Ignoring the fact that I'm ill this week so have done bugger all, my house is just overwhelming me right now.
None of us are naturally tidy but I do like it to be tidy, I feel more organised, calmer and happier.
We have a cleaner each week so the basics are always done. We have a run around the night before she comes but it's never a deep down tidy, very much just a surface tidy.
I used to frequent the the flylady threads and they were great for building routines and I decluttered really well at the time but that has all crept back now.
Main problems are:
- I'm a childminder so downstairs is fine Monday - Friday but upstairs is horrific. The weekends I'm sick of looking at baby stuff (our youngest is 6) and our dining hall next to the front door is where I work from and use as a playroom- it's also the room that visitors can see straight in to even if the don't come in. It's ugly. I'd love to have regular frown up furniture hiding the toys instead of bright plastic stuff but wonder if this would put potential parents off.
- although our house isn't open plan, all the rooms run off each other meaning every room downstairs has to be tidy to have guests round, no option of closing the kitchen door on last night's dishes or wet washing on the airer!
- DH is a shift worker so it's very hard to get into a routine. We split it when he's home but half the time I have to do it all myself and I'm knackered or run out of time.
The kids are bery helpful and pitch in far more than their peers but as I say, none of us are naturally tidy and we have a lot of stuff (necessary stuff!) in a small house.
Can anyone help me get on top of this all and have a wonderful serene home that everyone else seems to have? 😊