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Quirky Homemaking

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Okay, so while I was making the bed yesterday I started thinking about all the little things I do around my house to make "keeping house" a little more efficient. I do have to admit that as I think about some of these things that they are pretty quirky, I could probably keep my house just fine without doing things the way I do. But, where's the fun in that???

Anyway, two of the things I was thinking about are emptying and relining the garbage cans, and folding the sheets and making the bed.

Emptying and Relining the Garbage Can
I always, always, always put my extra garbage bags in the bottom of my garbage cans. That means, that since I buy my kitchen bags in bulk that I keep the box under the kitchen sink; and, when I pull out the last bag in the can, I go grab 10 or 20 bags out of the box and put them in the bottom of the garbage can before I reline the can. The same goes for my other garbage cans in the house, except that I reuse my grocery bags. And, I always, always, always reline the can before I take the garbage out to the big city garbage can. Otherwise, I forget to reline it.

Folding the Sheets & Making the Bed
When I fold my flat sheets, I absolutely always fold the width in half before folding the length in half. That way, when I make the bed I have a nice crease down the center of the sheet that I can match with the center of the bed so I'm not constantly walking around the bed making sure the sheet hangs just right on both sides.

I also fold my flat sheet around my folded fitted sheet and pillowcases when I put them away in the linen closet. That way, when I need to change the sheets again, I have a little "sheet package" that I can pull out, rather than pulling everything out of the closet to find all the matching pieces.


**So, I want to know: What Quirky Homemaking things do you do???**
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Kelley Rae said…
I have a system for keeping the toilet paper stocked but I seem to be the only one in the house capable of following it so it doesn't really work. But thanks for your ideas!
September 07, 2008
Lynette said…
This may seem a little over-the-top, but I make sure that just about every room in the house has a kleenex box! I like to have it handy. :) Maybe not quirky...just lazy. :)

I actually have been trying to get in the habit of keeping an extra liner in the garbage cans. It's encouraging to hear that you've been successful with that! I don't think my husband knows that I've been trying to keep an extra. :)
September 08, 2008
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