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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]3 kids and 2 dogs.  It takes a lot of daily clean up.  We have a housecleaner every week and hired a professional organizer to get the pantry, laundry room, mudroom and closets set up with a good system I could continue. I get stressed if the house is messy so it’s a lot of effort on my part - you just have to decide if it’s worth it to you or not.  [/quote]

OP here - thats the thing though, its totally worth it to me!  In general my house is clean. We have bi-weekly cleaners, the pantry, garage, fridge, closets are all organized and we have a good system. Its just the small random things that sit around that drives me nuts.  The mail that needs to be sorted, the Amazon return that needs to go to UPS store, the kids art work that came home from school, a random rubber band from one of the kids that got left on the counter, etc.  It just all adds up and to me it makes the house messy.  My husband is thankfully also a neat freak but we just don't have enough time in the day to keep everything as clean and organized as we would prefer.

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OP you need catch all baskets. I have 3 kids and a dog in a similar size house to your and I manage to keep my counters and floors clear by keeping attractive but functional baskets around. We have a basket tucked away in the kitchen for mail, school papers, and miscellaneous things that need to be addressed. I have a stair basket for things that need to be taken and put away upstairs. Kids toys can easily be dumped into a basket with a lid at the end of the day. I swear just having aesthetically pleasing places to store the things you don’t have a chance to get to is a game changer.[/quote]

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