Specifically when you sleep in to 10 or 11

Hello, which robot vacuum do you choose for cleaning up your house?

Our life is so busy now tbh, my wife is pregnant and i want to buy a robot vacuum to ease our burden with housework. My budget can up to $800, does anyone have any recommendation or advice? I'd appreciate any opinion.

This book was recommended either in this sub or the simple living sub. It's absolutely brilliant for beginninger homemakers like me who don't have anyone to model homemaking for me.

I'm almost through this book, so if you have anymore let me know!

One of my lovely dogs thought it'd be fun to try to play with a skunk last night. We have things with him mostly taken care of. Multiple baths with deskunking shampoo, and he's almost better.

My house on the other hand...

It reeks. So much. Windows are open. Oder eliminators and air freshener. Nothing is helping. It's still SO bad.

Any tips on how to make this better? While I tend to try to stick to low(ish)tox cleaning products, I don't even care right now. I just need this stench out of my home. Any tips would be greatly appreciated!

Hi, all!

Any advise on hosting a MIL in a 1 br. apartment where the only sleeping options are a queen bed, sleeping bag, or couch? While we both feel it would make sense for her to take the couch, we also believe it would be more respectful for her to have the bed. She's not partial either way but she follows old fashioned manners to the letter, so we decided to ask y'all what you believe is most in the spirit of classic etiquette?

TIA!

Just got my rug back from the cleaners and it has mold in one corner. Does anyone know how to get the stain out. I can’t use hydrogen peroxide because it’s a wool blend rug. Thanks in advance!

I tried one of these soup mixes (I believe it was the Tomato Basil) and absolutely loved the ease of it. It called for adding a can of tomatoes, but I threw a few more ingredients in. I'd love to know if any of you have any recipes for any of these that I could have to keep some on hand to throw a quick batch of soup together, or even to make some for gifts. I found some recipes by searching, but I'd love any favorites you might have. TIA

Hi everyone! All my life I've lived in older modest homes. Everything was pretty easy to clean. You simply wiped it down or dusted it off. Well I'm growing my own family with my hubby and we recently moved into a newer build townhome and I'm coming to find that my knowledge of cleaning and upkeep is pretty limited based off of the new materials I'm experiencing in this home. I now have a glass cooktop, tile floors and shower, granite countertops and a glass shower door that already has hard water stains building up on it. And I don't know how to properly clean/maintain them. Any tips, advice, product suggestions for these things? I'll be googling some of the questions I have but I'd thought I'd get some first had advice from all you amazing people. I'm also 8 months pregnant with 2 little ones already running around so products with cleaner ingredients is preferable.

As the title states, I sealed grout with 511 Impregantor sealer (solvent-based), and the towel I used to clean up was accidentally thrown in with the rest of the clothes into the washing machine. Now the clothes smell like the sealer and have a film to it. The worst part is, my wife’s favorite sweaters were in the mix so this is a high stakes situation. Any ideas? Remedies? Or do I need to start begging for forgiveness…

Thanks in advance!

I’m trying to get pregnant and was trying to come up with a list of homemaking prep I could do to make things easy for myself/make it so the house doesn’t descend into chaos while I’m not feeling well. I’m lucky that at least in my first pregnancy I didn’t get sick often but was consistently nauseous and often exhausted/apathetic. I was working at that time and now I’m not but will be with a toddler 24/7. Does anyone have any tips or a list of things they have prepped when trying to conceive/when they first find out they are pregnant? I feel like I’ve never seen this mentioned specifically.

So far I’ve come up with

1. Make a few purchases for things that we constantly run into issue with (ie we’re running low on glass tupperware, we need more cheap towels for cleaning big spills and backup bath towels, etc)

2. Buy all disposable dinnerware to use during this time (we do not have a dishwasher and I just know the nausea is going to make doing the dishes even more aversive so I would like to cut it back as much as possible in the short term)

3. Buy certain items in bulk right when I get a positive so I don’t have to worry about keeping up with whether they are running out (paper towels, toilet paper, pet food, cleaning supplies)

4. Coming up with a weekly meal plan that’s low effort and reliable (heavy on the pressure cooker and crockpot)

5. Prepping a lot of little snack bags/daily vitamins

Does anyone else have anything they do?

Just curious ... Would you consider 5 or 6 homemade crockpot freezer meals a good gift?

Not sure if this is the best flair but I’m hoping you fine folks can help me decide which of the above items to put on my Christmas list. Talk me into or out of either one. Pros? Cons? Utility? Preferred brands? I do have two little kids so that’s an important consideration in terms of being able to churn out food they might actually eat.

Thanks in advance!!

Hi.. so this is my problem and I was wondering if anyone had advice. I’m recently married and I still work part time but soon I’ll be a stay at home wife… so I want to be able to take over the majority of the cooking. My husband gets home and he’s very tired and I don’t want him to have to be responsible for supper too. The problem is, I only learned anything about cooking late in life, so I’m still learning and making mistakes. But my husband is a REALLY good cook, he can make anything, and it’s also his relaxation activity (however he doesn’t wanna do it every single day of course).

I can’t really make the food we usually eat that he cooks because mine always turns out so much worse than when he makes it as I’m still wrapping my brain around certain concepts. And I feel a bit embarrassed when he has to go behind me and season/fix everything. 🤦‍♀️ Even though he’s super supportive and kind about my mediocre-at-best cooking, I’ve developed some kind of mental block around it… another difficult factor is he eats meat and I’ve been vegetarian almost my entire life, and while I’m not against cooking him meat, I have NO idea how since I’ve never cooked it and I can’t remember the last time I ate meat, which was early childhood. Other things I can manage a little better but meat is just so foreign to me.

Basically, I need to learn quick and get my confidence up.. does anyone have any advice on either or both? Thank you guys.

I’m so envious of homes that have a signature scent or inviting smell! I’ve tried wax melts, diffusers, candles, plug in fresheners, etc. Right now, I’ll light a candle here and there, open windows and just let in fresh air, but I’m looking for ideas so my home can smell good all the time.

What do you do to make your home smell good?

Edit: bonus if they are natural fragrance options! I’m not looking to make my home smell like a hotel, but just a fresh inviting smell!

Hey everyone 👋,

I’m reaching out because I recently fixed a big humidity problem in my crawl space… which, well, wasn’t exactly ventilated. This caused major issues with moisture, mold, and a lingering odor in the house. Quite the ordeal!

Now that I’ve installed a dehumidifier down there, the main issue is under control, and the humidity has nearly vanished 🥳. But, I still have some work left to tackle the lingering traces of mold, humidity, and smell that stuck around inside.

So far, I’ve been cleaning with a 1:1 mixture of white vinegar and hot water, which has really helped reduce the musty smell in the air. However, there’s still more to do, especially with:

• Wood furniture that’s absorbed that musty smell.
• The underside of my couch, which has fabric that shows signs of dampness and mildew.

Do you have any tried-and-true tips for cleaning these effectively and gently? Any natural methods that won’t damage the furniture? Or maybe some miracle products you’d recommend?

Thank you in advance for your kind advice ! You’re my last hope to freshen up my home again 😄.

ETA: I think I may have explained a couple of things wrong. Husband has never, NEVER complained about this. At all. In fact I don’t think he’s ever complained about anything! It’s not that he complains, it’s that he comes home stressed and I would like him to be able to relax. Advice on how to get him to just walk PAST the chores so we can do them TOGETHER after work, or how to get them done during the day before he gets home, would both help me :)

Hello friends! I have a passion for homemaking, and for science. I work as a science writer from home and I LOVE my job, but right now I am in a season with work where everything is busy. Usually, I have time during the day to do dishes, laundry, take the dog out, sometimes even run errands like grocery shopping, but the past week and a half I have not.

Now, my sweet husband is AMAZING, he is, but he struggles to relax when he comes home and feels that he MUST immediately do any and all chores that were neglected during the day. Dishes MUST be done, counters MUST be wiped, laundry MUST be folded before he can sit down to rest. This is, unfortunately, at his detriment - he gets home from a hectic day to an equally hectic household, and it’s making him stressed out and a bit short with me. I asked my MIL about it briefly, and she said he has been this way since he was old enough to conceptualize cleanliness.

So! I come to you for advice. He wakes up around 7am, I wake up around 7:45am, get the dog out, feed the cat, make his lunch, kiss him goodbye at 8am, then make myself breakfast, eat and start work around 8:30. He gets home around 1:30 or 2, does the chores, then sits down to finish out his workday until around 5. After that, he prefers to make dinner (trained chef) while I sit at our island with a glass of wine and chat. We then settle down on the couch together for the evenings. He hates for me to do chores in the evening, and hates for me to be up before him in the morning. What suggestions do you have?

Tl;dr: my husband struggles to relax in an untidy home; I struggle to find time to tidy it with my hectic work schedule. Can someone help me?

I have been having a lot of trouble with my mental and physical health in the last few months. I am supremely bored, unsatisfied, and exhausted with my life. But I am also agoraphobic. I work over the summer, and I enjoy my job because I am isolated, but I am a farm worker and it is seasonal. But the whole time I'm workingsi was wishing I didn't have to and I could just be at home. My work has ended and I'm home now. My family leaves in the morning before I wake up, and I don't see them again until 6 at the earliest, usually 7-10pm. I have a side business (that nobody buys from), i have many hobbies, i have livestock, i have pets, i can watch TV or play videogames and do anything i want, but I'm just sad and lonely and bored. I have no friends. I can't do anything I like because it stresses me out, I don't enjoy any of my hobbies anymore, i dont enjoy my business, I don't enjoy videogames. I wake up (wishing I was still able to sleep until my family gets home), and I'm stressed that I have nothing that I like to do, and I sit down on the couch watching shows I don't really enjoy (because the ones I do enjoy I don't want to watch). And I cry and stress until my family comes home, and I am happy for 3 hours or so, and I go to bed happy. Then it starts over. What do I do?? I cant figure this out.

I moved into my house a year ago and still can’t figure out how to clean my hardwood floors properly… I mean, I feel like I do clean them properly but footprints still immediately show up on them. The wood is shiny and when the light hits it you can see footprint marks on it, if that makes sense? Also, it’s always streaky from where I mopped!! We do no shoes in the house as well. I clean the floors with warm water and a drop of dish soap. I’ve also tried part water, part vinegar and plain water. Does anyone know how to fix this?

Oh, and I use a spin mop! I’ve read online that streaks usually mean too much water was used, but I usually use the foot pedal 10 times before I mop so the mop isn’t soaking, it’s actually quite dry.

It is lineoleum I believe, the plasticky stuff found in most apartments. I usually sweep the floor then use apple cider vinegar on a rag or a mop to go over the floor, then water. Sometimes I use Lysol instead of apple cider vinegar.

Yet the floor feels sticky again when it dries!

What should I try please?

Hello! As title reads, I am new to the group. I am 33 weeks pregnant with my first baby. I am having high risk so right now I’m having a lot of doctors appointments so I decided to resign my position at work. It was always our plan for me to be a SAHM once baby is here. I guess what I am looking for is any advice or things I should be doing now? Today’s my first day not going to work.

Thanks & I look forward to being apart of the group.

Hi all,

There's been a fair amount of folks sleeping on my couch and I think it's caught up to me, there is a faint smell of BO that is now present on the couch. How do I clean this? I think I heard a steamer is the way to go, but which one do I buy if so?

Bonus if you also have ADHD lol but I’d love to hear from those of you that have young kids and are still able to have a clean and organized home. What are your daily habits and must do’s? Advice? I have three kids that are 6, 2, and 2 mo. And feel like I’m constantly drowning in housework and need some inspiration!

So long story short, while I was away there was a renovation of the block of apartments where I live, construction workers forgot to shut some of the windows before starting the work outside, and now I came back to find my entire apartment covered in a thick layer of concrete dust. Every single surface - tables, chairs, walls, ceiling, bookshelves, books, clothes, beds, dishes, every little crevice is stuffed with it. It's an incomprehensibly massive surface area to clean.

The vacuum cleaner (even industrial one) won't pick it up, and cleaning everything with a damp rag would take hundreds if not thousands of man hours.

Is there any smarter and faster way to do clean everything? I thought of bringing air compressor to blow the dust while vacuuming, but if that dust goes in the air, it will circle around and land elsewhere, meaning it will be a never-ending battle.

Any advice?

Considering getting it but looking for reviews. I’ve been using the wood car refresher for 6 months and I like it most of the time.