 1950s kitchen was obviously designed by a man, and it took me three years to design the remodel. I cannot imagine going back to that old kitchen now. Bless you -- it's tough to live with designs that were made by people who obviously didn't do the work.

[@emmaaustin123]

All blankets and sheets etc. should be square boxed at the same time. We call them hospital corners.

[@bellecarmichael2663]

I love peaceful content like this, and I smile every time I see your pretty shower curtain in a video lol! You look lovely :)

[@KellyS_77]

Have you seen "Namis Life" she's a lady that lives in Japan, her channel is super peaceful and relaxing.

[@bellecarmichael2663]

@@KellyS_77 I have not but I will check it out, thank you :)

[@pinkroses135]

Pfft forget dusting blinds! I can just throw my curtains in the wash or vacuum them. Those little tasks and extra surfaces really add to your load and time.

[@mssugahcrush7291]

The cleaning caddy is such a good idea! I've been working with a simple cleaning schedule inspired by your last cleaning video, and it's been working out so well for me. Going to add that caddy to use in my routine!

[@WithLoveKristina]

The cleaning caddy is my absolute favorite thing! And I’m so happy you’ve found a routine!

[@monicamayer977]

I believe every one has their own way of washing dishes. I use my stove door as a dish drainer. There are those cool drying pads for almost nothing.

[@WithLoveKristina]

Your stove door? That’s so interesting! Everyone definitely has their own way, that’s for sure!

[@paulagardner2708]

I use those carriers for makeup, etc so when I'm getting ready for bed, or getting up in the morning. Easy to get it all out and putting it back.

[@aflourishingplace]

I just love this! ❤ Thanks so much for these wonderful vintage cleaning routine videos!

[@brendaturner7112]

I had to unlearn hospital corners for my bed and running the water constantly to rinse dishes. My husband hates his side of the bed tucked in and in removing the tuck would pull apart most of the bedding so I learned it is just easier to leave that battle alone. I used to wash as you do but I realized I was wasting so much water. Water is precious and goes through a lot to get to people whether in a well or to the city municipality. The change for me was to wash all dishes first and put in the clean empty sink, then turn on water and rinse all the soapy dishes at one time.

[@Wanda6308]

You and I both have strawberry kitchens. You did an amazing job. I need to be more like you

[@cheriblossom3777]

Me too

[@kellyhibbard280]

Hi. Thanks for the video sharing this routine. You wash dishes anyway you need to. You are doing fine.

[@sarahholland2600]

Those carts were still going strong in 1960's Britain. My Mom had 2, one was used as a telephone area ( phone & nessage book on top shelf, yellow pages, phone directory & adr ss book on bottom). The other was for shoes, placed under the stairs.

[@maggytrafford3969]

Thank you Christina! Love watching all your videos 🇦🇺🦘🌷🐈

[@WithLoveKristina]

Thank you!

[@jennadimuccio4787]

I just started watching and already saw you using your washing machine.

[@LauraHickmanLauraHickman]

Hilarious instructions for bed making. This is exactly how I was taught in the 1960’s. Mom considered the new-fangled fitted bottom sheet impractical. She believed that sheets should be alternated between bottom and top for even wear. I was taught to make ‘hospital’ corners to stay properly tucked. I gave into fitted bottom sheets with joy, long ago. 😂

[@evelynsaungikar3553]

In the 1930s you had to also iron the sheets!

[@lauralhirondelle579]

I lived in an apartment with one sink and got into the habit of just filling the soapy water enough to dip my rag or sponge in and the rinse water would fill the sink slowly with each time I rinsed a clean dish. By the time I got to the larger items, I was able to submerge them enough to make cleaning them easier. Whatever works for you, but figured I would share what I still do today, even though I now I have two sinks and the counter space :)

[@mspsychgenius]

Cat having a wash under the table 😂 love your vids X looked up that book and it's £75 in UK but I'd love to read through it x I leave my water running also because in UK we only have 1 sink as a standard. As a fellow neuro there's no way I'd fill a bowl etc etc.. nope, they still be in there a week later lol

[@stephaniejohnson229]

Pippin had a lot to say about Brooklinen! I love your videos, Kristina. ♥

[@WithLoveKristina]

Lol he sure did 😂

[@cheykath]

I never learned how to make a bed. I actually completely love this. ❤️ I am loving these old fashioned cleaning routines. Thank you for your channel!

[@mkabs19]

I like that you started by telling me you are neurodivergent. Thanks. Automatically followed

[@LisaWindhager]

Hmmm I'm from Germany and that's how I wash dishes: fill the sink (have only one like most here in G.) with a suitable amount of hot water, add dish soap, put the dirty dishes in the sink (cleanest first, dirtiest last), maybe soak them a little, clean them off with a sponge or whatever, put them to dry. No rinsing, no running water. If there are a lot of really dirty dishes, i change the water. Is anyone doing that like me or did I do it all wrong?😅 I've seen a lot on youtube washing their dishes one by one with running water, maybe it's something american? I'm curious😊

[@irma11189]

Here in Mexico i just have only one as well. just put the dishes in the sink if i need more space in the stove. And i cleaned one by one with soap and water but every time i finish one and put it to dry i turn off the water i dont think it takes me more time or anything. Some times i just clean with soap and sponge all the dishes, while water is off, and then i run the water to get the soap off, same every time will take time to put the dish to dry i turn off the water. One think i noticed when a German friend visited was that here we disolve the dish soap into water and the we use it 😅 she was like wtf. I didnt noticed i was doing it different even if i watch videos from other countries but my friend said is a good idea cuz soap last me more time hehee (She does the dishes like you do btw)

[@GoingGreenMom]

If you aren't rinsing the dishes, how do you not have bits of stuff, grease, and soap on them? I use a natural soap, so it wouldn't hurt me, but I can't imagine soapy dishes would make the next thing eaten off them taste great?

[@LisaWindhager]

@@GoingGreenMom when I'm waiting for the hot water at the beginning, I quickly rinse off for example plates with sauce on them, before I fill the sink with soapy water. And really dirty greasy stuff like pans comes last and then I often use new water at the end. There's no visible scum on the clean dishes an the soap is not visible after drying. And you can't taste it. Maybe I've been eating tons of dishsoap this way through out my life😅 ... could be that that doesn't work well with the soap you use (i use Pril or no name dish soaps)

[@LisaWindhager]

@@irma11189 funny how such an elemental task can be so different😄 it's a german thing it seems

[@WithLoveKristina]

I had the SAME question - if we don’t rinse our dishes I definitely taste soap. This is fascinating.

[@ecarr7026]

I also leave the water running, but because I feel like it’s more hygienic than dipping all the dishes into the same water. Plus, I’ve never understood the concept of the ‘rinse’ basin. After a few dishes you’re just dipping the rest into soapy water 🤨

[@amandacowgill]

Paper towel was on the list for the cleaning basket?? I didn’t even know they had paper towels way back then lol

[@WithLoveKristina]

I didn’t either! It surprised me!

[@BetsyTacyGirl]

The slippers you wore while cleaning are super cute. I love doing housework dressed up when possible. It makes the task feel more enjoyable and it reminds me of those ridiculously fancy house slippers from 1930s movies. Love it :)

[@WithLoveKristina]

They’re so CUTE but polyester so they make my feet too hot 😂 dang it.

[@Endolei]

Man, I want that maid that comes with instructions for one. Just listening to that "if you have time" list was exhausting. My hubs had that exact same minecraft creeper square mug, until someone in his office stole it.

[@WithLoveKristina]

Hahaha ME too 😂 my mother in law joked that for the modern routine if I get to one I should just hire a cleaner 🤣 I’ll give them this book

[@ladyofthewest_5512]

I do my dishes the same way as you do. For the same reasons.

[@lindahernandez8693]

I enjoy watching you. You are a beautiful woman, wife, mother!

[@WithLoveKristina]

Thank you 🥰

[@efbauer1264]

I love you, Kristina! I too, am fascinated with anything and everything vintage.

[@melissasuko139]

Hi, I've been watching your content for awhile now and decided you were a kindred spirit. I was surprised to see we have the same same rare German last name. Nice to meet you.

[@VannaWhiite]

I work medical and have for 17 years, I literally melt for a fabulously made bed 🤤. My greatgrandmother was an LPN back in the 30s 40s and 50s and she loved a made bed, white sheets only and she ironed them, I could never but I loved watching her do it! All about intention! So glad I found your lovely channel!

[@MariaGallone-f9y]

Could you share an old routine for cleaning the windows? Because to me this seems the most difficult task in the world and absolutly demotivating as they look dirty even right after cleaning! How did the housemaids do this?

[@tiffanybevis4251]

I leave my water running too when I wash dishes. Ppl all have their ways of doing things. And I am one of those who don't know how to properly make a bed 😅🙈 but to be fair, I don't like sleeping in sheets 😂 I do the fitted sheet and then my blankets or comforter. 🤷🏼‍♀️ I also like to do the small tasks first because I like that instant gratification. 😊 Loved the video, as always. 🫶🏻

[@GoingGreenMom]

Lol, we are anti-trump sheet around here too. Or, at least for sleeping. These days I buy sheets in colors I like to wear and the flat sheets become clothing. 🤣

[@EirninWainwright]

A super cute vintage metal 2 tier rolling cart rolled up next to the counter for just dishes time is an option.

[@carinknopfer4434]

I love this! ❤️ I also run my water when I do my dishes. It's the only way that I can do them. I don't want a dishwasher. Really we don't have room for one. I would rather have my Hoosier cabinet and the cupboards. I want to get more vintage appliances one day. Ahhhh. Yes. Our home is 1950s and we need to renovate our kitchen and bathroom. It's going to it former glory one day. ❤. Keep doing what you are doing. You are beautiful 😍

[@Worldbuilder]

I’ve never rinsed any dishes except things like strainers - we put the dishes onto a dishrag after washing in soapy water with a brush, then dry with a fluffy woven towel. It’s also a great way of involving kids and family as the drying job is very easy.

[@WithLoveKristina]

People not rinsing dishes has me wondering how much soap people taste because if I don’t rinse my dishes they DEFINITELY taste like soap

[@Worldbuilder]

@@WithLoveKristina you dry off the soap. Sure, if you didn’t rinse and left them to air-dry you’d taste soap, but I swear I can taste more soap on dishes that has been through the dishwasher than has been washed the old-fashioned way. :)

[@dink8125]

This vid (from July 2023!) just popped up on my feed. After watching it. my main thought was "A "maid" wouldn't have the other, multitude tasks you have. i.e., school take to/pick up..as an example. A "maid" would alsi not take care of the kids. Altho U'm sure some maids *did* do/had to do some child care. Abyway...I'm now going to check out some more current vids (If you are still making them! I didn't check that before U started typing!) to see what you are up to! And...your outro of the baby was precious! Thank you!

[@barbierebel6473]

I never look that nice when I clean. U look amazing.

[@WithLoveKristina]

I try to get dressed the way I like every day! It helps me be more productive most of the time 💖

[@wildcat1227]

Unless you're specifically in Douglas County in Washington, you're in a drought. Its bad this year. Which isn't a critique of your dishwashing, just a statement. I hope your well stays functional. ❤

[@cristinadimuro1801]

I really enjoy your videos, style, watching you clean. Honest question...how do you manage to spend time with your 5 kids while having time to film like this? How do they.not interrupt your videos? Your husband watches? Does he work from home?

[@AppleBlossomTime]

Loving your videos and you always look so beautiful! Quick tip about laundry soap, it looks like you're using grated pink Zote (as do I!), and while you *can* put it right into the machine like that, I find it's more effective to dissolve in some warm water first then slowly add the dissolved soap water to cool water so that the temperature works for any color of laundry (nice and cool!) - Works either way, though!

[@sarahgoetz1170]

I was trying to figure out what the pink stuff was in the laundry machine. I'd love to find out more about this

[@abbijinn6682]

My home has 5 boys (there's 8 living at my house, I live with my fiancé currently) but my mother made a laundry system that works prerry well with them to catch up on laundry. She designated them a basket, and each day one of my brothers does their laundry. So its essentially a load a day, and we've kept this system for about six months now.

[@bof.930]

Did the bed making routine say anything about which way the pillows should face?

[@ninapleva]

Sorry for another comment-it is also helpful to keep a small basket or bag with all the first aid things your family might need. Bandaids, creams, tweezers, bandage scissors, ace wraps, whatever you use.

[@Raych-]

That’s how you still make a UK hospital bed. No duvets, just sheets, blankets and box corners.

[@lovefortruth3414]

I heard your explanation about running the water while doing the dishes. I hand wash too. No judgment here. But maybe a tip. 1. I start out with the dirty dishes on one side I pre-rinse them tgen put them on the other side to be washed (usually I pre-rinse them as soon as I use them). 2. Then I quickly clean the empty side. 3. I have an old empty cascade pod container on the side of the sink (you could keep it inside the wash side for lack of counter space). I also use it as a storage space for my bottle of dish soap between uses, to keep the soap from dripping onto the counter I fill that cobtainer with hot water and a ittle dish soap, and use it for my dish cloth ONLY, to keep the water from getting too dirty. 4. Wash and scrub the dishes and put them on the clean side of the sknk. During this step, leave the warer off, except when you feel like the dish cloth or sponge is starting to get greasy. Then rinse it really well before putting it back in the wash basin. You do not need to rinse it every time you wash a dish 5. Once all the dishes are washed, turn on the water and rinse them all as quickly and thoroughly as you can. Use the hottest water you can handle, of course. It's actually pretty quick and easy, and you dont have to worry about the soapy water getting all greasy and dirty. The pre-rinse helps with the grease. For that step, I use an old rag that's just for greasy dishes only. It does not go in the soapy dish water. I just add a pin-drop sized amount of soap to the rag if Im having trouble removing the grease.

[@babydollchaosable]

Your home is basically my dream home. I my house is a 1938 2 bedroom 1 bath and I am also in the PNW. I feel like I should meet with you and we should go thrift together!

[@PleaseNThankYou]

You look beautiful as always😊

[@WithLoveKristina]

Thank you! ❤️

[@georgiehughes4858]

I was taught to make my bed with hospital style corners when I was 7 yrs old. We didn’t have fitted bottom sheets for maybe 10 yrs later.

[@RTAV108]

About tap running while washing the dishes, in stead of washing eqch item one by one from scrubbing to rinsing out, I do each step in batches ie I scrub all the utensils with soap one by one in one go and stack them together; after that I rinse them all one by one. This way we can avoid extra use of water. I do not have double sink, so I have kept a sink rack to be used like your pink basin but it has holes and rests on the sink edge on the left side. I stack scrubbed items in that rack before rinsing them all .. Try it..

[@riggs20]

I’m surprised they didn’t say to iron the sheets.

[@WithLoveKristina]

It’s probably included in the laundry section somewhere

[@riggs20]

@@WithLoveKristina Yes! It’s something my 83-year-old mother used to do way back in the day. I would never have the patience for it today. 😄

[@sharroon7574]

You could also steam on the bed

[@mrsgingernoisette]

You look beautiful, your house is so comfy and beautiful and stylish. I'm amazed that you're also a mama

[@moonbasket]

What an interesting routine. Thank you for sharing. I am very interested in a cleaning basket. I should set one up.

[@joygernautm6641]

In the day before fitted sheets, this is the way that you put a sheet on the mattress. I’m a nurse, and we had to learn this in nursing school, even though footed sheets have been a thing in hospitals for a couple of decades. It’s a good skill to have. If you are ever in a position where you have odd top sheets(which don’t wear out as fast as bottom sheets), and you don’t want to throw them away, you can always make your bed this way

[@peytonengland93]

You give Melanie Lynsky vibes and it’s so calming and comforting!!

[@ninapleva]

I naturally tidy up and like a clean house, I have been keeping a basket like that with all the basic cleaning supplies and it is so easy for the kids to know where everything is. I love your videos!

[@anitapacheco8890]

We had fitted sheets but the top sheets se did hospital corners.

[@WillowTSquirrel]

Hi Kristina, fellow Neurodivergent here👋🏼 I love your channel ❣️ I would really be able to enjoy your content more if all of your videos had captions.

[@WithLoveKristina]

Hey! I have my channel set to auto generated captions, so I will check into why this video does not have captions. Unfortunately I don’t have the time to type them out myself but if a video is not auto generating properly, then I will definitely get them up and running!

[@WithLoveKristina]

(It might also just be that this is a new video, and auto generated captions take a few hours to load, I think. At any rate, I will check into it when I get home, and if they are not loaded by the end of the day I will at them myself! Thank you for letting me know!)

[@GoingGreenMom]

@@WithLoveKristina Random side note.... I have found that once it auto-generates captions, I go in the edit screen, copy and paste them into a google doc, run spell check, add punctuation and capitalization, delete my ums with find and replace, and then paste it back in. It then registers that I have added captions with much less work, I can make the captions more readable, and if I want to add some different versions of a keyword (think Instant Pot versus Instapot), I can make sure I have at least one of each spelling in the text. Obviously it needs to be reasonably close to how you said it for that though,

[@WithLoveKristina]

Thank you for this! Captions are overwhelming to think about for me, so having a "cheat sheet" of ways to make it easier is super helpful.

[@VerbenaComfrey]

Do you sew towels into your aprons? BRILLIANT!

[@selmasvast9911]

I see a cat...and they are amazing...they will stand in the middle of the room and won't move, you have to move them ❤

[@danapowers9793]

Ah hospital corners. Brings me back tomy CNA classes.

[@jennibennecke669]

Yes, me too

[@dandanjordan]

I’ve seen people use those ikea carts to carry cleaning supplies and you can just push it to room to room.

[@woodenkat8971]

Ah, hospital corners. So called, because they are still used there! Different patients require different sized beds. To make laundry easier only the kids beds had fitted sheets. I also let the water run while I am doing dishes. I keep it at just a drizzle to rinse in a decent time but not full blast. It is just the most efficient way for me to do dishes by hand at home. I do turn it off if i need to spend more than a few seconds scrubbing a pan or something.

[@incantations446]

You don’t have to explain your water usage. Forget the trolls or naysayers

[@Xxxxxx19-p1c]

“Pull all shades to the same level.”… ugh, that was one of those rules we had to abide by in US Navy basic training. 🙄

[@WithLoveKristina]

They have to be EVEN 😂 I don’t have shades so… oh well

[@laurasutton1551]

I never fill up my sink my water is always running it grosses me out to reach in to water where dirty dishes are

[@GM-yn9nc]

Basically, you need an Army to keep a home of 7 people clean!!!

[@debbimeyersbrant5752]

Reminds me a lot of the Amish different days you do different things

[@MommaBearID83]

I keep my water running too... calm down ppls

[@theloveyourfacegal2773]

Cute strawberries :). I think it's smart to pull the long hair up in a scarf for big cleaning sprees so it doesn't get sweaty 😅

[@WithLoveKristina]

I wear my hair up a lot for sensory issues, too. Scarves are a lifesaver!

[@FickleMamaVintage]

Hi Kristina! I love your fridge! Maybe you've said in another video and I missed it, but what size is it? It seems I can only find small ones, and I feel like I need more space than they offer.... And I just have two teenage boys (though they might eat as much as a family w/ 5 kiddos! Teens! Always hungry 🤣)

[@WithLoveKristina]

It’s an apartment size fridge DEFINItely not big enough for teen boys 😂 we got it because we could afford it and it’s short enough to fit the space. Since this house was built in the 1900s-1920s the cabinets are too low and modern refrigerators are too tall!

[@FickleMamaVintage]

@@WithLoveKristina I truly adore it! When my kids move out one day, I'm hoping to replace my contemporary fridge with one just like yours! Adorable! ❤️🍓

[@thetimelesscostumemaker1266]

Loved this! I also do not have a dishwasher and keep my water running while washing dishes because that is how I have to do it also. I loved your look it in this video you look darling!

[@WithLoveKristina]

Haha I’m so glad so many people do the same, makes me feel a little more normal 😂

[@GregH12345]

Laziness has set in. The mindset of the younger generation. Afraid of hard work. Used to being pampered and catered to.

[@somecanadiangirl1]

you forgot the part where these were instructions for a maid you hired to do these things for you (0:18)

[@victoriasmith2512]

I sat here having just found you,and said wow she has 5 kids.Then I remembered I have 4 lol

[@WithLoveKristina]

My mother in law has 8 kids. She said once she was watching a woman cross the sidewalk with six and she thought “wow that woman has a lot of kids!” And then she realized 😂😂😂

[@pinkyhotmessx69]

WHAT?!?!?! No Fuller brushes?!?!? Lol.Girl please don't ever paint that natural wood trim. It's soooo pretty!!! I LOVE mine!

[@avensnow]

Pretty sure they ironed sheet back then. I always wanted to do this. Never got around to it yet tho haha

[@WithLoveKristina]

I thought about ironing but uhhhh I didn’t 😂

[@marynbartolazzi1988]

what was that you put in your washing machine?!