'Shinbakhan Jeongri' Shin Ae-ra's 'Empty' House Sparks Attention... "Only Keeping 2 Trophies"

Photo by tvN variety show 'Shinbakhan Jeongri'

[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Kim Yeon-ju] Actress Shin Ae-ra, known from 'Shinbakhan Jeongri,' revealed her home for the first time on broadcast.

On the 29th, the new tvN variety show 'Shinbakhan Jeongri' featured actress Shin Ae-ra, Yoon Kyun-sang, and broadcaster Park Na-rae as they took on home organizing.

That day, Park Na-rae visited organizing expert Shin Ae-ra's home to learn organizing methods. Seeing the empty entrance, Park Na-rae said, "Do we take off our shoes here?" and added, "The house is really neat. Normally, there would be trash bags and a bicycle here, but there’s nothing."

Inside Shin Ae-ra’s home, instead of a sofa, there was a table and chairs, and the display cabinet had no TV. Park Na-rae exclaimed, "The house is really clean. Is this a model house by any chance? These days, there are places to tour apartments. There’s absolutely nothing here," expressing repeated surprise. Shin Ae-ra responded, "I tend to like having nothing."

Shin Ae-ra said, "My husband says I’m crazy, but I organize books by publisher. I exclude the genres I need and sort the rest by publisher," adding, "I tend to be greedy about books. I had too many, but I disposed of all except the ones I wanted to keep that were published before 2010. Now I only have books from the last 10 years," sharing her bookshelf organizing method.

Notably, Shin Ae-ra’s bookshelf held only two trophies, drawing attention. When Park Na-rae expressed surprise, saying, "There’s no way you two (Shin Ae-ra and Cha In-pyo) only have these trophies," Shin Ae-ra said, "I threw away all the trophies except the few I wanted to keep. At some point, they started feeling like clutter."

When Park Na-rae said, "But they have your name on them," Shin Ae-ra replied, "If you keep everything with your name on it, you end up collecting too many."

The refrigerator of the five-person household was also perfectly organized. Park Na-rae asked, "This looks like a house about to be abandoned. Do the kids all eat out? They do eat at home, right?" Shin Ae-ra said, "I write down what I can make with the ingredients inside."

Shin Ae-ra revealed her own organizing secret: separating items based on needs and desires, taking photos of items she feels reluctant to part with before discarding them.

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