Calling all naturally very tidy organised mumsnetters

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No methods, no short cuts, no Marie Kondo. Those of us who invest a lot of time and effort in having a very clean tidy well organised home - but not something we try at, just comes naturally.

Would love to hear why you love it and also what products you rate.

Me? I just love to know that every corner of my home is clean and organised; I love that I can have a guest at the last minute without worrying what state my home is in; I love knowing precisely where everything is; I love the aesthetics;I love coming home and walking in lovely smelling clean tidy ordered home.

What I don’t like? Nothing much although sometimes I think it would be nice to be able to relax without it being perfectly clean and tidy.

Product I rate.... www.lakeland.co.uk/23618/Bumper-Pack-Of-35-Mini-Cleaning-Brush-Sticks-

Honestly - these bring me genuine joy!! Fab for getting into corners and around the hob and back of toilet!

Viakel for stainless steel. Just brill.

I'm not sure it comes naturally but I'm brutal with getting rid of stuff. I have very little emotional attachment to 'stuff' it makes it easy to bin it. It means I don't move it from box to box getting ready to maybe get rid. I can see it's very difficult for some though. There are a lot of threads on it.

I was always very organised anyway but I will admit I did do the Marie Kondo process. Also I had the chance to design and build my own home so I designed it with my organisatiin methods in mind, plenty of storage in the right places and lots of clean lines and open space. Everything has a place in my house, I have no “random” drawer.
I have processes put in place for post and bills etc. The important thing for me was getting my Dh On board also. Otherwise there is really no point as you end up cleaning up after others.

* Also I had the chance to design and build my own home so I designed it with my organisatiin methods in mind, plenty of storage in the right places and lots of clean lines and open space. Everything has a place in my house, I have no “random” drawer.*

Amazing!

* . I can see it's very difficult for some though*

I’m also brutal but I do see that must be very difficult for some

Not natural i'd say, but i am a PA so organising is most of my job and i guess became my lifestyle.
I like everything in its place, everything clean and tidy

Just recently re-appreciating the Sonic Scrubber. - I got mine from Lidl years and years ago and didn't use it that much but now I've moved into a new place I'm bringing it up to standard with the trusty old giant electric toothbrush. Perfect for grout, shower fiddly bits, round the edges of taps, grimy oven, etc etc. I just didn't have that kind of built up grime in my old place!

I feel very stressed if my house is not clean and tied!! I have to know we’re every thing is and it has to be in its place!!

If my house is in a mess then my head feels in a mess!!

But I can have party’s and people round, but the next morning I have to get it all back to normal.

Before Christmas I had a complete clear out of the whole house and a really deep clean and I’m really happy in the house it is very easy to live in and very comfortable.

I don't think it really comes naturally to any of us but some of us just take more pleasure from having a clean tidy house than we do from sitting around relaxing in a mess. Both are f I've as long they are truly what makes you happy.

@WelshMammaofaSlovak I would say it comes naturally to me for sure!! I was folding my clothes Marie Kondo style as a 10 year old... I live for organization. I am also a teacher and I am the same in my classroom. It’s literally how I live!

* I don't think it really comes naturally to any of us *

Of course it can

My life rules are

1, Never bring anything into your house unless it has practical use or beauty. Minimalist décor and no ornaments keep me sane.

2, Never put off what you can do right now until tomorrow. Do it now tomorrow will always end up being to busy.

Tidy home = Tidy mind

I went from being a normally untidy child to a very tidy person, in my teens. I'm not over the top, but I don't like clutter and I want my home to be reasonably clean.

Just do it. I may not want to put the laundry away as soon as it’s dry, or carry the basket of wet clothes up two flights of stairs as soon as I get in from work, or wipe down the kitchen surfaces straight after cooking, or sweep the floor, or clean the oven at the time those things need to be done but generally I just do them. I live alone and work FT out of the house so it
stays clean in the day. Ruthless clearing out, plenty of storage, a trained child and a to do list of things like “sort paperwork”, “get watch battery fitted” etc.

I don't "love" it, it's just a part of me. I can't stand things not being orderly...even with tine-keeping, etc. I don't think much about it -like second-nature or first nature.

Even when I'm sick and tired of doing anything and some things need to be put away or tidied, I can't help it. I won't be able to rest. Everything has its place and I subconsciously place them in the same spot afterwards. It's like an OCD thing

I don't think it really comes naturally to any of us

It actually does and to be honest, sometimes I wish it didn't. Messy place, messy head for me. Can't (Not "won't") rest if I know there's something that needs to be done ("It's hanging over my head", I would say).

* Just do it*

Exactly my mantra.

* Never bring anything into your house unless it has practical use or beauty*

This too. Just redid my hallway. I must have spent a hundred hours researching furniture, paint, store storage etc! It has come together beautifully and gives me genuine pleasure when I walk in through front door.
Anything I buy for the home is going to be special or used. And will last.

Would love pointers for good products and tools!

* to do list of things like “sort paperwork”, “get watch battery fitted” *

Not just me!! My to do list goes to finite detail!

I grew up in a cluttered house and it has definitely pushed me to the other end of the scale. I am ruthless with getting rid of things as that is half the battle. I love method cleaning products and happily spend a bit more for them.

I air the house every day, even in winter. I have a small wire basket that I put anything into that is out of place and take it with me when I leave the room to put things away. I have certain tasks I do every day and some I do on an allotted day.

I also bullet journal. I find I cannot relax when the house isn't clean and tidy. Doing small tasks often helps rather than letting them build up but I think the biggest help is not having children as not so easy to avoid clutter and untidtiness then

I think I ventured into method a bit there, but for me I cannot happily live in an untidy home.

@BarbedBloom

No that’s not methods - that’s skills!

Me too obsessed with airing and open windows

More things I have learnt since moving:

1. You can remove rust from chrome (eg shower rails) with a balled up piece of aluminium foil and coca cola.

1. You can resurface corian/minerelle/solid surface worktops with ScotchBrite scuff sponges (purple ones) and some elbow grease. Then buff with Barkeepers Friend. Then polish with any polish if you don't have solid surface refinishing polish. Even Mr Sheen will do.

1. Grout is easily cleaned with sonic scrubber and plain bleach. Even really grotty stuff, or at least the stuff I cleaned.

1. You can make your own chalk paint out of any paint very easily. If you buy calcium carbonate for like £5 and make into a cream consistency solution, you just stir it in to normal emulsion and that is what chalk paint is! £5 worth will last for like a hundred litres!

Reading this thread in awe. I yearn to be like this.

I am a naturally very organised person both in our home and at work. I hate mess and clutter. I am ruthless with clearing out drawers and cupboards.

I love being in my clean organised house, it's a calm place for me within a very hectic life.

I do something every day and it's easy to keep on top of and take great pride in having a nice home.

White vinegar is great for lots of things another good find is Bar Keepers friend this has got some horrible rust stains off my quartz worktop which I thought were there forever. I also highly rate Elbow Grease.

I'd recommend less storage , I see on threads people struggling with tidiness . The answer is built in custom storage , I'd go against that have as little storage as possible. We have a couple of rooms with not much in the way of drawers etc . More storage= more junk.

So want t