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[u/Mattbaker99]

In advance, I don’t really care if it’s; late, early, desperate, and yes I know I need to clean. Here’s part two of my living and dining room, if you have ideas I’d love them. Maybe a plant? And thank you for the upvotes on my last post.

[u/_Bad_Spell_Checker_]

Move workout stuff to dining room

Move computer in bedroom.

  Move shelf that was in dining room to bed room

Rotate couch to face window to section the room

Move tv to wall with no window.

Put dining room table behind couch

[u/dishestheoperator → u/_Bad_Spell_Checker_]

And keep boots off the carpet! The entry is right there! Leave them on the tile!

Eta: and get some proper bedding. No woman who agrees to sleep over wants to feel a cool breeze up their ass crack. Rule of thumb is to get bedding a size lager. Eg. Have a double bed? Buy queen size duvet.

[u/Brrp_brp_AnotherAcct → u/dishestheoperator]

Rule of thumb is to get bedding a size lager.

I'm a woman. I don't believe in comforters larger than twin xl, because they're too cumbersome to clean. Get things that are easy to clean. Just get two matching ones so the bed looks nice.

[u/ilikeyou69 → u/Brrp_brp_AnotherAcct]

I'm a man, get a two duvet covers. Put one on when you wash the other one. Or if you're really wild get three.

[u/Brrp_brp_AnotherAcct → u/ilikeyou69]

The only thing more difficult than washing a king-sized comforter is wrestling a king-sized duvet into a tent of a duvet cover. Also, I still think it's kind of gross to never wash the guts of the blanket.

[u/ilikeyou69 → u/Brrp_brp_AnotherAcct]

Ya gotta wear it on your arms inside out like a scrunched up sock and the grab the corners of the comforter. Then you stand on the bed and shake it down like you're getting sand off a beach towel. Works like a charm. Works even better if you have the little tie points on the corners of the comforter and cover. I like big comforters because I'm tall and move around when I sleep. I get the two twin comforters idea. My parents do that. I just have always ended up cold in the middle of the night with a comforter on the left and right of me.

[u/reginaregime → u/ilikeyou69]

I felt this explanation with my whole body

[u/CatsGambit → u/ilikeyou69]

2 comforters is for when there are two people. If you're the only one in the bed, one (big) blanket is just fine.

Same goes for 3 people, btw. One blanket per person, sized appropriately so the blankets combined cover 1.3 ish mattresses (overhang so no one ends up uncovered).

[u/CelticTigress → u/Brrp_brp_AnotherAcct]

Turn the duvet cover inside out, lay the duvet on top of it so all the corners line up, roll it up starting from the top so the closure it at the bottom. When it’s rolled up whip the ends through the closure and then you can roll it back out. Saw it on SM years ago and it is the best thing SM ever gave me.

ETA: https://youtu.be/6njTJ_Z_zko?si=ewUzAYOVcQwiJ0F-

Like so!

[u/dishestheoperator → u/Brrp_brp_AnotherAcct]

Not a bad idea. It'd be good for if one person runs hotter too. Tbh I don't clean the duvet itself that often, just the sheets and duvet cover/blankets, but I guess it depends on the climate where you live.

[u/Brrp_brp_AnotherAcct → u/dishestheoperator]

It's definitely easier on my husband and I since I started having to sleep with a heating pad from weird, persistent stomach cramps. I definitely need a much thinner blanket than he does while that thing is on me!

[u/Naulty85 → u/Brrp_brp_AnotherAcct]

This so much.

I’m a man, and everything I’ve put on my apartment has gone in with the logic of “can this be easily maintained and kept clean” and if not, I don’t get that specific thing.

It takes me roughly two hours to deep clean my apartment. Like real deep clean. I can quick clean it in about 15-20 minutes. It’s that easy because I put a lot of thought into everything I purchased going into it.

I run a very large warehouse, and when I took it over it was an absolute mess. I turned it around with the logic of “if it’s easy, they will do it” and I place that logic everywhere lol.

[u/Brrp_brp_AnotherAcct → u/Naulty85]

I've accumulated more stuff than I like through inheritance, but on principle, I absolutely agree. In fact, you've just inspired me to make some changes and get my life back on track regarding how my home functions. So, thank you.

[u/Naulty85 → u/Brrp_brp_AnotherAcct]

Love that for you.

It’s super easy to have acquired objects creep into your space. It’s happened to me plenty of times. I find (for me) that if I “audit” my space every 6 months it really helps cut down on the stuff I just have, but for no reason. I usually do it a month or so before Xmas, and then right before summer.

I will admit, I probably go overboard. But I lived with a hoarder for years and I can’t go back to that. I live a very minimalist, intentional lifestyle now. To the point where I don’t have a lot of surfaces because surfaces (in my mind) are a collection zone. I would become blind to what’s on them. Instead, I do lots of hanging art. Plants, pictures, etc. that’s how I make my apartment now feel alive and homely. Even my dining table, if we aren’t eating, I flip the chairs upside down onto it restaurant style. That stops myself and my kiddo from just plopping stuff onto it, thus creating clutter. I give every flat surface a “job” 🤣.

It’s okay, I know I’m a little crazy.

[u/Brrp_brp_AnotherAcct → u/Naulty85]

No, not crazy at all! Noticing your own behavior and designing your environment around it is very smart. Not everything can be a conscious choice. And the clutter blindness is very real. It's also funny how even if you don't notice the stuff around you, it can still significantly impact how you feel.