I feel like I have boxed up half of our belongings and taken 40 trips to Goodwill and our house is still full of stuff. How does this happen?! Our house is now officially for sale. I am praying it sells quickly and for a great price... praying.
If getting the house ready to sell was hard, imagine keeping it spotless at every moment while having a four month old, a two year old and a three year old. Say what? We have a dining room, a kitchen table and a breakfast bar area and all are fully set for "staging." We eat on the floor. One less surface to clean that way at least! We don't use the towels that are hung up, we use the ones hanging on the inside of the closet door. We don't put diapers in the diaper pail, we take them all the way out. We don't have many toys out. Seriously, we took 95% of the toys out of the house, less to pick up in a hurry. The list goes on. I'm hoping not to go insane!
I have to say that I am rather pleased with how great I've gotten the house looking. I know it isn't ideal to wait until you are moving to decorate your house, but it just wasn't functional or a top priority before. We didn't have any furniture (other than play furniture) in our family room before. All our rooms were a bit cluttered on most days. Dishes didn't always get done right away. That is functional. This is not functional for a long period of time but I sure like living in this museum...
Have you lived in a house when it was for sale? How did you keep it looking ready to show at any moment? Any tricks?
