Page 6 | What's the small detail in somebody's home which makes you think, "wow these people are very clean!"

igotbills · 2024-04-01T17:40:39+00:00

For me it's the bathroom mirrors being spotless or dust-free skirting boards

decionsdecisions62 · 03/04/2024 04:44

Well done to everyone who have just realised how clean their houses are 👏

Original poster

igotbills · 03/04/2024 14:59

www.instagram.com/reel/C4PCIl6pb1n/?igsh=eHZnOG80bjYzbnox

My worst nightmare 🤣🤣

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BarbaraWoodlouse1 · 04/04/2024 08:42

The inside of someone’s microwave or their cutlery drawer.

SnapdragonToadflax · 04/04/2024 08:53

You would all hate my house. Oh well 😂

SnapdragonToadflax · 04/04/2024 08:54

Wishingforamiraclex · 03/04/2024 03:09

This thread is giving me cleaning motivation 😂

Christ, really?! It's making me want to never clean again just to annoy the clean freaks 😂

Thankfully I have a cleaner so give it a week and it'll be sorted by someone else.

BarbaraWoodlouse1 · 04/04/2024 08:57

There’s nothing like a visitor coming to get your house looking clean is there? Although saying that, I always feel more comfortable in people’s homes where I can see they haven’t made a massive effort for my arrival as I feel I haven’t put them out too much.

The best bit for me is when I’ve worked like a dog all week and then we get a last minute call to say we are having visitors. I get super arsey & uptight for a good hour bossing my gorgeous husband around and then plaster on an effortless smile when they arrive so they think we always live like that! Smoke and mirrors! 😂 Such a relief when my close friends call, they get to see the Friday night post work reality for what it really is.

SnapdragonToadflax · 04/04/2024 09:00

Familiaritybreedscontemptso · 02/04/2024 08:32

I have nothing on the kitchen sides (well, a vase of flowers usually). It’s achievable because I have a big kitchen, an appliance ‘garage’ ie cupboard with the toaster, kettle etc in, pantry & utility so eg coffee machine & microwave are in the utility.

Everything has a home and people are good at putting stuff away. I don’t keep stuff we don’t use, but also recognise that we have the space to have clear sides.

ETA: but tea, coffee, oil etc…I expect that to be in a cupboard. So I would get rid of different stuff (eg have fewer mugs to fit the tea & coffee in there) or store it elsewhere if it couldn’t fit the essentials in a cupboard.

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But why do you put everything away? Isn't that excruciatingly annoying? I use the kettle probably 10 times a day, why get it in and out of a cupboard every time? Tea and coffee ditto. They live on the side because it's convenient.

I just don't get it.

Familiaritybreedscontemptso · 04/04/2024 09:04

SnapdragonToadflax · 04/04/2024 09:00

But why do you put everything away? Isn't that excruciatingly annoying? I use the kettle probably 10 times a day, why get it in and out of a cupboard every time? Tea and coffee ditto. They live on the side because it's convenient.

I just don't get it.

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I don’t have to take it out of the cupboard, it’s got a worktop & stuff so can just use it in there. Opening a cupboard door to get a teabag out isn’t an effort to me - I’d rather do that than have clutter around, which would annoy me far more. Each to their own :)

BarbaraWoodlouse1 · 04/04/2024 09:04

seafronty · 02/04/2024 07:20

Like the OP, I too have stopped being friends with someone because of their house. I went to visit my oldest friend T, known her 35 years through nursery and beyond. She'd just had twins but I looked closely at the taps and there were water stains on the chrome. I walked out there and then and blocked that cow.

Hilarious 🤣 Love it.

WittiestUsernameEver · 04/04/2024 11:08

SnapdragonToadflax · 04/04/2024 09:00

But why do you put everything away? Isn't that excruciatingly annoying? I use the kettle probably 10 times a day, why get it in and out of a cupboard every time? Tea and coffee ditto. They live on the side because it's convenient.

I just don't get it.

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Maybe she doesn't use it 10+ times a day?

We use ours 2-3 max.

Lifebeganat50 · 06/04/2024 20:55

WittiestUsernameEver · 04/04/2024 11:08

Maybe she doesn't use it 10+ times a day?

We use ours 2-3 max.

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I know-it’s almost like we don’t all live exactly the same way isn’t it!😂

Wishingforamiraclex · 12/04/2024 09:03

I love this thread - it’s giving me motivation!