Being Too Neat & Tidy

April 29, 2010

Interview with Lisa Quinn, author of the book Life's Too Short to Fold Fitted Sheets

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Mike Carruthers:
Having a clean and tidy house is nice but for some people….

Lisa Quinn:
The bar is set too high on every level. And even how it relates to the way you’re modeling to your children. You’re basically telling your kids that perfectly folded t-shirts and clean faces equals the perfect family.
 

Lisa Quinn, author of the book Life's Too Short to Fold Fitted Sheets …

My opinion is the real definition of insanity is folding a fitted sheet the same way over and over again and expecting it to result in anything other than a migraine and huge turban. To be honest I just sort of wad it up and put it in my closet. When you make a bed and you stretch out that fitted sheet all the wrinkles come out anyway so why bother?

Life is a home-care expert and she’s researched some common beliefs about housekeeping. Like bleach can clean anything.

Bleach doesn’t really clean anything. It disinfects and it’s good for getting rid of mold, but it doesn’t really clean. There’s a lot of really good chlorine free bleaches out there and Borax, which is natural, works great in the bathroom and in the kitchen.

And Lisa says, go easy on the furniture polish.

If you use too much furniture polish it actually will build up a little bit of a waxy coating which will attract more dust. So although it’s great to hit your wood pieces with a good polishing oil – occasionally. They have those great Swifter dusters now that’ll pick up the dust – that’s all you need.

To hear the complete unedited interview, click here