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NOW CLOSED: Tell us who's the messiest in your house (honest, now!) £100 IKEA vouchers up for grabs!

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HelenMumsnet · 01/04/2011 17:10

Hello. We been asked by IKEA to find out who you reckon is the messiest person in your house.

Do you agree with comedian Tiffany Stevenson, who says, in the new IKEA ad, that "the only thing a man will ever clear out is his internet history"?

Or do you wince with Blush recognition at Paul Pirie's umbraged-male retort: "Shoes, shoes, shoes! What are you, a centipede?"

Please post on this thread to tell us who's the 'floordrobe'-owner in your house - the more scruffy, cluttery, bomb-gone-off detail, the better! Everyone who does will be in with a chance to win £100 in IKEA vouchers.

Oh, and IKEA is running a Facebook poll, too, if you fancy casting your vote.

Thanks - and good luck! MNHQ

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TheJollyPirate · 04/04/2011 06:47

I have to hold my hands up and admit it's me, I am utterly disorganisr=ed. Even worse DS is learning from me. I literally suffer from CHAOS (Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome).

I spend half my life tidying up what the other half of my life has left everywhere.

shangrila · 04/04/2011 07:22

DD is - no contest. She leaves a trail of accumulated clutter - magazines, odd socks, drinks bottles and drawings (particularly drawings) all about the house. I had hoped that this would be something she would grow out of. But at 9, it just gets worse as her allowance increases.

psychicsheep · 04/04/2011 08:43

Upstairs it's my OH, think a trail of socks and towels from bathroom to bedroom, but in the kitchen it is me who is guilty of leaving various items of tack on the floor in various stages of cleaning :)

naomicm · 04/04/2011 09:55

Its a source of disagreement in our house! My dh insists the kids are a nightmare which they are- but how can they not be when he is worse!! But he doesn't see it at all...those tools in the bathroom are there for when he refits it...the tools in the kitchen are there to finish off the work..the laminate flooring in the hall is 'acclimatising' (been doing that for 12months now!) Don't get me wrong I'm not exactly a neat freak but my argument is that I am the one that tidies up for everyone...

FreakoidOrganisoid · 04/04/2011 10:19

DD is the messiest. I used to think it was ds because he is more obviously messy- spilling stuff, knocking over drinks, pulling 5 books out to get to 1 etc. But dd was off school for a few days last week and I realised just how messy she is, she leaves stuff everywhere and doesn't tidy up.

She is incapable of playing with just one thing as well, for example yesterday she was playing with her polly pockets but also needed the barbies to be giants, the baby doll to be a super-giant, pens paper and scissors so they could make stuff, cars for them to drive, dolls house furniture for them to sit on, all the cushions and throws so they wouldn't have to walk in the water where there were (bath toy) sharks, books to read, and the teaset for them to have lunch. I've tried to instill the rule of putting one thing away before playing with something else but she has become an expert at expanding her game to include whatever it is she wants to get out next (great imagination though!)

DS gets very frustrated with her when it comes to tidying up because he (like me) likes everything put away properly in the right box but when she finally does tidy up she just bungs it in wherever.

I'm just glad I no longer live with exH because he was not only messy but filthy.

notcitrus · 04/04/2011 10:20

I may be guilty of having a floordrobe, but thanks to 2 1/2 year old ds I'm not the messiest.
He loves to help tidy up. Unfortunately his idea of tidying is to turn a puzzle tray or a storage box of toys upside down over his head, and then put about 30% back while singing 'I tidy up! I tidy up!'

Not helped by just way too much stuff - both sets of parents are hoarders who have recently downsized so instead of getting rid of their own stuff, keep bringing us boxes, usually containing one useful item, a couple worth selling, more stuff for the charity shop than I can take in one visit, and a pile of rubbish which can at least go straight in the dustbin. I keep trying to isolate toys ds has outgrown to get rid of, but he then decides they are his new favourites...

MrNC and I are pretty good at keeping the kitchen clean - partly because if we don't, mice come and party!

lizthewhiz · 04/04/2011 11:43

Definitely the cat - cat food everywhere

talkingnonsense · 04/04/2011 11:46

Me! Currently 4 types of opened cake on the worktop, shoes by the door and half read books and magazines everywhere!

bronze · 04/04/2011 11:46

Out of the six of us it's dd who is 4. Shes also incapable of tidying up and also seems to have an inability to hear any words regarding it. ds3 who is not quite 2 does better than her

Fennel · 04/04/2011 11:47

DP is the worst, he does lots of DIY so along with clothes all over the floor and a lack of noticing of dirt, he creates vast quantities of dust and rubbble. Tools and sawdust everywhere.

all 3 dds are following in his footsteps, I dream of having one of those children who likes to arrange their things neatly.

cats and dog are not too bad.

I am not super-tidy but compared to the rest of them I'm obsessive. this isn't saying much.

wonderingsilly · 04/04/2011 11:49

I am, I'm unable to put my dirty laundry in the dirty laundry bag ! I blame my mum for it !

newbeemummy · 04/04/2011 11:56

Without a doubt, it's me, to keep DP happy I shove my clean clothes in the bottom of my wardrobe, I was looking for a summer clouse last week, and found a pair of trousers I bought 10 years ago, and had hidden so that DP wouldn't notice the price I had spent on them. Needless to say they no longer fit :(

JoJoBaldwin · 04/04/2011 12:49

Me and my husband are terribly messy - it gets to the ridiculous stage and then everything gets blitzed. My wardrobe is still full of boxes not unpacked from when we moved here 10 years ago! I really ought to tell hubby that those 32 inch waist jeans are never going to be worn by him again and get rid of all that young-man clobber. Grin

My 3 year old daughter is lovely and tidy though, almost to the point of OCD! She spent the morning nagging me to tidy up and put away lol.

bibindum · 04/04/2011 13:05

probably me - although do spend lots of time picking up 4 other peoples socks

slbhill · 04/04/2011 14:07

My other half, definitely. Since we moved to a bigger house he has a whole room for his stuff, with the biggest wardrobe in the house and yet his clothes still overflow into the spare room! I'm fairly bad but he is truly awful LOL.

startail · 04/04/2011 14:18

DH, Me and DD1 (13) are all hopeless DD2 (10) is better she keeps most of her floor and desk visible. She actually folds half worn clothes and puts them neatly on her draws. DH and I manage vaguely straight heaps and DD1 scatters stuff inside out all over the place, including her new expensive top I only bought on Saturday Angry

JackieNo · 04/04/2011 14:21

DH and DD, definitely. I'm quite tidy, naturally, but I've given up a bit under the onslaught of brightly coloured plastic, hair bobbles, and lego (and that's just DH Grin). DH is of the drop stuff on the floor when he comes home, opens post, and leaves the envelopes around. But he does have a go at all the rest of us for leaving dirty plates etc on the side when we could put them straight in the dishwasher, so we're not perfect.

yousankmybattleship · 04/04/2011 14:24

My children - without question. My DD is the worst!

mawbroon · 04/04/2011 14:27

ds2 has not long learned to stand and I haven't yet moved everything up to the next height where he will be unable to reach until he can climb.....

loonyrationalist · 04/04/2011 15:14

Not counting young children; then me definitely Blush DH is naturally tidy. I have to make a real effort.

IAmTheCookieMonster · 04/04/2011 15:24

I am pretty cluttery but DH is the worst, he isn't just messy he is unhygenic; he leaves milk and butter out, wet towels everywhere and dirty nappies on the floor and window sill!

piperty · 04/04/2011 16:27

My eldest son definitely has a floordrobe! It's a danger to enter the room! He often leaves his curtains closed in the morning, and a skateboard in the middle of the room... I'm sure he's set up a Mummy-Trap!

SpawnChorus · 04/04/2011 16:30

DH is the main culprit in this house. He's genuinely blind to his detritus. I've now established a "dung-heap" on his side of the bed where I passive-aggressively dump all his stuff.

fairy89 · 04/04/2011 17:38

I have to admit, that actually I am the messiest in the house....I have a tendency to not hang things up after I've worn them, they get neatly folded and placed at the side of the wardrobe ready to be worn again blushes

However, I am tidy with everything else, just not my own clothes....

charlieandlola · 04/04/2011 17:39

I am by far the messiest, followed closely by ds.DH is obsessive compulsive about his clothes living in the correct place.