Does your house ever feel ‘sorted’?

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Interested in whether anyone ever feels like their home is just right. I feel that by the time I’ve got around to sorting one thing (ie sorted out the playroom yesterday) something else needs doing and it’s just endless. And I’m not even talking about the big things like we need a new kitchen etc etc. Does everyone feel the same or am I on the backfoot?!

I know what you mean. I turned out every single cupboard, drawer, and box in the house between September and end of November last year. There was one nano-second where I felt in complete control and then the papers started building up again, loads needs to be shredded, drawers cluttering up again, hot press getting out of control ...

No
My place is in a constant state of ‘work in progress’. I’m a working lone parent so I get very little time for DIY, decorating etc.
We need flooring, door handles and a massive de clutter.
Sometimes it feels as if it’ll never get done. Lack of money doesn’t help obviously.

Nope, I try not to dwell on it, accept it as it is (try to do a little when I can) and plan to sort it in 5 years when the kids are older.

Yes. All the time.

But I don’t have children and I do have a cleaner. 😂

Yes, generally. I am always decluttering and giving to the charity shop. I hate too much stuff. I am a pretty organised (DH would stay anal) person.

3 children, p-t job, cleaner.

Never. I have never, ever felt my house was sorted. There's always a pile of papers somewhere, something (20 things) to fix, garage is a dumping ground, drawers full of shite in almost every room. It's very representative of the state of my mind to be honest: cluttered and edging ever closer to total disarray 😁
I would love to know how those really organised, tidy people do it. I feel like I never stop so it's not laziness. Mindset I suppose.

Yes, I find the best way to sort my house is to ask friends to come & stay.

I amaze myself with my work ethic.

Never. I am on mat leave and try to tidy up/hoover every day. Cleaner once a week for bathrooms, floors etc. As fast as something’s clean and tidy, something else isn’t. OH has no clue. Treats kitchen table as a dumping ground (and behind sofa). Been nagging him for around 2 years to sort out the pile down the side of chair in lounge - no chance. We have a chair next to feeding chair to put coffee on etc (as not yet bought side tables). OH seems to think this is where he can pile “stuff”. When I ask him to sort it he picks up pile and puts it somewhere else, equally as annoying/messy.

Tub on windowsill I sort out every few weeks. OH then fills it full of shit/statements etc again. Drives me insane.

Fuck knows whether he’ll realise when I go back to work (so no longer have time to do all this/constant loads of laundry/replace loo rolls) how this is fucking annoying

When I was single and living alone I did. Otherwise, no, never.

The last time it felt vaguely sorted was nearly a year ago just before I went into hospital to have DC2.. we'd just moved into house before Christmas and after I went on maternity leave, we kept DC1 in nursery so I had two days a week for a few weeks in which I could 'sort'. (Though it was a very slow process due to SPD and sciatica).

Since then? Not a chance.

Yes, finally, after 31 years of marriage!

I have one child and a husband who does as much childcare and housework as me. And a cleaner! But there’s just so much to do!

Hahahahahaha. No

A home is like painting the Forth Bridge used to be, in my opinion.

No it's endless.
About once a fortnight I get everything clean and tidy top to bottom but this lasts about 5 minutes (and there's normally a container of random crap and papers somewhere and I never, ever finish the washing completely)

Basically it's always a work in progress

Yes but it’s taken about 18 years to get it this way. It takes daily effort, a lot of routine and a cut throat attitude when it comes to discarding items that are no longer needed or used regularly. I have three kids who are relatively tidy and a dog who doesn’t shed hair. Also my DH pulls his weight so between us all we make it work.
It’s a boring job most of the time but overall I think it’s worth it. My home is lived in first and foremost but it’s also calm & organised which helps my mental health hugely.

No, never. Mumsnet doesn't help.

Mine felt 100% sorted the morning the photographer from the estate agent came to do the pictures. And for the couple of weeks after that for viewings. Then we moved. Now I just aim for main rooms sorted. Playroom/spareroom/kids rooms are always messy.

No, I really wish it did though.