What Do People See?

Your entryway in your Reasonably Clean House

When you’re not sure where to begin in your quest for a Reasonably Clean House, the first step is your bedroom. It’s your sanctuary, the place where the marriage, the foundation of the home, is intimately renewed. Showing your bedroom respect is showing your husband and your marriage respect — a lot of grace comes out of that effort!

Once you’ve got that routine under your belt, the next area to tackle is your main entry — where your guests actually come in. It’s possible you have some sort of front door that you don’t really use and I’m sure it looks fancy and sparkly.

But what about the path to the door everyone actually comes in? Where you come in?

What about the door?

The area right inside the door?

Are we looking at a trail of outerwear? A vacuum cleaner? An overstuffed closet? Trash?

Go outside and slowly walk in.

What do you see?

Make it better!

Addressing the entry where everyone comes in gives you great confidence in your housework and in your hospitality. You realize things don’t have to be perfect, just reasonably neat, clean, and tidy!

(For more details, go to this post. But I think you get it!)

Cousin Phillis by Mary Vermuyden Wheelhouse

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