If I visited your home without you knowing that I was coming.....

My house definitely reflects my personality - eclectic decor, lots of funky artwork, photos and souvenirs.

People are only surprised when it's 100% clean (only for parties and Mom visiting) and there aren't ongoing projects on my desk and dining room table! For some reason housework always loses when I have the option of doing something funn instead!

My house definitely reflects my personality - eclectic decor, lots of funky artwork, photos and souvenirs.

People are only surprised when it's 100% clean (only for parties and Mom visiting) and there aren't ongoing projects on my desk and dining room table! For some reason housework always loses when I have the option of doing something funn instead!

This reminds me of when my children were little. I was scrubbing the bathroom when my daughter asked if somebody old was coming over.

WYSIWYG

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your OTHER HOUSE is immaculate

Well, Like GI-Jo and KDW my k-nine owns the house; she is actually the mortgage holder... Its clean and welcome to Sowalers around the globe; come on with it!!!! Oh, but no cable, NO computer, NO home phone.... so it is quite relaxing..... OH, and no young ens

But my baby bro (Biffy) will crank up the hot tub and grill y'all up a steak to die for in the back yard!!!!

My house is clean, just not tidy. Of course, it's not hard to keep clean because of its size, which also contributes to the Red Bar decorating style because of limited wall space.

I am quite sure that in 50 years I'm not going to look back on my life and go "gee, I wish I'd spent more time putting away my projects & toys every day and less time having funn".

you will find plenty of dog hair and toys in every room. fairly organized and clean most of the time, but not all the time. certainly a lived in place, comfy, funn, with a great view. have a beer or wine on the back porch... but don't go near my closet or you shall have to be killed!

I can say with certainty my house is semi-presentable, except for my daughters overloaded bathrooms......I counted 11 shampoo bottles in my oldest's room o' ablutions. p.s. i've got a jet black dog walking over white tile. not good during the molting months

Dog hair has magical properties. Not only does it always find a surface or fabric of a contrasting color, it can travel without the use of a car or airplane!

On occassion I have found dog hair on my clothes from my parents' dog - who has never even been in this state or near those clothes! Although my mental picture of her trying on my ski boots is pretty funny - pretty sure that's how she got dog hair in them!

We gave up the fight long ago - between the light haired Golden Retrievers, Dark Chocolate labs, and combo German shorthairs, there was always contrasting hair for whatever you wore or selected as furniture.

you will find plenty of dog hair and toys in every room. fairly organized and clean most of the time, but not all the time. certainly a lived in place, comfy, funn, with a great view. have a beer or wine on the back porch... but don't go near my closet or you shall have to be killed!

I'm in! I promise I won't go near your closet.

Dog hair, junk mail, normally the kitchen is OK but not much else is. Housework took a nosedive after my back, then elbow, issues started - and I wasn't Suzy Homemaker before then. Only lately have I been able to resume vacuuming regularly. Oh, and under no condition should anyone look in the shower in the master bathroom.

Of course, football season starts tonight so there will be virtually no cleaning for three months!

You'd find an organized mess. Everything is piled up and out in the open, but it's all piled according to type: books, clothes, movies, etc.
You'd find in-progress art projects (far too many of them), stacks of half-read books, tonight's homework, and lots of music and movies.

In short, you'd probably not be surprised.

:funn: Ya'll crack me up. Love it! :funn:

But, what about YOU?

Here's what you would find about ME this year -2007. I would probably (99% of the time) be in silk PJ's. I have about 12 different pair....and my neighbors know them all! I would be......either in my rocking chair on the back porch, thumbing through every magazine I can get my hands on from fashion to food or my other rocking chair (Kalie drug into the kitchen for me....where my computer is). It seems I'm always doing tons of laundry or combing through my little Shih Tzu's thick long hair. Occasionally....more often now, you might find me in my Prayer Closet. I like to sleep on the couch, as it gives me back support....and Doug snores. I will answer the door with NO Make-UP, striped keds, hair in a mess or up on top of my head, a pair of reading glasses stuck somewhere in that mess of hair.....after I peek though the shades to see who it is.

I'm not getting into my house condition!:nono1:

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My home is usually neat & tidy, but not always clean (I need to scrub bathrooms as I type this)
I love my home!

Every home you stay in is neat and tidy and yes clean AND organized! I'm working on keeping it that way.

Quick...go to PotteryBarn.com or ballarddesigns.com and order a good looking bulletin board! And you are correct...only dull women have immaculate houses!

Well I'm certainly not dull then

I am neat & tidy but NOT immaculate...right now my bedroom is littered with clothes still not put away from my month stay in SoWal :roll: ...who has time? I'd rather SoWal

Is that a little Cork that rubbed off on you? :funn: :funn: :funn:

OK, as most will attest, my house doesn't look half bad until you get past the 2nd floor, which is the farthest most people will get . After that, look out - clothes, papers, shoes and everything that gets picked up from the first 2 floors.

I your house Cork

Every home you stay in is neat and tidy and yes clean AND organized! I'm working on keeping it that way.



Well I'm certainly not dull then



Is that a little Cork that rubbed off on you? :funn: :funn: :funn:

OK, as most will attest, my house doesn't look half bad until you get past the 2nd floor, which is the farthest most people will get . After that, look out - clothes, papers, shoes and everything that gets picked up from the first 2 floors.

Here's what you would find about ME this year -2007. I would probably (99% of the time) be in silk PJ's. I have about 12 different pair....and my neighbors know them all! I would be......either in my rocking chair on the back porch, thumbing through every magazine I can get my hands on from fashion to food or my other rocking chair (Kalie drug into the kitchen for me....where my computer is).

I only have 7 pairs of silk lounging pjs, but my theory is that my porch is part of my house. You will often see me grilling or gathering fresh herbs while in my pjs.........and slippers!

This is simple, I am a neat freak, sometimes thats not so good, but I can't help it

I'm in! I promise I won't go near your closet.

can't wait!

After my mother died, my kind brother-in-law took down the arbor (it was falling down) and made the posts into small tables. So, when I work in my recliner, I'm literally nestled between my grandmother's sewing machine and my mother/father's arbor. Very good vibes I must say.

wonderful!

. certainly a lived in place, comfy, funn, with a great view. have a beer or wine on the back porch...

OK, as most will attest, my house doesn't look half bad until you get past the 2nd floor, which is the farthest most people will get . After that, look out - clothes, papers, shoes and everything that gets picked up from the first 2 floors.

I wish I was there right now!
(both places..... )

I only have 7 pairs of silk lounging pjs, but my theory is that my porch is part of my house. You will often see me grilling or gathering fresh herbs while in my pjs.........and slippers!

Well pretty much like everyone else, clean but some clutter. I try to deal with it, but it seems to be larger than me.

Definitely dog, hair, we have a black lab. In fact even though I vacumn daily, tonight I saw something I would have sworn was a large mole or mouse and it was a dog hair tumbleweed.

My bath I keep very clean as I do my kitchen. Bedrooms are cluttered with clean clothes that seem to can't find their way to the closest or chest of drawers.

I do was going to deal with the clutter when my daughter went off to college that was 4 years ago and I am still working on it.

One of the favorite reasons I love going on vacation, No Clutter!

Well pretty much like everyone else, clean but some clutter. I try to deal with it, but it seems to be larger than me.

Definitely dog, hair, we have a black lab. In fact even though I vacumn daily, tonight I saw something I would have sworn was a large mole or mouse and it was a dog hair tumbleweed.

My bath I keep very clean as I do my kitchen. Bedrooms are cluttered with clean clothes that seem to can't find their way to the closest or chest of drawers.

I do was going to deal with the clutter when my daughter went off to college that was 4 years ago and I am still working on it.

One of the favorite reasons I love going on vacation, No Clutter!

Same here Minnie, there's nothing like walking into a spotless, clutter free rental. And for some reason I enjoy keeping it that way for the week.

Same here Minnie, there's nothing like walking into a spotless, clutter free rental. And for some reason I enjoy keeping it that way for the week.

Me too, I wash the dishes and don't mind, run the vacumn on floors that have no clutter, love that I get no junk mail and everyone actually puts their things away.