I think my house is really clean...

[Perry]

until I actually start cleaning it. :o Then I feel like a terrible housekeeper.

 

How often do you clean above your cabinets? Under your fridge? Inside kitchen cabinets? And all the rest of the places that don't get done routinely. Or am I supposed to be doing those things routinely too?

[k2bdeutmeyer]

until I actually start cleaning it. :o Then I feel like a terrible housekeeper.

 

How often do you clean above your cabinets? Under your fridge? Inside kitchen cabinets? And all the rest of the places that don't get done routinely. Or am I supposed to be doing those things routinely too?

 

I'm supposed to clean under my fridge and inside the cabinets?? :svengo:

 

LOL!

[HomeschoolMamaOfTwo]

Honestly, those things you mentioned, about once a year. Is that terrible!?

[Mommyof4ks]

Um...my cabinet tops have not been cleaned in 3 years, so you are likely doing better than me there. :) I only clean under the fridge once a year and inside my cabinets twice a year. My fridge scratches my tile, so we do not move it much, and the cabinet doors are closed, so how dirty can they get?. ;)

 

I only clean the exterior of my windows once a year.

 

Wow, I am a terrible housekeeper. :( If the bathrooms are cleaned weekly and the kitchen counters and sink are cleaned daily, then I feel good.

[NotSoObvious]

Our old house always looked clean and we cleaned a lot, so I thought I had it down. Well, we lived there for 5 years and I never knew that you could lift up the top layer of the stove and clean under there until we were moving out. Poor house cleaners!

[dhudson]

I cleaned the cabinets and the top of the cabinets today and was very depressed. Now I see 12 other things that need to be cleaned. Should have kept my eyes shut!

[Jennifer in MI]

Top of the cabinets is ceiling. So, never.

 

Under the fridge and stove? Once every month or so? But, I can see under my stove, so I know when it's bad!!! As long as we're pulling out the stove, we might as well pull the fridge out - right?

 

Inside kitchen cabinets - twice a year or so? That's as often as I get the purging urge and go through EVERYTHING!!!!

[Perry]

I think my real problem is once I start cleaning I find dirt in all sorts of visible places that I really thought were clean. My vision isn't very good, and I wonder how much of this dirt is obvious to people who can actually see! I know my guests aren't going to be looking at the top of my cabinets, but the little nooks and crannies all over my kitchen... :eek:

 

I have a lot of work to do.

[Guest]

I get the same feeling when I start to clean. Ugh.

[Harriet Vane]

I get the same feeling when I clean. I spent an hour with ds in his room tonight, sorting things to get rid of and re-organizing, and was horrified with how dirty it is in there. Deep cleaning tomorrow, and better supervision from me in future, right? Except that somehow, this happens every few months . . . sigh

[TXMomof4]

DS is supposed to wipe down the baseboards on cleaning day. We have a dog that sheds a lot and th hair all sticks to them for some reason. Anyway, I sat down with him to help and got to looking at my walls. Holy guacamole! About waist high there is a grey streak where we all apparently rub our hands on the walls. And the doorframes at that level! Horrifying! I had never noticed before, but I have a huge pile of magic erasers for cleaning day tomorrow! The kids are going to love me!

 

Under the fridge and stove only get cleaned when we move.

[AmyontheFarm]

I read some place on internet land... that you should wipe down the baseboards with a fabric softener sheet and the dog hair won't stick as bad anymore. I don't have a dog so i can't tell you if it actually works.

[Mandylubug]

I didn't know that people cleaned behind and under their fridge until I was married for 7 years.... no joke... I also didn't know that the stove top raised up to clean under it as well! After seeing the junk under there we bought a smooth top stove ha ha....