Comments on: the lazy gal’s survival guide to better housekeeping https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-survival-guide-to-better-housekeeping/ The Handmade Home is a full service rehab, construction and design firm with an exclusive product line, at The Handmade Home Studio. Fri, 19 Apr 2019 01:30:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Catherine https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-survival-guide-to-better-housekeeping/#comment-63846 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13918#comment-63846 In reply to JEN C.

Oh, snap! I could have written this. Got the Martha, too…under a pile of paper!

]]> By: Amanda https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-survival-guide-to-better-housekeeping/#comment-63820 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13918#comment-63820 In reply to natasha @southerngirlsecrets.

You said it! I feel the same! Looking forward to great posts!

]]> By: Natasha https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-survival-guide-to-better-housekeeping/#comment-63726 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13918#comment-63726 I struggle even with surface cleaning. Just getting the house to LOOK neat would be great. But I’d also really like to work out something that really works for us and help us to keep the house looking and working like it should. We don’t even have kids, so it shouldn’t be as difficult as it is right now.

]]> By: Nataliya https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-survival-guide-to-better-housekeeping/#comment-60096 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13918#comment-60096 OMg, I cant wait to see what comes in this series. I am completely a surface cleaner too. My house has to look perfect, so my closets and drawers suffer. Once every few months I get super motivated to organize, and I start with all my drawers and closets etc, but I have a major problem keeping things organized and staying motivated. I’m so excited you’re starting this!

]]> By: Kristen Hunter https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-survival-guide-to-better-housekeeping/#comment-57824 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13918#comment-57824 Oh, how I needed this today! We were planning to sell our house a year ago so we did the “sell your house” purge and sent many boxes of “stuff we could live with out for the next six months” over to my brother-in-law’s basement. Fast forward a year and there is a mold problem in said basement and we now have all 15+ boxes all over our house in various states of unpacked. With my 4yr old’s birthday party on Saturday I’m scrambling to get it all done. The question I ask myself is “where did I have this stuff before we took it out of the house?”. I have no answer for this but enjoyed not having it. So, we are in the same boat, making the same space work harder for us and not against us. I’m looking forward to joining your journey to better spaces that work for you.

]]> By: Gina https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-survival-guide-to-better-housekeeping/#comment-53696 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13918#comment-53696 Looking forward to this! My main issue is papers including my son’s who is constantly gifting me with his lastest creations or keeping them for himself. And not all his creations fit neatly in a box. Have any ideas on how to store a double length pool noodle that is currently being used as a marble ramp? Or a large fire truck box? Keep in mind we only live in a small 1400 sq. ft. house so not a whole lot of storage area going on.

]]> By: Sarah https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-survival-guide-to-better-housekeeping/#comment-53585 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13918#comment-53585 I can’t wait for this series! I love to organize and purge. Unfortunately, staying organized is not a strength.
A few things that do work for us-
We have a dresser in our family room that has a drawer for each kid. We don’t have a mudroom, so this functions as our “go” storage. It has shoes, backpacks and then the accessory drawer. I don’t know about you, but I am always brushing hair as we are heading out the door. I’ve got brushes, hair product and all of the hair goodies that two little girls require in that dresser.

We do bath time every night before bed. I have two baskets in the bathrrom linen closet- pjs for each of my girls.

Lastly, we have a seasonal drawer in our laundry room. In the summer, it’s for swimsuits and sunscreen. In the winter, it’s for hats and gloves.

I am trying a new paper system. As I pick my kids up from school, I pull everything out of their backpacks and put it in file folders IN MY CAR. They are only in preschool, so I don’t have to worry about homework and maybe all of those papers don’t go into the house to someday go to the recycle bin. We shall see!

]]> By: Sheri https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-survival-guide-to-better-housekeeping/#comment-53431 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13918#comment-53431 I can hardly wait to follow along. I decided a long time ago to reduce my expectations on housework. I was going to school part time, two kids to shuttle around and a husband who decided he didn’t want anything to do with housework. So I scaled back and decided what was “good enough” for our family. Things might be a bit messy at times or cluttered, but so is our reality. I hope now to get some organization to the house now that I am done school, and maybe my son can follow along and do something about that very messy room, LOL.

]]> By: Mirinda https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-survival-guide-to-better-housekeeping/#comment-52805 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13918#comment-52805 I am at this moment avoiding cleaning the bathrooms because all I want to do is organize the workroom. Yup- I need some help too!

]]> By: colleen from alabama https://www.thehandmadehome.net/the-lazy-gals-survival-guide-to-better-housekeeping/#comment-52729 http://www.thehandmadehome.net?p=13918#comment-52729 YIPEEEE! I’m in. This Alabama girl is in need of some purging and organizing! Bring it on.

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