How clean and tidy is your home.

[Shithole101]

If you have children. How tidy Is your home? What does tidy actually mean , in my head i always think people's homes are really tidy and visitor ready all the time. I see posts on Facebook and it will say please excuse the mess. When there is no mess.

Then there's tiktok videos with trashed houses that says let's normalise this. And they do a tidy up thicktok/video.

Handful of people on here may know I struggle with keeping on top of my house stuff and there's times it's Been trashed and shamefull. But im thinking it's not good to normalise that.

Some people manage to keep show room looking houses . How do people do that ?

I don't work but still struggle alot so how do people keep their houses really tidy but also work.

Mine isn't perfect but we are working on it, having a good clear out room by room. The kitchen and bathroom are cleaned more often. I struggle to tidy up so we are doing it little by little. We will get there. If I get visitors I panic.

I agree . I did already say over the next few days just going to concentrate on the washing. And getting it put away.

I don't have wardrobes because I don't hang things so it's pointless. But we do have lots of drawers

Mine is mostly tidy but not clean. It's clean on the surface. Bathroom and kitchen wiped down multiple time a day. Hoover daily and clear up toys and dishes every evening before bed. But dust and skirting boards are rarely dealt with. Dogs and kids mean as soon as I mop there will be footprints again and sticky paws/fingers get everywhere. It's at a standard I can live with but it's far from perfect. And there's so much clutter. I dream of a tiny little cottage where everything I own is either necessary or precious but I can't see it happening for many years 😂

I live with a DH and DD17 who both love clutter. It is acceptable in that I wouldn't be embarrassed if someone knocks unexpectedly but it isn't how I would have it if it were just down to me.

But they bring me joy in other ways so I grit my teeth!

Sounds simlar -ish to mine I definitely need to do a deep clean of skirting boards etc I'm not doing that for a couple of weeks though.

I can’t speak for the OP but the reason I opened and posted on the thread is because I find it really interesting. I keep my own home mostly clean and tidy but I do spend a lot of time on doing so and don’t find it easy. So for me the posts from other people who find it hard are reassuring, I’m not the only one who finds it a lot of work. The posts from people who say “It’s spotless, I do xyz everyday” are fascinating because I do xyz and more every day and my house is far from spotless 😆 I’m in awe of people who don’t find it any effort because I find it so much work every single day.

Many years ago there was a thread on here where a group of us posted our daily to do lists. It was incredibly motivating and a really supportive group but we still got people joining the thread to say it was ridiculous, just get on and do it, stop time wasting posting on here etc. Yes obviously posting on MN doesn’t actually get the housework done but if it helps with motivation and gives you another adult to chat to then where’s the harm?