The Perfect Trap - Why the Perfect Home Isn't Perfect, It's Comfortable!

Martha Stewart can go for a walk in the woods and find inspiration in cones. She would collect them, spray them, parchment white stick with guests' names in gold calligraphy on them, and bravo, have brand new seats. Had you or I were in the woods, we had too busy listening to the birds notice the hidden potential in the pines. That is our problem, you see. We are too busy living to be good housekeepers.

But that has not stop us from feeling guilty that our houses are chaotic. We press indoor Fear, let no one in fear they may determine how we actually live. May we meet a neighbor, and do not want to invite them in for coffee, only to realize to our horror that our breakfast dishes are still in the sink. Instead we have to retreat inside, where we can turn on the green channel and the feeling of a whole new level of guilt because our houses are not measured.

Do not get me wrong. I love with a neat home. I even like some of Martha's craft. But we can go overboard on this need to have a perfect home. We forget what houses are really about.

Relationships Matter More than Housework

At the end, relationships matter. Dust bunnies not. That does not mean we should not clean, simple, that if our goal is to provide a comfortable home, where everyone want to be, not perfectly at home, where we feel nervous when the Children play. My grandmother, to deplore the fact that they do not keep their perfect home as some of their neighbors. But one day they woke up to the ground. She was always on children. She had toys. She had books. She had magazines. Your Friends had collections of Polish soil.

A Home Real consists of People

But it was more a house? The, where you could see your reflection on the floor, or, where You could see your child the latest Lego creation? A house, toys, books, crafts and hobbies, all references to the people who live there. There is nothing wrong with, dass After all, we invite people know about to learn us anyway. Everybody's more comfort in a house that you as antiseptic in a clean house directly from the better homes and gardens.

Sometimes we forget this lesson. Think about what your children hear you say today. many daily at my house, it's things like "What are your toys do on the stairs?" "Get your things from the living room! Do you expect me to always clean it? "." Why can not always pick up everything? ". Add all of this, and the message is clear:" They are children of trouble. Shape up! "

find a comfortable medium

I wish that our house comfortable. This means that my children should have the opportunity to play. It is also convenient for me, though, so they can not play where I want to knit. And they have their piles to a minimum so we can all walk without our necks. A comfortable home also means the opportunity to shower without fear of contagion, with some Disease. Clean and basic control disorder are both surely needed. Perfection, but is not.

Sometimes I forget these lessons and the yelling begins again. But housework does not make a house. People do. My house is never perfect , but I hope it is a fact that my children one day look back on fondly. Above all, because I have no word Polish.

 

Sheila Wray Gregoire is the author of four books, including To Love, Honor and Vacuum: When you feel more like a maid than a wife and a mother. Do you need help organizing your home? Get your FREE household organization charts, including chore sheets, organization checklists, and more!

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