Is your kitchen clean and tidy before you go to bed?

[Fireworkstonight]

My kitchen is a disaster zone but I will tidy it up and load the dishwasher before bed tonight. I could leave it till the morning but I wouldn’t feel right. Are you the same?!

Yes, I always leave it tidy.
Sometimes i come down and find DS has made a pizza whilst I was asleep and left the knife and cutting board in the sink, which infuriates me.

I always try as when I get up in the morning I'm tired and it looks so bad!

Yeah, the kitchen is clean and tidy when I go to bed. Sometimes there's an upturned glass in the sink but nothing that would get in the way for the morning.

Ha, nope! As long as there's no food left out, I'm quite happy to turn off the light and deal with the mess in the morning!

I don’t, I cook and plate up and that’s me done. Fortunately I have a magic fairy who cleans up and loads the dishwasher whilst I get ready for bed. He then unloads the dishwasher in the morning whilst making coffees to bring up to bed. I highly recommend a cleaning/coffee making fairy!

My kitchen is re tidied after every use.

everything washed up, sides and hob wiped down.

its a lot less of a daunting task than facing a kitchen that looks like a bomb went off at the end of the day.

I like to keep it tidy dishwasher in before bed. Our hob is gas and really hard to clean. Anyone got a really good easy clean gas hob??

No.
I absolutely refuse to do it.

DH loads the dishwasher every morning.
well I say loads it, he will put the stuff ABOVE the fucking thing into the dishwasher and miss the rest of the dishes everywhere else in the kitchen.
He doesn’t clean a single surface or the hob top.

It makes me want to be violent.

BUT it’s his fucking job so I move every dish to the vicinity of the dishwasher so it all gets loaded.
I wake up every morning to a kitchen full of filthy dishes and a dirty kitchen.
I refuse to do it. Even though it drives me demented. He doesn’t seem to care or notice.

Yes but only as I cannot relax in the evening if it’s a mess. I hate getting up to a mess too. It would have to be a good reason for it to be left.

Most nights. I like to be kind to my future self, but current self sometimes decides future self can get stuffed 😂😂

Ha ha ha ha ha. I have a teenager who comes down in the night and makes himself food. He's not bad at clearing up (as he's had a few lectures) but never what I'd call clean

Yes! It's the gift I give to tomorrow's me!!

DP always clears up after dinner, loads the dishwasher etc. So the kitchen is mostly tidy except for the odd glass or mug.

There might be a cup or two in the sink and some pots on the draining board, but there aren't any crumbs or spills or anything.

I get it as tidy as possible, even if I’m tired; becaus waking up to a midden of a kitchen is just a rubbish way to start the day.

Kitchen is always cleaned and tidied before bed. Our dishwasher goes on after tea, but more builds up during the evening (2 adults, 3 teens 1 child). So every morning I get up, do the dishwasher, clean the tops (again, teens and their midnight smoothies and cereal 🙄), sweep the floor, sort the litter and cat food.

I hit a wall in the evening and go straight to be. DH potters about the place a tidies up the kitchen, checks the doors etc before bed. Conversely - I'm up at the crack of dawn and sorting the kids breakfasts while he's really sluggish in the morning.

Yes. Always.

Yes! But I’m sensitive to food scents, so I’ll make sure the kitchen is clean before going to bed. I don’t mind if the rest of the house is untidy though

All tidy after dinner, so yes I agree! Couldn't stand getting up to a messy kitchen.

Yes, everything away and surfaces wiped down

Always. Would have to be extremely unwell to leave a mess in the kitchen or indeed anywhere in the house before going to bed. Might make an exception for a party but I’d probably still clean before bed.

The worktops are cleaned, but dishes will sometimes be stacked in the sink instead of the dishwasher. Tbh life's too short. It can be done in the morning.

Yes. There's usually a cup but I couldn't face the morning knowing there were dishes sitting around. I like to be able to go to the cupboard knowing there is clean stuff ready.

I've always been like this but when my DS was tiny and I was doing everything except the dishes my ex would just leave them and I don't think it helped with my mental health.

yes, i have books and nicknacks on some kitchen surfaces and cooking space for as much we need with my husband. Every night dishes, cooking pots are washed, put to dry, I scrub just with a scara and water the metal bits and very visible food splashes. We keep the floor constantly clean by sweeping pretty much 3 times a day and if obvious stain, I wipe it with a damp cloth by hand on my knees.

Nothing of that is hard or worrisome for me, because I am required to prepare a number of hotel rooms for bookings daily

is my whole home completely pristine and a showcase? No, because it is my home and it is just as I want it and I have the clothes, books, nick nacks and other things as I want them and where I want them but bath, sinks, toilet, tiles, floors and metal surfaces are usually cleaned the minute they get dirty