I have been known to watch "How Clean is Your House" or similar programmes and rate my house as pretty tidy in comparison. I am unsure that having such houses as a standard of comparison is a good thing.
I have also been know to invite people round my house in order to make myself have a big tidy. I sometimes think we should have people over more often!
When I was at university a friend gave me a load of Winnie the Pooh paper plates. I used these so I had less washing up to do. Just to clarify this was 20 years ago and I don't do it now, unless it is a children's party.
Method have recently shared their survey of 2000 adults dirtiest cleaning secrets with me and I have to say I am feeling good about myself again. Their dirty secrets included:
reusing using unwashed plates
buying new bed sheets instead of washing old ones
letting dogs lick the leftovers from their plates
using a hairdryer to dust the bedroom
reusing dirty gym clothes
cleaning skirting boards with socks....whilst wearing them!
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1 – 200 of 204 Newer› Newest»i have 6 very messy birds,and always cleaning up after them
I never pull out kitchen appliances to clean behind them.
i let the dog finish off the childrens cereal from their bowls
The inside of the kitchen bin lid needs cleaning I hate that job!
Me too lol!
I ned to clean my kitchen bin (especially the inside of the lid) but am scared!
i need to clean under the bed
My washing machine powder drawer only gets cleaned when my Mum comes round
my vegetable rack has new spuds growing in there i think
I just need a cleaner
i sweep dust under the bed
I have 2 messy kids and an even messier husband!
Need to clean behind sofas. My son is always putting things down there :-/
The kids stash loads of stuff under the sofa, it's out of sight out of mind there!
we LOVE the Method range of products - Have just discovered their foaming soap - perfect for little hands. I can totally relate to the paper plate confession - have done that once or twice recently myself. My dirty secret would be sending my son's PE kit back to school unwashed when I haven't had the time to wash it!
I daren't look at what's behind my appliances...
my dogs eat off our plates
I'm pretty lazy I'm afraid to admit. My house always looks tidy on the untrained eye but I tend to clean around things and not under or behind. The cobwebs behind my TV are scandalous!
I need to hover behind the sofa.
I need to clean under my sofa i dread to think what the kids have put under there
We won't change our bed sheets for months at a time!
I sometimes leave the hoover out when hubby gets in from work when really I havnt evan touched it :O
I sorted out a big pile of old clothes. Instead of taking them to the charity shop, I have been wearing them and binning them when they are dirty. Well it saves on washing and ironing.
I haven't got any! Im a bit OCD with my cleaning and habits
I'm to scared to even look under the sofas
I never wear matching socks and I have a basket off odd kids socks
All the bits that must congregate under the reclining sofa legs! xx
Hanging clothes up to air if they don't LOOK dirty enough to need a wash
All the stuff that gathers under my dads reclining arm chair.
need to change bedsheets more
If I can get out of dusting I would but done fortnightly
COBWEBS ON THE CEILING - TEND TO NOT LOOK UPWARDS WHEN CLEANING
I ignore the windows as long as I can!
The bed doesn't get changed as often as it should!
wear sunglasses in house everything looks cleaner!
I usually just clean up to my level , that being 5FT means lots of cobwebs lol x
bed sheets changing!
Need to clean my fridge out!
I hate dusting & only do it when I have to.
Sounds like we're all pretty much the same. I haven't cleaned behind the tv or under the settee for ages either.
Oh forgot to say, dusting with the hairdryer sounds like a good idea - never heard of that one!
Actually the hoover is quite good at dusting if you use the brush on the end of the hose.
I did mine recently, made me feel good afterwards tho - good luck!
As I love birds I'm often asked why I don't have any as pets. But they poop everyehere if you let them out & kick seed all over the place, I've got enough to do. Plus they can be noisy eh!
It's a secret so I can't tell you!
OMG, where do I start, I got a few. Such as only dusting once a week, never hoovering under the furniture and don't tell anyone, but I have be known not to iron the all kids school uniform.
I am a bit of a cleaning freak, but do hate cleaning windows.
I haven't cleaned the fluff out from under the bed for years!
my fridge is desperate for a clean
Leaving teenagers bedrooms until it is no longer safe to live in it! Then I go in......it has been known for me to leave it months before I do tho!! :O
oh where to start....... leaving the dishes until every thing has been used even using kids cutlery to put it off just a little longer (obv cleaning any left over food off, but they usually get left in soak again and again and again......)
I don't clean the windows as often as I should - but it's really because I don't like birds crashing into them when they are clean (well that's my excuse)>
Hazel Rea - @beachrambler
I only sort my cupboards out one a year :(
Not cleaning my car out
Lol, Im happy to kick things under the sofa when Im hovering so I don't have to clean them up...then I blame the mess on my children! Oh dear, Im a terrible person lol
Using the same coffee cup over and over again during the day :-/ It's my favourite mug!
Bedsheets!
My car..it's an absolute disgrace.
Under my bed must be horrid
My car is extremely neglected!!
My car needs a big clean
OK, so I reuse unwashed plates. HEY! It's saving the environment.
Not cleaning my car boot out for far too long!
need to clean my car!
we haven't cleaned our car since we bought it 2 years ago, oops!
I never dust anything. It's a pointless task as soon as you wipe it away it immediately falls back on the surface again
I have never cleaned under my bed or even behind the headboard for 6 years, who knows what might be there eh! I don't really want to either.
I haven't washed my car since I got it
I live in a really damp house.. so when we move I'm sure there's going to be mold behind pretty much everything.
I am a cleaner, so by the time it gets to doing my house....I have usually had enough! I flip the hoover the other way up to get cobwebs off the ceiling!
my spare room is the cant be arsed shove in there room! piles of stuff i need to sort but always find myself too busy too! oopsie! x
I haven't mopped the kitchen floor for months. :O I have just been wiping spills up and hoping for the best.
Anywhere thats too high for me to reach is a big dirty dusty mess beacuse i cant be bothered to climb up on a step ladder to clean it.....
I am a cleanaholic but have a mucky pup and a lazy teenager, so I am constantly going round in circles cleaning up after them. Nothing beats the smell of a clean house and Method products are top notch!
I am not too bad but I am quite neglectful when it comes to the windows
I feel much better for reading some of those dirty secrets, reusing unwashed plates. Yuck!
Our gorgeous dog Max was put to sleep last month, and my partner is now decorating the living room now Max isn't here to muck it all up again. And the amount of fur she's had to clear up from behind and under things, you could knit a whole other dog out of it.
my secrets is to dust when I can see it
I always forget to dust until there is a thick noticeable layer on all surfaces!
vac round the furniture, don't move it
Not checking under the sofa!
We have a rule... never ever ever open the door to the cupboard under the stairs when we have people round, this is hiding place number one for all sorts of bits and bobs (in fact it is now so overfull that the door came off it hinges!!!!)
Hoovering around furniture!
I only clean the windows once a month!
I hate cleaning!
Neglect the corners.
I don't have any.
I brush the crumbs off the worktop on to the floor. Hubby hates it!
I don't have any - I'm pretty good!
None here :/
We hide all the mess in the bedrooms
Don't look under my bed!! (Actually I daren't!!)
I leave the washing up for my husband to do!
I have boxes I still have not unpacked and sorted after 18 months...
I might not have cleaned the skirting boards behind my sofa since I bought it ... a year and a half ago. eeek
I left home 10 years ago and still have boxes I've not opened in the attic... Thing is I've lived in 2 places since leaving home and I've just moved them from one attic to another!!
my garden shed its stacked up to the roof full of boxes that havent been sorted through for years!
i have a unk cupboard, that i just chuck everything in!
I have lots of junk.
I hate dusting and just dust around things.
I hate ironing
I'm not that into cleaning and really have to force myself to keep up on it.
I only move furniture out about twice a year. Other than that I just hoover around it.
I only iron the visible part of my clothes
I hate cleaning windows
cleaning the oven
I squirt a bit polish on the radiators so it smells like I've been busy doing the housework
i hate cleaning the oven and put it off for months then pay a company to come and clean it
I hate having to sanitise and clean the washing machine :-(
My oven does not get cleaned as often as it should
I don't wash the recycle bins, just splash in some Jays to keep out the flys.
Cleaning the inside of the windows!
I hate mopping floor under dining table and chairs
I hardly ever clean the oven!
I can't remember the last time i cleaned behind the fridge :)
Oh Dear I haven't cleaned under the couch for 5 years!!Yuck I will do it now I Have admitted it!!The rest of the house is clean though Honest!!!Thanks for this great giveaway X
We decided to change the furniture around in the lounge, only to find that when we removed one of the sofa's the underside was full of dead woodlice which had sought sanctuary from the firewood.
secretly eating chocolate away from the children so i dont have to share
I hate cleaning the cat litter box and try to leave it as long as i can x
My kitchen drawers are stuffed with all sorts and i never get round to sorting them
i sometimes by the box of 2 belgium buns from tesco and eat them one after another then hide the evidence in the dustbin lol.
I treat the oven as if it's self-cleaning.
my very dirty oven.. out of sight, out of mind.
my oven is filthy
I have never properly cleaned my oven
I am really lazy when it comes to cleaning the oven. I hate doing it, and at the moment it's not a pretty sight. Every time I buy a new oven, I say I'm going to keep up with it and I never do. I would be so embarrassed if anyone looked inside it
I use baby wipes to clean as much as I can!
My dirty oven
Got to be my oven!!
We have one drawer that if you cant be bothered it goes in there xxx
I can't say - secrets aren't meant to be told.
Cleaning? whats that?, that's my secret
My dirty secret is that I dont clean my oven as often as I should
My oven.
I have not spring cleaned out my kitchen cupboards
I have a secret bank account
I don't have any really I like a clean house, can't stand dirty clutter
My cupboard under the sink - open it at your peril!
A corner cupboard in my kitchen - full of random junk!
cant think off the top of my head,i clean for a living but that doesnt mean my place is perfect haha.my car is always minging inside and out......till someone else does it!!
I'm guilty of the hairdryer trick! Dust gets swept under cupboards! EJ Dunn
I'm a terrible hoarder so don't clear out stuff as often as I should!
I sometimes let my cat lick up leftovers on my plate...I don't always have a choice though, sometimes he just helps himself!
I hate cleaning anything and everything so my dirty secrets are everywhere for all to see
i need to clean my oven more often :(
I often think shoving clutter in draws and cupboards = tidying up! I'm due a big spring clean over the May bank holiday! :)
Jen xx
www.kitsch-n-sync.com
Sticking a shirt in the tumble dryer instead of ironing it :/ x
shrinking my partner's fav jumper.. he still thinks it was him..
i never iron anything lol
lots of dog nose prints on my front room window
I can't remember when I last cleaned my windows
I hoard too much
Everyones dirty secret is that there oven isn't clean.. my dirty secret it that my oven is spotless but Oven Pride cleaning products do all the work for me :)
I hoard! My garage is chock full of stuff! I need to do a car boot, give to charity or bin and I can't get around to it!
Cobwebs appear from nowhere all along the ceiling in the hallway
I never iron!
Not pulling the sofa away from the wall to hoover under/behind it
I can't remember the last time I cleaned under the sofa
my oven ;)
My oven, after I give it a good clean with oven pride ironically, I have great intentions and begin cleaning after every use, then life gets in the way!
my front room windows are closed to main road i got to clean every week .
I don't iron unless it's for a special occasion
under the sofa cant be bothered to move it
The bit of kitchen floor under my fridge freezer - I dare not look it's probably pretty disgusting!
My oven needs a good clean inside
My oven is embarrassing, hate cleaning it so I tend to ignore it :(
I hate housework and hope it will do itself
I don't iron clothing unless absolutely necessary!
Cobwebs high up - I can't reach and no-one looks up there, do they???
i only iron if i really have to
I try to get my hubby to sweep/vacuum the living room because he does it properly and moves everything and I just do the bits you can see!
Im too scared to look under my bed for the fear of what i'll find
I don't hoover under beds
The inside of my oven is a disgrace.
I am a rubbish housewife, it's no secret, it's obvious if you take a look around my house
I never iron and I'm a bit of a hoarder/collector of junk :)
I hate cleaning
I hate cleaning windows!
My oven needs a good clean, my Daugter is almost 6 months & I cannot use the pregnancy excuse any longer.
My microwave is really gross inside!
Our treadmill is our storage unit lol
Not now but when I was a teen I was far too lazy to take my dirty spoons (from yoghurts) to the kitchen - instead I used to hide them down the side of the chair. When we got a new sofa set the chair was rattling loads as they moved it so they cut the bottom of it and found over 50 spoons inside it. I was given my own personal spoon that I was allowed to use after that
hate dusting
I loathe cleaning, the only time anyone notices is when it's not done.
I don't have one really I love cleaning
i don't lift things i just dust around them
i think play is more important than cleaning. saying that i do like a clean house. its just too small/we have too much stuff
I have no dirty secrets!!! lol if I told you they'd no longer be secret :P
Cleaning the oven, hate it with a passion
I always tell my husband off for not vacuuming behind things or lifting the cushions - my secret is I often just vacuum around things too!
I'm a hoader of things that *might* come in useful... The issue is I have boxes in the left full of things that might be of use that I had when I left home 10 years ago... I've lived in 2 places since then!
My Oven put my oven gloves over the handle of the oven door so you can't really see inside x
Behind my oven. Things fall down there and I don't get them back.
I don't like cleaning out the cat litter tray
Definitely pet hair! I love my dog to bits but his hair gets everywhere. That coupled with all the pet hair I bring home on my clothes (all my friends have pets it seems) makes it an ongoing battle!
bits of food fall down the gaps beside my oven and I leave them there :(
Back of the settee
Under the bed!
Been known to reuse gym clothes
Under the rugs, they never get cleaned!
Kids playroom it's horrendus quick flick of the Hoover and no corners
I'm guilty of vacuuming around things instead of moving them. I dread to think what you might find behind my sofa
I really don't like cleaning!
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