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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You stay on top of it. I have three kids and a dog and I work and I don’t have help beyond cleaners once every 3 weeks but I do have 7000 square feet. That definitely helps. Other than that, rules. No toys on the main floor, no eating other than at the table. Sweep/wipe up each morning. Make beds, wipe rooms, put stuff away before bed. Don’t let there be extra crap around. Throw it away, give it away, take it away. [/quote]

No toys on the main floor? How weird that the people who live in the home can’t enjoy it. [/quote]

See you have that all wrong. We do enjoy it. We’d enjoy it less if the main floor was full of toys and crap. The
Main floor is for eating, movies, hanging out and board games and doing kitchen stuff. Basketball and trampoline outside. The top landing is for games and books and cards. The basement and their rooms are full of their toys like Lego etc. This is when the 7000 square feet come in handy. I didn’t do it when our house was smaller but now we can. [/quote]

That’s why it is easier to have guests come to your home and think you have a well kept home.

We have a formal living room, dining room, music room and foyer that are always clean. Living room and dining room are not touched unless we are hosting adult guests.

Our family does have board games, video games and stuffed animals. We spend most of our time in the kitchen and family room.

Food is not allowed upstairs or downstairs in the basement. In our basement, we have a playroom full of toys. Then we also have a bar, ping pong, billiards, media room and a guest space.

I make kids clean up toys before and after kids leave.[/quote]

What’s the point of all that space if you don’t use it.  Sounds miserable.  [/quote]

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