we live in a big basic shed with very simple and few furnishings.
we choose to employ cleaners once a week, rather than extra staff in our business.
i also have a guy who just does windows, once a month, for the house and the workshop.
the place is pretty clean and tidy most of the time now.
i make the bed daily...shake the pillows and duvet, throw them back onto the bed.
about every second day, i put pillows and duvets out in the sun for the afternoon.
the kitchen has to be kept clean and garbage/recycling/compost bins emptied daily....but i don't mind if dishes sit draining in the rack all day, as long as they are clean.
shopping has to be put away immediately upon arrival.
we have six outdoor cats who track in a truly astonishing quantity of grass clippings, small rocks, grit, mulch, twigs, leaves, grass seeds, mud, dust, lizards, bugs, frogs, mice, rats, not to mention the odd frothy sicking up of gobbled food or grasses, and despite daily brushings, an incredible amount of cat hair, really, enough to make a whole other cat every day or so....so the floor needs a sweep or a vacuum or a mopping pretty much every day but it usually goes two days, by which time we are ankle deep in debris and corpses.
one catboy in particular has very soft long fur and short legs and i can remove handfuls of crunchy brown leaves from his trousers and chest, several times a day when he is in a rolling mood. and he always is!
the bathroom is miniscule and is dealt with on an as-needed basis.
it gets the big clean once a week, but everyone knows where the brush lives and how the handbasin should look.
if the shower feels grimy in between cleaner visits, i have a pouffy thing and baking soda and orange oil.
