Bad homemaker

I love a clean, uncluttered, tidy house and am happy to spend time to keep it that way. With just the two of us nothing gets very dirty or untidy and I find that around half an hour a day keeps my house as I want it. My husband does all the cooking, after 40 years of it I felt that I had had my turn now it's his turn, so the kitchen is his domain. Works well for us and we get a lot better meals than when I did the cooking.

I do have some nice things round the house but they are rarely seen at their best because I loathe housework. Cooking is fine, I enjoy cooking, although even that is beginning to pall after so many decades doing it. My daughter once bought me a fridge magnet that said "A mind is a terrible thing to waste on housework" and I have to agree.

I hate cleaning.
I've bought robot vacuums and it seems to make things look way better to have that vacuuming done early morning.

I'm fussy about sparking crockery and cuttlery and the kitchen table. I like a clean bathroom/toilet but I'm really untidy.
I used to think it was the children that made all the chaos but as they left home one by one the mess didn't diminish!

Unlike you, however I also love "home things" of beauty. I like a few beautiful pieces (a painting, a lamp, a chair, a kettle) and am very fussy about colours. I will spend a long time (way too long) on details but they do give me lots of joy. I try out numerous colours on A3 or larger sheets before I decorate and take pride in finding just the right colours for me.

In terms of "household things", carpets etc, if I can't afford what I really fancy I can happily live in a half-done space till I find something very similar or at least as lush.

One of my good friends is hopeless at making things look lovely - however I love her for who she is, not for her home! It's quite irrelevant if it doesn't make you happy!

I’m useless. I only really learned to cook during the pandemic due to worrying about food supplies. Trouble is my lack of domesticity means that I’m always cleaning and tidying up and decluttering because I’m so disorganised. I really want to be doing other things.

Posted too soon. I am rubbish at housework. You clean/dust one thing, turn around and something else needs cleaning/dusting/washing. It's not for me. Out house is ok. Clean (ish), in a reasonable state of decoration (ish). I couldn't care less. Not important with what else is going on around me.

Houses, housework and 'things' are very low on my priority list. When I was younger it was more important. I wanted timpress/keep up.

I'm hopeless. I have finally cleaned my upstairs bathroom which hasn't been done since before Christmas... luckily no one goes in there except my son!