cleaning house

Cleanliness – the Kitchen

The kitchen is the most used common room in a home. When there are housemates, the kitchen is often the place for casual conversation, laughter, and sharing.  It can also be a source of irritation and anger when members of a household don’t have the same standards of cleanliness and/or guidelines are not followed. It [...]

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Private space vs. Common space

For four years I had a housemate who was an incredible slob in his room.  There was stuff all over the floor with barely a path to his bedroom. Did I ever say anything to him about that? No! That was his room to do with as he pleased.  He was perfectly neat in the [...]

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Dutch House Rules

Here is some excellent advice. It’s good anytime you are sharing housing whether as a resident or as a house guest. I read them on a tile in a wonderful house in Western Massachusetts. I gather from a little Web exploration that there are other versions. This one seems very good to me. If you [...]

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Managing the ‘Fridge

Oh yuck… you open the fridge and it’s full of nasty containers of dead stuff. Or is it? Who knows? You know they aren’t yours, so you can’t throw them out. Can you? No, you can’t. Allotting Space in the Fridge The refrigerator in most house-share situations is a communal appliance. And it is THE [...]

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