apartment therapy changing the world, one room at a time

usually i try the ice pack first. when that fails, and let's face it, it always does, i start in my bedroom and work clockwise.

I married a compulsive cleaner. Left to my own devices, I wouldn't clean till I stepped in cold pizza on the floor.

Some nights I go so crazy that I dust things I SHOULD be regularly dusting (Noguchi Akari lamp), then I'll let paperwork, post-its and projects pile up on the floor until the next crazy cleaning!

Now if I could only figure out how to get in that crazy mood more often...

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I am way too organized and clean for my own good. I can't rest until things are clean.

lisa in montreal, does your husband have a brother, 40ish, maybe? i have always dreamed about an ocd husband or boyfriend. mind you, i would help, but they need to create the sense of urgency to clean up, as i don't feel it. difference between you and i, i wouldn't step in the pizza. i would move around it. for a very long time, until it leaves my peripheral vision, blends into the furniture, and then stays forever...ok, i've gotten better, i now do the picking up one day, and the cleaning after the next, but it still doesn't come naturally.

I always start with the dishes and kitchen. Once the dishes are done and the kitchen is clean, the rest just seems to follow suit (perhaps also b/c our apt. is so small that the kitchen is the first thing you see when you walk in). Sometimes, I put toilet bowl cleaner in the commode to force bathroom cleaning -- while it's working you almost have no excuse not to clean anything else. Looking forward to others' ideas....