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8 pm (EST): Jiffy will not move in with her new husband until he cleans up his act. Can "Clean House" bring them together?

 

This couple is from Baltimore.

 

9 pm (EST): Tune in for a two-hour special event as the Messiest Home in the Country is revealed! Hint: This detective was turned in for criminal amounts of clutter.

 

This family is from Cincinnati.

 

These shows were on the morning 6 am & 8 am but they're repeating tonight. I watched them & I keep thinking about it. It was uncomfortable to watch at times.

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Wow, I was looking at some of the before and after pics. It truly looks like some of those people just threw and stacked junk all over the place so that they could win the makeover. REALLY. I know that people can be very obsessive clutter collectors, but some of that looked staged to me! LOL

 

I thought the finished rooms were all very nice, though. Very sophisticated and not overly trendy or fru-fru, etc. I did wonder about the one girl's bedroom, though. Did they throw out 99% of her stuff?? Where does it go? LOL! I wish they showed pics of the closets. :)

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My in-laws were friends with a guy for over 30 years. He had items stacked in his apartment to the ceiling. He literally had a path to walk to certain areas, and the rest was filled with clutter. So, people really do live like that. I doubt, however, that people with that severe of a problem are going to get over it with a one-time makeover.

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dh has a friend that when he got married, his new wife moved into his 5 bedroom huge house and she was not even given one closet or one drawer anywhere for her stuff. She had boxes stacked in the master bedroom filled with her clothes. The last time we visited they are still living that way. Of course, I put in my 2 cents about what she should do with his full closets and drawers but she didn't listen.

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I just watched this show last night, and I am so mad at that woman!!

 

To have her whole house re-done, everything brand new, and to walk away because she thinks someone took her grandmother's stupid purse!!! I wish they went in a stripped that whole house back down to how it was.

 

Talk about a head case! My mother used to always say "you are choking on a gnat while swallowing a camel"

 

That lady just doesn't get, and will never get, the bigger picture.

 

So undeserving

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Other than the whole colony of mice/rats living in her basement!!

 

And did you see her get all defensive when they said her kitchen had a sour smell? I would bet her kitchen smelled about as bad as it looked.

 

I just get mad because it seems like these shows are rewarding bad behavior. I wish they would come into a home that needs a redo but has a family who works to keep it clean and bust their butts on upkeep. Reward people who are working hard at it but don't have the funds. Not sloppy, lazy people who just get all uppity when their brand new stuff stops them from finding some old piece of junk.

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Home'scool,

 

I can't figure that Cincy woman out. She said she wanted change & gave up so much but then reacted like that.

 

I think it all happened too fast for her. I think her problem (hoarding) can't be solved in 3 weeks and it was just too much for her.

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Well, they say the first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem, and she certainly fought admitting anything.

 

I am sure that having her whole environment change around her, and having her stuff either moved/sold/given away really threw her for a loop. All she needed was the excuse of "where is my grandmother's purse??" to give her a reason to "give up" and leave.

 

A whole house full of new stuff doesn't solve her underlying fear of giving up control.

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I watched it - the woman had a serious problem and there was no way they would be able to help her in the time they were there. He behavior was deplorable - but so was her language and her treatment of everyone around her - so I'm not sure what the show producers were expecting.

 

I personally love the show with Peter Walsh on it - mostly for him. (I think the carpenter disregards safety too much). He gets to the root of issues in a thoughtful, gentle way and really tries to help people - not belittle them or antagonize them like Nice does on Clean House. I think Peter Walsh is a real professional with a gift and he's been a great help to so many people - and I always feel like I've learned something when I watch that show.

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I don't make a habit of watching the show, but when I do catch it, I make DH come in and see the before pics. I just want him to know that the piles on teh side of my bed, which are only ankle high, and constantly changing because they are books that are coming and going, are NOTHING. The rest of the house is CLEAN, except for the toyroom which we do NOT walk through without shoes on because of the daggone Legos. It gives him perspective. :D

 

And heck, that Cincinnati lady is retired. I'm a teacher/chef/housekeeper/mom/wife/laundress/etc. With 2 littles chasing behind me undoing everything I do.

 

And what really irks me is that as a hardworking wife and mom, who busts her tail to keep her family happy and her home decent, I'll never win any contests to get a home makeover. Nobody will ever spend $50k and bring in a crew to redecorate my house! And if they did, I wouldn't go bezerk over something missing, unless it was valuable or cash. And as an aside--DH has been slaving away for the past 4 mos to redo our kitchen. And I've been without a kitchen sink for a month. And I LOVE HIM!!!!

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It truly looks like some of those people just threw and stacked junk all over the place so that they could win the makeover. REALLY. I know that people can be very obsessive clutter collectors, but some of that looked staged to me!

 

 

 

My mother's house looks like that. ALL. THE. TIME. It is disgusting. She refers to me as a "germaphobe" because I clean my bathrooms twice a week on a normal basis. (I have three sons)

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I just watched this show last night' date=' and I am so mad at that woman!!

 

To have her whole house re-done, everything brand new, and to walk away because she thinks someone took her grandmother's stupid purse!!! I wish they went in a stripped that whole house back down to how it was.

 

Talk about a head case! My mother used to always say "you are choking on a gnat while swallowing a camel"

 

That lady just doesn't get, and will never get, the bigger picture.

 

So undeserving[/quote']

 

I had the same thought. I can't believe anyone would complain about some old purses after getting all new appliances, and everything.

 

I think some of these people may have a mental illness of some sort. It is sad.

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Yes, they do. Hoarding is one manifestation of a type of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Hoarding is apparently one of the hardest types of mental illness to treat. Because it's the one disorder symptom that solves the anxiety-control problem for the sufferer. They don't want to give it up, because stashing the next item *fixes* their anxiety for a little while.

 

I did some research on this when I was working as an organizer. I never want to work with a hoarder again. They can't think clearly, can't make decisions, and have no motivation to change.

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I did some research on this when I was working as an organizer. I never want to work with a hoarder again. They can't think clearly, can't make decisions, and have no motivation to change.

 

I always thought that the majority of the people who hire organizers would be hoarders who can't make decisions about what to keep and what to get rid of (or their families, who hope someone else can help.) I don't necessarily mean the people who save stacks and stacks of old newspapers and big balls of string, but just the "relatively normal" among us who tend to collect things, or buy more stuff than they can reasonably expect to use.

 

I would think that if people are motivated to change and don't have any trouble throwing things away, they are probably less likely to need an organizer than the people who would like to change but get sort of overwhelmed by the whole prospect of actually doing it.

 

I wish I had your organizing skills!

 

Cat

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