Are you a neat freak?
If you haven’t used something in three years, where do you put it?
55% donate it to charity, while 22% let it petrify at the bottom of a closet somewhere. 6% chuck it immediately— no need for drawn-out goodbyes! And 7% insist there’s a use for everything! Everyone else sells their stuff or puts it in storage.
Who does most of the cleaning in your household?
• “A little bit of everyone, but it usually falls on my husband because he is a neat freak. Poor guy.”
• “I do. My two dogs refuse to assist.”
• “I am a nun so we all do our share as members of a community.”
What takes up the most room in your house?
31% fill up the nooks and crannies with books, 21% keep more clothes around than anything else, 10% have a lot of useless junk in their house, and 4% have a lot of toys (kids’ toys, we assume?)
What’s your biggest pet peeve about your house right now?
• “The smell of the water.”
• “No pool or hot tub.” (We hear you, pal, we hear you.)
• “It’s so disgustingly dirty in terms of filth.”
• “Dog hair.”
• “Papers, papers, and papers.”
• “Cleaning it! Maybe one day I’ll hire someone else for that.”
• “I have eight cats and they have ruined the furniture and rug.”
• “Thanks to Wall Street, mortgage payments until 75.”
• “No pet peeves. Grateful to have it.”
• “My husband’s hoarding issues.”
• “The dark master bathroom.”
• “Too car dependent. Nobody walks!”
How do you let loose when no one else is around?
• “Read all day long and have a baked potato with lots of butter for dinner!”
• “Wear ugly but comfortable clothes.”
• “I watch Keeping Up with the Kardashians. It’s my guilty pleasure.”
• “I turn off the TV and call a friend or relax in silence.”
• “I don’t let loose.”
• “I’m an introvert so I cherish the quiet.”
• “Kitchen disco.”
• “I ditch all clothing and live in total nudity.”
• “Talk to the dog.”
• “I let it rip whenever I have wind.”
• “Leave dishes in the sink and watch daytime TV.”
When you need to make extra space in your home, what do you struggle to get rid of?
• “Back-up electronics.”
• “Kitchen gadgets.”
• “Old greeting cards.”
• “Unfinished projects.”
• “Teapots.”
• “Nothing. I’m ruthless about throwing things out.”
• “Stuff my mother-in-law gives us.”
Is your home too big, too small, or just right?
