Bad homemaker

You sound like me!
There are many more interesting things to do.

I am poor at keeping on top of the housework. I get stressed by dirt and muddle so really should pull my socks up! The bathroom and kitchen are usually clean- and all carpets elsewhere vacuumed regularly- but the rest just gets a lick and a promise. Before I retired I had a bit of a routine- because I had to - but now I am disorganised. It doesn’t help that I need to pace myself! I tried cleaning the window glass as black mould tends to gather in the winter ( old house so often get damp windows) but ended up wheezy so only got one lot done!

I don't associate home-making with housework, beyond a rather low bar.
I'm not normally fanciful but I think that a house can have good vibes, and be a happy house, or not. The two 'happiest' houses I've lived in have both faced east-west which is lighter and warmer than north-south.
And then not everything too new or matching.

We moved here 6 years ago and accepted the left-behind dark mushroom carpet throughout because it's good quality, but I hate it and I hate most of the curtains ditto. So even with our own furniture and our pictures on the walls it doesn't feel very home-like to me - and it faces north-south...

I like my living environment to be Bloomsbury groupish. Pleasing art and objects. But I abhor housework., possibly because my mother cleaned and tidied and then wanted us all not to be at ease or comfortable in any room. Always uptight in the house and our friends never allowed in the house . This was in suburban Toronto in the 1960s. Plus I had to do chores and my brothers didnt. Thought this was pretty unfair. These days I employ a delightful cleaner who shows interest in my art and ceramics and is happy to dust and clean and tidy and if I were a bit more able I'd do a Vanessa Bell and paint my fireplace. And the curtain rail. And the bath surround.

I used to love both, now I am alone and doing charity work that comes first. I can't do heavy housework any longer I would love to re-decorate the whole house, but who will empty cupboards, move furniture and so on so the decorators can do their job. It is something I can no longer overlook, so it does not get done. I have several rooms with a lot of storage due to the voluntary work I do too, every time I get rid of a lot more comes in. I love what I do, but would like my house updated and fresh. At least the rooms I use are fairly tidy.

When I had a B&B years ago I had to be pristine, every day bloody housework , mind numbing but also an income of course.
Now, decades later I simply do as is needed. Admittedly our new home still looks pretty good so no areas look ( at first glance ) a mess or dirty.
We have guests here very often so then I go into Superwoman mode !

I’m an appalling housekeeper, and quite lazy, but somehow the little I do manages to keep things the way we like them.

Oh my goodness this is so refreshing to hear. I am a home body but I tend to nest. So I’m surrounded by stuff that I need/want. But I’m in a mess. My compromise is that my toilet is always clean and I try in the bathroom and kitchen. Other than that I just don’t care lol

My excuse is on a fridge magnet- ‘dull women have immaculate homes’- with apologies and respect to all grans with immaculate homes 😀

I would rather go out to my social groups, paint my watercolour pictures, knit and watch tv, go for a walk, attend exercise classes twice a week, and generally enjoy myself than do housework, so I have a cleaner. 😊

tray is stay

We've dogs, often many small children come round. Hoover daily (pet hair), worktops completely clean after cooking. Bathrooms daily. I like tidy, can't accomplish much in a cluttered space, easy if we tray on top of it.

It’s not called ‘doing chores’ for nothing, tedious indeed.
Bathrooms and kitchen are clean and tidy, the rest gets dusted and vacuumed weekly usually, there’s only two of us, no pets and it’s clutter free.

I have far too many lovely hobbies to be a domestic skivvy. Cycling, my new allotment, spinning and knitting, sewing, my garden. I do my own maintenance too and that gives me more satisfaction than cleaning

All the important areas are clean but as for the rest, pah!! I don`t see dust unless the sun shines and I don`t hang about when I can go on a long bike ride in the sun, along tranquil country lanes and past orchards.

I have skirtings, so what? I might give them a tickle on a winters day

I do make sure my kitchen is tidy and that my sink area is clear and shiny before I go up to bed but only because the act stops me from napping

I do batch cook for myself, only because I want my own home -made ready meals in the freezer. The days of me being a domestic goddess are long gone, now is my time. I would rather be putting hinges on my shed than being a domestic in my own home

My house is tidy, but don't look too closely at the surfaces, there are many dust bunnies around. I have far more important 'crafty' things to fill my days!

My house is clean and tidy and has very little clutter. I enjoy keeping it that way and am happy with a routine of the morning being for housework and cooking so the afternoon is for hobbies.

What makes a house a home is the atmosphere rather than the decor. We try to make sure everyone feels relaxed and welcome - we have toys for the Gchn, board games and books for AC and can usually rustle up a biscuit to go with a cup of tea.
As far as I know the only person who hasn’t felt at ease in any of our various homes is my mum - I found her on more than one occasion running her finger along the ledges to test for dust!

I'm a real home-maker and actually enjoy housework (sad, I know). I can't relax until all my chores are done and just couldn't sit relaxing in an untidy or grubby room. I have 3 grandchildren and the house looks like a bomb has hit it when they visit; I'm not precious about my home, it's for living in, but as soon as they leave, I can't wait to get it back to 'normal' so I can relax.

Sure. Whatever works, kitty , but a lot of people seem to think only perfection makes a good home, which is nonsense.

I hate having advance warning of visitors because I run around like a headless chicken trying to make the place look fit for royalty! I love it when someone just drops in unannounced because it removes all the angst. Perhaps oddly, the people I like going to see are the ones with lived-in homes -- you don't have to worry about disturbing the immaculately-plumped cushions and you don't get the impression that, if only you weren't there, they'd be having a wonderful time casting their eyes around their impeccable, empty homes....

Agree about the shabbiness baggs but this mum operates better in a fairly tidy environment.

A home does not have to be tidy to be a good home. A home can even be shabby and be a good home.

I think being organised is important but that's not the same thing as super tidy and pristine.

It is hard work keeping a house tidy, as i have realised since I retired; before I wasn't there to make a mess and I could always shut the door on it while I did something really important: earned money to pay for it.
Now there is always something more important to do as there is always tomorrow for housework, (or the evening before someone comes.)

Sago

I am very dull in that I have a cleaning routine so everything is done weekly and each week, I don’t mind doing it.

I am tidy and organised and love to cook.

I make all our bread and butter and we eat almost zero processed food.

Bit of a Stepford wife!

I do however hate admin and I’m not very good at it, I can procrastinate for days before form filling.

You make your own butter??

It's taken me nearly all morning to tidy my kitchen table.

I'd rather clean and do laundry than cook.
I'm with crosstitchfan, and wonder whether I could replace the cooker with a bookcase.
Sadly, that won't work for visitors.