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[quote=Anonymous]It's really not that hard. I'd like to think that, just because you have dark walls, it doesn't mean you stop cleaning your house!

We have been doing all white/light houses for about 5 years with a toddler and two cats. White walls and trim, white kitchen cabinets and white countertops. Bathrooms are all white (one vanity is walnut, but both are white walls, tiles and countertop). Rugs are darker - like medium greys and medium blues. Furniture is also darker - medium and dark greys, blues, etc. You don't want to do light couches or rugs because they will get crazy dirty fast. We have a housecleaner come once a week - so that keeps the dust bunnies off the floor, and keeps the kitchens and baths at a basic clean level. So as long as we quickly wipe the kitchen countertops every night, it stays really clean looking.  The walls do have places where they can get quite grimey, but really not one is noticing but me. So I go through every few months with a mr. Clean eraser and wipe the grime. Maybe takes 20 minutes in total. And honestly every year or so, I actually repaint the super dirty places. Like, my son's room right beside the bed - the wall is really grimy because he puts his dirty feet up on the wall. So I paint it every year - only takes 5 minutes to do a small patch with a  big brush.  Over time it probably is a slightly different color than the rest of the room, but since it's light colored, there's really not that much fading.  [/quote]

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