PLEASE DON’T USE THE GOOD TOWELS!
I call them the DO NOT USE towels. Come on, now—you know which towels I’m talking about. Those decorative towels that are folded PERFECTLY on the towel bar and are definitely NOT intended to perform the actual job of...well...a towel!
Then there is the whole towel system. What? You don’t have one of those in your house?
In our home, the system extends all the way into the kitchen. There’s the hand towel (usually for guests only because WE use paper towels), the towel for wiping out the sink—and you do NOT use that towel for anything else because, you know...those nasty sink germs—and last, but certainly not least, the drying towel. That one is ONLY used to wipe clean items, like the colander after we rinse our fruit.
Yes, there are rules. Apparently, I have towel rules.
And don’t even get me started on my vacuuming rules. I’ve been known to walk around the edges of a freshly vacuumed room just so I don’t mess up those beautiful vacuum lines. I mean, why vacuum if no one can tell you vacuumed?
I have no clue where—or when—I came up with all these “rules.” When exactly did I decide that the special towels, soaps, pillows, perfect vacuum lines, and the like were meant for guests? And when did I decide that guests somehow deserved the “good stuff” more than my own family?
Hmmm...perhaps there’s something from my childhood that needs to be dug up and psychoanalyzed here.
I do not think for a moment that I’m alone in this. What’s the “good stuff” in YOUR house that everyone knows better than to actually use?
Maybe that’s why I get a little chuckle out of seeing all of the beautifully staged homes. Perfect towels. Perfect pillows. Perfectly cleared countertops. Not a toothbrush or half-used bottle of shampoo in sight.
But then somebody buys the house...and real life moves in.
Shoes are left on the floor by the door, mail and coupons pile up on the counter, purses land on a chair…and forget about those perfect vacuum lines!
And sooner or later, somebody actually USES THE GOOD TOWEL.
The horror.
But maybe that’s the point of it all—a home is supposed to be lived in. So why not bring out the good dishes for dinner? Light that unused candle. Unwrap the special soap. Use the DO NOT USE towels. Forget about the vacuum lines
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You know…USE THE GOOD STUFF!
After all, just WHO are we saving all of the good stuff for anyway?
So, I’m going to try to take my own advice. Use the good towels. Light the candle. Stop worrying about the vacuum lines (that’s going to be tough!)
Oh, and that’s not even addressing the MANY decorative pillows carefully arranged on my bed every morning—only to be removed every night so we can actually get INTO the bed. I’m OBVIOUSLY the only person in the house who knows the correct way to arrange them.
Yeah…I’m not ready to talk about those just yet.
Clearly, I’m still working through all of this.
Maybe that’s one of the things I enjoy about real estate. I get to see how differently we all live in our homes—the things we love, the things we save, and yes, even the quirky little rules we create along the way.
So go ahead. Use the good stuff.
Just know that if you come to my house, there are still three kitchen towels—and I WILL know if you used the wrong one.
Sandi Downing Real Estate/Keller Williams Greater Omaha
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