At this time, is the condition of your home/private living space such that you would be proud if someone you know unexpectedly came to visit?

My place is always cluttered and everyone that knows me is aware of this. I try and make sure that it is always just tidy/clean enough so that I wouldn’t be embarassed if someone popped round though.

NO, But i would not be extremely emmbarressed either, I have just recently discovered at nearly age 60 , My house does not have to be so clean one could eat of my floor every day, I finally learn to be more relaxed about the condition of my house , and ya know, it is so do able, and I find my self more relaxed.

Didn’t we just do this?

Proud is not really an emotion I’m aiming for… I would hope that my guests would be comfortable, and achieving that would please me, but I think not make me “proud”.

If guests arrived unannounced, I imagine there would always be a few things I’d rather tidy up, but it wouldn’t make me anxious about inviting them in.

Nope. I am an incorrigible swine. Actually still (5 years later) consolidating two houses and 25+ years of junk into one house.

Yes. Being single and tidy by nature, but not even close to anal, I can clean my house well once every two weeks and aside from the basics of dishes, laundry, the only thing you would find here might be a little cat hair on my red oriental rug, ( mostly my siamese cats white bunny fur ) and a bit of dust. Sometimes a few leaves come in on my mega fluffy cats tail. lol
I’ll tell ya, after being married and raising a child, words can’t express how wonderful it is to be free of constant cleaning.

Now I call Merry Maids a couple of times a year to do the hardcore, move furniture, dust ceilings, windows, etc. stuff….what joy, and I love the little gold seals they leave on the toilet paper rolls. haha :-D

Yep. Even someone I didn’t know.

Yes. My house is pretty immaculate.

The most you’ll find is after-school clutter on the kitchen table or a basket of clean clothes in our bedroom waiting to be put away.

Depends on what rooms they wanted to evaluate! LOL The front room, living/dining, is always clean and neat.

It could be if I had a ten minute warning to pick up :)

I wouldn’t serve supper on my kitchen floor but otherwise it’s good enough.

I have people over fairly often, and my place is TINY, so there is no room for clutter. I also do it for the sake of my roommate…he moved in after me and my ex already lived here so most of the stuff in the common areas is not his so I try to keep it orderly and put the clutter in my room, if anything. It works out.

We’re preparing to have a huge garage sale, so our living room looks like a retail outlet mall right now LOL.

I wouldn’t say proud but I wouldn’t say embarrassed either. Come on over and see!

I’m Ok with someone dropping by right now. There is some stuff laying around out of place but it’s not Haorders!

@Ponderer983 Right now our house looks like the aftermath of hoarders! Hopefully all of the stuff will be gone within a couple of weeks when the sale occurs.

The reason we finally agreed to get rid of all of the stuff is because one of my friends has a sweet little Beagle dog that became paralyzed due to a slipped and herniated disk over Christmas. Luckily there is a state of the art veterinary clinic in our area that was able to save the dog’s life and fix her so that she is able to walk again. We thought she was a goner, or would have to spend the rest of her life with a harness wheelchair, but these excellent vets were able to help her. The doctor that worked on the Beagle said that he and his partner see 5 to 10 paralyzed dogs each week from all over our area and outlying areas, so that is what he does all day long, every single day. But that kind of specialty medical care does not come cheap. Their vet bill is about $5,000!

So my Mom and I came up with the idea to kill 2 birds with 1 stone and so we’re clearing out our attic and closets and garage and collecting other stuff from friends, neighbors and relatives and donating all of the proceeds from the sale to my friend to offset some of the cost of the vet bill. I figured that if we sold every item for only one dollar, we could get at least a couple of thousand bucks.

Not a good time, I’m rearranging the furniture.

I usually have to clear the extra chairs and throw a blanket over them, because of the dog hair. If they want to use the table, I would have to move the stuff on it too. I have several folding tables in case it’s just someone with papers for me to sign.

They would have to watch where they step, because there might be the occasional Hot Wheels car or Power Ranger action figure on the floor, not to mention a dog’s ball or rubber bone here and there.

I wouldn’t be embarrassed, because that’s the way I live, and my friends know it. If they are strangers, why would I care what they think?

If I can close the door to our bedroom, yes. Our room has three walls with books stacked on the floor against them, books on top of the dressers and end tables, piles of papers to be sorted for taxes or shredding and everything covered in dust. Ick.

@Kardamom Sad story, and it’s interesting because that ALMOST happened to my dog as well. He had a bulging disc and suddenly one day couldn’t walk. Luckily, a few rounds of steroids made him better, though never the same. At the time, I was told back surgery would be about $3,000 and that was probably close to 8 – 10 years ago!

It’s fine. I have papers on the coffee table in the rumpus room and text books, but I’m working on something. If someone who visits doesn’t like it…. “don’t let the door hit you on the way out!” The rest of the house is clean and tidy.

I really hate when people judge others because their homes are messy. I go to visit people, not houses. I had a neighbour visit once, this is years ago when I had a tiny baby and was working full time as well, and I saw her run her finger along the front of a surface! It was clean but I was so disgusted at the woman. Never invited her in again.

Nah. Right now I wouldn’t invite anyone over and if they knocked on my door unexpected I wouldn’t let them in. I’m in the processing of moving so there are boxes and stuff waiting to be packed everywhere.