I’m super organised and my house is always tidy.AMA

[Kitchenbattle]

Off the back of another thread I realised am ridiculously organised and my house is always tidy, always ready for visitors etc didn’t realise how tidy I was until I started commenting on and reading the other thread. So just a fun, or nosy AMA.
maybe there’s nothing to ask 🤣 thought it might be interesting though…

Yes washing clothes that have only been work once it's terrible for the clothes and the environment ( as it's flushing wipes)

I’m pretty much like you OP. My tips are

• clean as you go
• put things away immediately
• i have a laundry type basket in my dressing room for things which need to get given away. Ie I try something on, don’t like and know I’m never going to wear it again and it goes straight in this bin and not back in my cupboard
• pantry is organized with containers and I regularly go through and throw out expired or old products
• as a pet peeve when I was younger was the number of jars of condiments etc in my parents fridge. So we don’t buy loads of pickles and jams and I regularly throw out bottles which have been sitting there a while
• we have kitchen wet wipey things to wipe up spills and crumbs immediately
• Two dishwashers (if you have the space) so you leap frog them. Clean and dirty. Nothing gets left on the counter waiting for the next load.
• one junk drawer in the house for lose cables, plugs etc which gets sorted out regularly and disposed of. This way if someone leaves something lying around, they know which drawer it would have been thrown in.
• scent diffusers for fragrance
• all bins have bin liners always
• shoe rack at the door
• if I compare the clutter in my home vs my sisters home it is evident that she buys her kids a lot of crap which gets left lying around. We don’t do that. And their toys (well when they were younger) had boxes and containers and very obviously our values instilled in them so they were taught to clean up and put things away (ps this isn’t child abuse 😂)

But I think the number one tip is to deal with things immediately, and don’t let them back up.

Just a basic bathroom spray and citrus floor/bathroom wipes for the bathroom.
A detail spray for the kitchen and glass cleaner

My house is super tidy too. I also don't do loads of washing. Towels weekly, bedding every 10 days or so depending on season, clothes when dirty. I don't have clutter/stuff on windowsills or tables, I don't have much on the kitchen worktops. I don't have many clothes, always clearing out. I have space in wardrobes and empty drawers. I clean on rotation once a week, so dusting one day, bathrooms another day, hoovering another etc, but never do anything every day other than the washing up and wiping down kitchen tops.

I also garden every day by the same method, doing a particular task each day. Big garden, very tidy.

Seriously ? Maybe her dd isn’t at the stage /age of needing to wear a new shirt every day. maybe she isn’t a messy child and also keeps it clean .

OP, I’m like you too, everything you do is the same as me! (Except I’m in a tiny 2 bed!)

Surely at that point they're old enough to do their own laundry?

In the miscellaneous, man drawer….neatly.

When you say “flush”, you don’t mean flush the wipe I hope 😱

Yes! One drawer for crap. That way everyone knows where it is if it gets cleared off a counter. And that drawer regularly gets a proper clearing out and throwing away.

I’ve come to the conclusion that if ‘home’ is really important to you (it really is to me), then we all make compromises to make that version of home work best for us. As well as being a neat freak, I’m also a maximalist: it’s not possible to have too many patterns, colours, throws, cushions, rugs, pictures, lovely objects, flowers. That makes keeping everything clean much harder, but that’s a compromise I’m willing to make. Not having a dig OP, but I couldn’t live with your style it’s much much too minimalist for me. It would make me sad.

Likewise, I can live with just spot cleaning the kitchen floor during the week and then it gets vacuumed and washed on a Friday. But I could never not wash and iron my bed linen every day! We each have our “musts” and our “it’ll dos”.

OP, I’m very similar to you. I rarely ‘do the cleaning’. I tidy as I go, made easier by keeping on top of ‘stuff’ so there is a place for pretty much everything.

I usually clean the kitchen whilst I’m there doing (waiting) for something else. Same with the bathroom. Spare few minutes before I go out? Have a quick whiz round with duster & polish, that sort of thing.

I’m not house proud or obsessive, just like things clean & tidy. This way it’s not a big clean & downhill from there, just a general keeping on top of things.

(Family plus dog)

I have a friend like this who cleans for an hour a night and she basically has no hobbies or interests. I have SO many things I like to do, I couldn't imagine wasting an hour a night to cleaning. I do a bit of daily cleaning and then on the weekend, but I have to say, I generally do find people with immaculate homes are quite boring people.

I have boxes with really special items in the kids rooms /top of wardrobes etc. and a few boxes in the attic. Besides that they go, I’m not the type of person to hold on to many things.

Some horrible comments on here. It’s AMA not plop your own opinion and criticise. Start your own ama if need be.

Well last night I went for dinner and drinks. I’m leaving the house now to do some jobs and get breakfast out.

Gentle reminder…I don’t flush the wipes. I can answer other questions later I’m off out ☺️

What have you cleaned so far this morning?

Not OP but a fellow tidy person

cables & batteries that aren’t being used go in a box marked “electronics”

paperwork that I need to action goes into my notebook so I will remember to do it next time I’m at my desk (this happens so rarely now everything is paperless).

paperwork (& random kids drawings etc, any paper) I don’t need to action goes into an in tray type of thing & I sort it out once it’s full.

Yes and I’ve bought a home paper shredder. 12 months of bills etc kept and as I’m filing I shred the old stuff.

We sound similar.
Large 3 storey house here, 3 kids.
My house has always been super tidy and friends love visiting as they feel it exudes calm.

Likewise the kids friends love this house, lots of sofas and heavy cosy blankets. The heavy blankets were excellent TK max buys, that are still perfect and in use a decade plus later.

My husband is tidy... this is a huge bonus.
I too tidy as I go, always.
Loos wiped down very regularly, we have two downstairs that would be quickly done daily as visitors are in and out.
I leave a very tidy kitchen every night, could not face a messy one In the morning.

We have stuff but plenty of storage.
Lots of bedding because people stay over, so we need it.
Every day I would return anything to the children's bedrooms.
They are mostly responsible for them.

I am mean with laundry so we all rewear clothes, particularly heavy jeans and hoodies.
Every summer during hot weather I do a day of washing everything like blankets, jackets etc.

One towel each per week.
They have double beds which they strip and I wash every couple of weeks.
They shower all the time and dont share a bed so I get a fortnight from sheets, three weeks if its mid winter.

No coffee tables, a nest of tables in every room.
I like the house to flow and coffee tables look messy to me.

We have LOADS of plants, some very big. They look fabulous and give life to a home, but do require regular watering and minding.

I have a cordless hoover which I will give a 5 minute run a round downstairs, regularly.
Spray mop is fantastic too.

Small regular daily bursts to keep on top of the house have worked for me.

Oh and my children are used to being called to collect their stuff, pick up stuff, put shoes away.

I made that effort to train them when young and they eventually learned to do it to avoid being called to do it.
It was in their own interest to hang a coat, take out a lunch box, put shoes and bags away, rather than be called down 4 times to do each thing.

In essence, tidy husband, storage, regular daily tidying are the kets to it.

You've inspired me OP. I'm going to do a big tidy today then aim to follow your example of a little bit all the time and see if it can stay clean for the week. I also don't think it's gross to only wash your sheets every 2/3 weeks so already with you on that!

Thats what I wondered….this is definitely part of my challenge! Thank you @Kitchenbattle - you have inspired me! I am gazing at my living room with a new lens (=alarm!).

How do you get away with doing laundry only on a sat with 4 ? And do still get to go do stuff with your family at weekend if you’re at home all weekend doing house chores ?
Remember OP , they won’t remember us for how good we were at brushing the floor 🤷🏻‍♀️ …

I have no idea why some posters seem to passive aggressively 'out snide' each other and try and pick apart every thing an OP says. It's weird and it's happening on just about every thread just now.