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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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twinklenic · 01/04/2011 21:13

i am so embarrassed to admit that in my house the messiest is me ..... i have a 'corner' where i hide letters, magazines, papers and anything else that can fit in there
even the coffee table is full of junk . but as soon as its cleared it piles up again ARRGGGHHH

smartyparts · 01/04/2011 21:14

gosh, i'm the messiest by far!

my dh clears up after me, puts clothes away, just sorts us all out.

snice · 01/04/2011 21:14

DP - he doesn't care about the state of the house so has no incentive to be tidy (and, I suspect, spent his childhood having everything done for him by his doormat of a mother)

louisexxx · 01/04/2011 21:16

By far and away my husband! (and I have 2 children under 5!!!) As a rule everything makes it 6ft away from where its supposed to go. If he's taking something to the bin, it will get as far as the kitchen counter, shoes will literally go in the middle of the floor outside the shoe cupboard, clothes slung over the banisters outside washing basket etc etc. I could go on and on (and I usually do lol)

ilovesprouts · 01/04/2011 21:17

my dd shes a mucky bitchGrin dirty clothes ,sweet wrappers dirty nappys bottles, cig ends ,dirty clothes she was once sick and coverd it over whith a magazine Shock

GeorgeBee · 01/04/2011 21:20

Oh definately the OH! He is the biggest hoarder I know. I'm ruthless when clearing out, but as I trto bin stuff or bag it up fr the charity shops he's taking it back out and squirrellng it away!! I have to hide his clothes at the bottom othe wardrobe for abot a year before I feel I can safely dispose of them!!

carat · 01/04/2011 21:24

Me - I'm a lost cause!

Poppityfloppity · 01/04/2011 21:24

That would be my darling seven year old son who leaves his PJs by the shower every morning, towel discarded on bedroom floor, frequently removes a sock leaving it somewhere with it's partner to be found somewhere equally random days later! And as for bedroom clutter.......well.....
Good job he's an absolutely adorable muck-magnet! : )

nic1982 · 01/04/2011 21:27

My 6 year old daughter is sooo messy, she is worse than a teenager for forever getting changed and throwing clothes & play make-up all over her bedroom. She can never find anything that shes looking for in her pit of her room!!

washnomore · 01/04/2011 21:34

DP is without doubt the messiest, largely because his special man-vision means clutter is invisible to him. Unless it's something small and vital which belongs to me, in which case it will be noted as an indiscretion for future reference, bundled up in his monthly moment of zeal and thrown in the bin Hmm

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booberry · 01/04/2011 21:38

Definitely my husband. Ironing is the worst chore for me and yet DH will rake through his neatly pressed pile of beautifully washed and dried clothes, discarding the things he doesn't like into the wash basket without a thought! He also has a horrible habit of storing dirty laundry under the bed and will ask in exasperation where all his boxers are until I get down on my hands and knees and uncover 20+ pairs crumpled among his other bits and pieces.

When cooking he will use every utensil, pot and pan in the house. And that's just him making supernoodles! He shaves in the bath and doesn't rinse it down afterwards, leaving it looking like he's carpeted the ruddy thing. He insists on using two towels to dry himself but still manages to make a swimming pool out of the tiled flooring.

All of this, but I still love him and wouldn't have him any other way :)

graceharveys · 01/04/2011 21:42

The messiest person in our house is my young daughter She just trashes the place Ohhh myyyyyy What we could do with some ikea vouchers..................
PLEASE pick ME

aristocat · 01/04/2011 21:45

this has to be my DD - she leaves a trail of destruction everywhere she goes Hmm she's only 6 at the moment, gawd knows how i will manage when she is 16!!!

UrsulaBuffay · 01/04/2011 21:47

Me, I am ashamed to say Blush DH is an anal neat freak who drives me berserk 'putting things away' because he is much taller than me and puts things at his eye level. He says to me 'it's in the kitchen, just go in there an you will see it' when he needs to say 'go in there, stand on a chair and hover a bit and you might see it'.

My 2 yr old DD has tidied up since she was a tiny tot of 10 months, she forces me to take my shoes off and put them away when I just want to leave them wherever I stand. She loves to sweep. They are ganging up on me.

I have a small mountain of clothes in the bedroom, a mixture of those DH has stolen and washed and those I have slung in a heap after a day's wear. Often he will wash something twice because he can't differentiate between the two. This makes me mad!!

I know that I am the issue in this house but I feel slightly annoyed that because I am the wife and mother I am expected to clean and tidy the house. It gives me some sort of secret satisfaction to go against the stereotype.

But I'd love a tidy house!

chocoholic · 01/04/2011 21:52

My DSS is a walking mess monster.

He leaves a trail of destruction behind him wherever he goes. Crockery, clothes, papers, magazines, phones, shoes, it all just falls off him and lands as debris around the house.

IHeartKingThistle · 01/04/2011 21:55

Me. I love having a tidy house but every day is a battle against my inner slob. I get inspired to sort out a room, pull everything out and realise there's nowhere to put it. At any given time, half of my house is spotless and the rest is a disaster.

DD (4) is shaping up to be like me. DS (19 months) is already visibly irritated by the whole thing. He follows me round the kitchen banging cupboards and drawers shut.

Having read lots of these other posts, it appears that I am actually a toddler. Blush

duende · 01/04/2011 21:57

Apart from DS who is 20 months old and "developmentally" messy, definitely DP. he doesn't see mess. seems uncapable of hanging towels, hanging washing "nicely", and tidying up as he goes.
he's getting better (with lots of nagging from me) but still sometimes when I get home on a day when he looks after DS, the house looks like a bomb site Hmm

woodchuck · 01/04/2011 21:59

my dh is getting steadily worse. He works nights and when he is in four or five on, he just lets his stuff accumulate on the floor. I nag and I refuse to tidy up after him, it is like living with a teenage boy. My refuasal to back down means I never win because my space is never tidy.
However, he is off today and hads vacced throughout, shined the furniture and then mopped the kitchen floor so he's not a total slattern,

lexxity · 01/04/2011 22:03

My DS1 is a walking mess bomb. Stuff seems to explode behind him. He leaves a trail of destruction wherever he goes.

His bedroom is like an explosion in clothes shop with assorted mixed in toyshop and a smattering of library.

His playroom is a traintrack disaster scene. I think the accident investigation team have a permanent team there.

His place at the dinner table is marked by crayon, pen and scratches. It wears a light halo, where the cleaner has been rubbed time and time again.

His clothes rarely last more than one day as he drops his food down his top.

He just gets carried away and distracted. It's Mummy's job to keep it all clean and tidy.

I wouldn't change him though, not ever never, he's my clever, adorable, wonderful boy.

ninja · 01/04/2011 22:06

DD1 who's 7, H is pretty bad and thinks putting things in piles is tidying up. My 2 yr old is great at tidying up. I try hard but aren't very good at it

littleme96 · 01/04/2011 22:09

It's a close call, but I think my Hubby just about beats me! He just doesn't see mess or clutter and until it's pointed out to him apparently doesn't know how messy it is!

boyscomingoutofmyears · 01/04/2011 22:11

Absolutely without question, ME! My DH says it's like living with a teenage boy, and we'll have another three of those in tge coming years. I feel very sorry for my DH!

angrywoman · 01/04/2011 22:17

I am fighting a losing battle in this house of 3 children and me. I am surrounded by: books and newspapers (me) sylvanians, lego and dr who crap (them) and clothes in various piles and non-piles (all of us). I would spend the £100 on cupboards to put this all in (honest).

matphil · 01/04/2011 22:19

It's hard to choose between my husband and teenage son they can both make a room look like its been hit by a tornado in less than half an hour.