magicalmantislanoha Asks:
unfuckyourhabitat Said:
They make these bungee cord-style straps that clip to the underside of your fitted sheet and keep them in place. (This is an example, but they’re easy to find in most places that carry bedding.) They’re also useful for memory foam mattresses, which are notorious for sheet-popping.
Also known as, oh god oh god I am a slob when I am studying and my real estate agent is inspecting tomorrow.
Many things fell off my radar while I was frantically cramming assignments recently. One of them was any semblance of sanity, and another was any organisation or tidiness in my apartment.
I have spent parts of the last two weeks working through the awesome emergency cleaning post from unfuckyourhabitat.
Now I have before and afters.
It’s a good thing Team UFYH don’t believe in shaming because oh my am I ashamed.
Kitchen
And now …
Yes, those are dishes. I am letting them drip-dry a bit before I put them away.
Lounge Room/Study
Before …
And now …
Bedroom
And now …
The lack of floordrobe is not visible in this photo, but I promise it’s gone.
Bathroom
And now …
Given how much I loathe cleaning, I am pretty damn proud of myself. Now, to see if I can keep it clean …
Unfucked my room this morning! And it only took two 30-10s! (I set my alarm for 20 minutes and find myself in the middle of something that I just need to finish you guys.)
Before, it was kind of awful. Here’s the main part of my room:
and the desk/closet area:
I did laundry yesterday and wanted to wait until everything had finished drying to put it the fuck away, so I came prepared to do that. After one round of cleaning, we have:
This was mostly a put-clothes-away round, though I got a few things off the desk and bed too. And finally:
Ah it’s so pretty. Welcome back to being a liveable space, room!
Side note: I’m pretty sure “Dammit I can’t see to rearrange my power tools bag because my dresses are in the way” is a pretty unique gripe.
Below the cut Unfucking includes
- unfucking a box fan
- computer room corner
- unfucking a friend’s computer (no pics)
This was what a corner of the computer room was like pre-unfucking…. back in February. I’ve been meaning to finish this project for a while. We had a painter come and do the windows so everything had to be moved and that kicked our butts in gear.
- Wash the dishes in your sink
- Get your outfit for tomorrow together, including accessories
- Set up coffee/tea/breakfast
- Make your lunch
- Put your keys somewhere obvious
- Wash your face and brush your teeth
- Charge your electronics
- Pour a little cleaner in the toilet bowl (if you don’t have pets or children or sleepwalking adults)
- Set your alarm
- Go to bed at a reasonable hour
Excuses are boring.
so this weekend an unwelcome house guest moved out and I GOT MY BEDROOM BACK. yes. which meant cleaning out my temporary bedroom (aka tiny guest bedroom), moving into my real bedroom and taking everything i had in storage in the basement upstairs. also, a million loads of laundry. i took pictures because reasons.
i kinda was letting my room go crazy because i knew i would be moving out from it soon. i hadn’t done laundry in like 2 weeks, wasn’t bothering to take my trash out, etc. getting all my stuff out took forever!
my pile of laundry (most of it, i think a load was already in the wash and i found some more after i took this picture). all during the cleaning- and i cleaned from about 10 AM to around 7 or 8- i was doing laundry constantly. i should have counted how many loads i did because it was ridiculous.
this will eventually be a nice lounge space with my TV and a futon, but for right now it’s a dumping ground. i need to buy furniture because i just don’t have anywhere to put this stuff right now. i’ll slowly work on this, but at least all of this stuff is out of the basement!
tada, bedroom! complete with cat.
i decided to clean the bathroom just because i was on a roll. (the unwanted guest left a ton of stuff in the bathroom that she didn’t want to take with her in the move and decided to leave it all for me to deal with, not pictured). anyway i’ve kind of not touched this under sink area since we moved in about 7 years ago….it was scary. i don’t know what that black stuff was. but thanks to my trust magic eraser it’s gone! yay!
all in all i worked pretty much all day from 10 until 7 or 8, plus i was doing laundry until i went to bed at 1. i took two breaks for about half an hour each time. yesterday my back killed me but it was worth it!
My desk I still a mess, but my room is finally habitable! I fully cleaned out my closet, giving away 2 bags of clothes and throwing away 2 bags of trash/recycling, and gave away all the old shoes in the storage container under my bed. I listed the guitar & amp I never use on Craigslist and moved all the furniture so I could sweep and swiffer under everything. I should have taken a picture of the dust pile…
Anyway, next is cleaning my desk and the two storage ottomans under the window, then taking down all the decorations so my parents can repaint after I move out.
Ahhhhhhh.
getting my family to help me clean the house has become much more satisfying since i’ve started thinking of them as my forces and I the commander of a rag-tag troop that I will lead to victory through cleanliness
- Wash the dishes in your sink
- Get your outfit for tomorrow together, including accessories
- Set up coffee/tea/breakfast
- Make your lunch
- Put your keys somewhere obvious
- Wash your face and brush your teeth
- Charge your electronics
- Pour a little cleaner in the toilet bowl (if you don’t have pets or children or sleepwalking adults)
- Set your alarm
- Go to bed at a reasonable hour
Before and after!!!! Finally have a fan, a heat lamp, and a regular light fixture in my bathroom, and today, I painted!
Tomorrow: The cabinets!!!!
Welcome aboard! If you’re new to UfYH, here’s the welcome packet:
- I curse. A lot. If this is problematic for you, we may have to admire each other from afar. There will be many f-bombs, as well as some more creative stuff.
- A 20/10 is 20 minutes of unfucking (cleaning, studying, what have you) followed by a 10-minute break. 45/15s are the same, only, you know, 45 and 15.
- A drain volcano is baking soda and white vinegar poured down a drain. We call it a volcano because, well, you’ll see.
- The UfYH Fundamentals list is a good place to start to see what we’re all about.
- This is the UfYH supplies master list. This covers most of the items/products I frequently reference.
- If you tag something with Team Unfuck Your Habitat or Unfuck Your Habitat or ufyh, I’ll see it. I love to reblog success stories.
- I try to get to all of my asks, but sometimes Tumblr eats them, and sometimes they’re kind of rude, and sometimes I remember that I’m only one person, and so I may not answer right away.
- Please take at least a cursory glance at the frequently used tags page and the last few pages of posts before submitting an ask. I get a lot of repeats.
- I do not have a degree from stain college. If you have a specific stain question, Google is your best friend. Someone out there has found the perfect stain remover, and it’s probably on the very first page of Google results.
- Before and after pictures are my favorites! I like to reward success with gifs.
- This is very important: No matter how fucked your habitat is, you are not beyond help. You can make progress. It will take time. But it’s easier than you think.
Also, UfYH has an iPhone/iPad app. I think it’s pretty awesome. Yes, we’re working on an Android version. I’ll let you know the moment I have news about it.
ktoscana Asks:
unfuckyourhabitat Said:
It looks like your blog has two posts, so it’s possible I didn’t see them when I was catching up through the tag. I also work two jobs in addition to UfYH, so I sometimes miss things, or may not reblog them until much later. I’m sorry if I missed your posts.
