The Weekend Recovery

The weather seems to be a bit more tolerable in the Midwest lately and our weekends seem to be packed with more and more projects, shopping and renovations. August brings us more festivals, auctions, antiquing, dinner parties and home repair. What tips do you have for getting your space back in shape after a long weekend of biting off more than you can chew (We can't be the only one's who work all weekend and shrug off picking up until Monday)?
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Most of us are fairly responsible when it comes to cleaning as you go. We have long since learned that the maid does in fact NOT live here and that messes made fall into our hands to tidy up. But sometimes that just doesn't stop us for shrugging off our ~~grown-up~~ adult duties and moving on to the next thing.

How do you get your space back in tip top shape after a weekend of building things, bringing treasures home, having family and friends over, or even just a series of DIY household repairs. Do you start in one room, moving clockwards around it and work methodically? Or maybe you clean a bit of this and a bit of that, from different rooms until things are back in order? Perhaps you put an icepack back on your head, close your eyes, lay down and pretend the magic cleaning gnomes will take care of it all for you?

How do you recover? Let us know below!

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Comments (6)

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.

posted by lieschenmueller on August 18th 2008 at 2:16pm
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I married a compulsive cleaner. Left to my own devices, I wouldn't clean till I stepped in cold pizza on the floor.

posted by Lisa Hunter (Montreal) on August 18th 2008 at 2:24pm
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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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posted by lovelasmuertas on August 18th 2008 at 4:18pm
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I am way too organized and clean for my own good. I can't rest until things are clean.

posted by mary jane on August 18th 2008 at 8:58pm
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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.

posted by lieschenmueller on August 18th 2008 at 10:52pm
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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....

posted by nyclisa on August 19th 2008 at 3:01am
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