My house is a big mess! - Page 4

Cloud · 01-27-2009, 08:44 PM

People who tell you, well, just put stuff away where it belongs, don't understand that most of that stuff doesn't have a place to belong. So identifying and designating a place for stuff to go is a big step, too.

Some things to keep in mind: Store stuff where you use it. Put all your morning coffee making supplies together, for example, instead of in 3 separate places in your kitchen.

That's from Julia Morgenstern: Organizing from the Inside out.

Another great book for this is Apartment Therapy: The Eight Step Home Cure. I like some of the concepts in it, such as letting your home "breathe" and how every home needs refreshing after 5 years. and there's a blog, too: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/

Aliantha · 01-27-2009, 08:52 PM

A lot of people will tell you that if your house is cluttered your mind will be too.

I don't know if that's true or not, but I do know that when my house is messy I can't relax. Also, I have to do a spring clean at least once a year. I usually get a mini-skip and just go through and throw stuff out that I haven't used for the last 12 months. This is particularly good with the shed out the back. Somehow 'stuff' just collects out there. lol (I blame the males in the house)

I think it's true though. You have to have room to move. To live in your home.

monster · 01-27-2009, 08:57 PM

Rebel, people! Tidiness it a waste of time in a busy life. Make sure your trash gets in the bin, and out on the kerb, your laundry gets to the machine before you run out of clothes or it walks there itself, and your dishes get done before they attract flies and you're good. The rest can wait til you retire. Or die. Then it'll be a bonding experience for your kids.

Aliantha · 01-27-2009, 09:03 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

Rebel, people! Tidiness it a waste of time in a busy life. Make sure your trash gets in the bin, and out on the kerb, your laundry gets to the machine before you run out of clothes or it walks there itself, and your dishes get done before they attract flies and you're good. The rest can wait til you retire. Or die. Then it'll be a bonding experience for your kids.

Don't listen to her! She's crazy!!!!

SteveDallas · 01-27-2009, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Rebel, people! Tidiness it a waste of time in a busy life. Make sure your trash gets in the bin, and out on the kerb, your laundry gets to the machine before you run out of clothes or it walks there itself, and your dishes get done before they attract flies and you're good. The rest can wait til you retire. Or die. Then it'll be a bonding experience for your kids.

I just wanted to post that again because it was so good.

Nirvana · 01-27-2009, 10:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by monster

Rebel, people! Tidiness it a waste of time in a busy life. Make sure your trash gets in the bin, and out on the kerb, your laundry gets to the machine before you run out of clothes or it walks there itself, and your dishes get done before they attract flies and you're good. The rest can wait til you retire. Or die. Then it'll be a bonding experience for your kids.

I love you Monster!

monster · 01-27-2009, 08:59 PM

(pur home has been messy for 20 years, and we have nooo problems relaxing

It's all a matter of state of mind. And mine is certainly a state

)

Cloud · 01-27-2009, 09:01 PM

I agree to a point. But if it's causing you distress, or if you feel things are out of control (never a good feeling); or keeping you from having people in your home, even just to fix stuff or do necessary things, then--make a plan, take some steps. If it's not perfect, so what?

monster · 01-27-2009, 09:04 PM

oh yes, distress is bad. but sometimes it's easier to fix your distress triggers than your house....

after all, pets don't care, so it must be a learned behaviour.....

Cloud · 01-27-2009, 10:07 PM

aim for "lived in" but not slovenly

monster · 01-27-2009, 10:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

aim for "lived in" but not slovenly

why?

why not aim for the bext you can do given the time and willing avaialable? (you may assume a positive correlstion between distress over mess and willingness)

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2009, 10:48 PM

God damn! There sure are a lot of people that want to tell other people how to live. If you don't like it, don't let the door hit you in the ass, ya judgmental pricks. :p

Aliantha · 01-27-2009, 10:49 PM

What is it with all the pricks around this place this arvy???

xoxoxoBruce · 01-27-2009, 10:50 PM

They're too damn judgmental.

Cloud · 01-27-2009, 11:02 PM

because lived in is comfortable and slovenly is a health hazard. I would never be comfortable or happy in a too-clean house or a Martha Stewart type house.

01-27-2009, 08:44 PM	#1
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	People who tell you, well, just put stuff away where it belongs, don't understand that most of that stuff doesn't have a place to belong. So identifying and designating a place for stuff to go is a big step, too. Some things to keep in mind: Store stuff where you use it. Put all your morning coffee making supplies together, for example, instead of in 3 separate places in your kitchen. That's from Julia Morgenstern: Organizing from the Inside out. Another great book for this is Apartment Therapy: The Eight Step Home Cure. I like some of the concepts in it, such as letting your home "breathe" and how every home needs refreshing after 5 years. and there's a blog, too: http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-27-2009, 08:52 PM	#2
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	A lot of people will tell you that if your house is cluttered your mind will be too. I don't know if that's true or not, but I do know that when my house is messy I can't relax. Also, I have to do a spring clean at least once a year. I usually get a mini-skip and just go through and throw stuff out that I haven't used for the last 12 months. This is particularly good with the shed out the back. Somehow 'stuff' just collects out there. lol (I blame the males in the house) I think it's true though. You have to have room to move. To live in your home. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-27-2009, 08:57 PM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Rebel, people! Tidiness it a waste of time in a busy life. Make sure your trash gets in the bin, and out on the kerb, your laundry gets to the machine before you run out of clothes or it walks there itself, and your dishes get done before they attract flies and you're good. The rest can wait til you retire. Or die. Then it'll be a bonding experience for your kids. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-27-2009, 08:59 PM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	(pur home has been messy for 20 years, and we have nooo problems relaxing It's all a matter of state of mind. And mine is certainly a state ) __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-27-2009, 09:01 PM	#8
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	I agree to a point. But if it's causing you distress, or if you feel things are out of control (never a good feeling); or keeping you from having people in your home, even just to fix stuff or do necessary things, then--make a plan, take some steps. If it's not perfect, so what? __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-27-2009, 09:04 PM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	oh yes, distress is bad. but sometimes it's easier to fix your distress triggers than your house.... after all, pets don't care, so it must be a learned behaviour..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

01-27-2009, 10:07 PM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	aim for "lived in" but not slovenly __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

01-27-2009, 10:48 PM	#12
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	God damn! There sure are a lot of people that want to tell other people how to live. If you don't like it, don't let the door hit you in the ass, ya judgmental pricks. :p __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-27-2009, 10:49 PM	#13
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	What is it with all the pricks around this place this arvy??? __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

01-27-2009, 10:50 PM	#14
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	They're too damn judgmental. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

01-27-2009, 11:02 PM	#15
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	because lived in is comfortable and slovenly is a health hazard. I would never be comfortable or happy in a too-clean house or a Martha Stewart type house. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

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