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Posted 7/25/2013 6:14 PM (GMT 0)
Is your home fibro friendly?

Over the past few years, I've been trying to make my home more fibro friendly. I'm trying to streamline my home, getting rid of clutter and reorganizing things to better suit my needs. Downsizing helps me keep things in order and donating items helps others.

My kitchen is set up with all my pots and pans being on cabinet shelves above my waist so there isn't all the bending over. I've been changing things so that it works better for me. By changing things around and setting a household chore schedule, things don't build up. It's so much easier to do a few things each day than to try to do it all at once. I enjoy cleaning to some of my favorite music...it makes the time fly.

Hugs, Robin
Posted 7/25/2013 7:35 PM (GMT 0)
My upper cupboards are filled with dishes, glassware, and spices so my pots have to stay in the lower cabinet. But, I have the ones I generally use right in the front. It makes it easy to grab and I don't have to practically crawl in the cupboard to get them. I would love those new pull out cupboards but.....just dreaming here.

Sherrine
Posted 7/26/2013 12:31 AM (GMT 0)
I try to do things to make life easier for myself. A lot of that is putting things in places where I will remember where they are. lol... Putting things at levels that are easy to reach. Not having to look for something is the main thing. Or not having to look long. lol...

Good topic Robin,

I hope you are having a good day!!!  And you too Sherrine!!!

Hugs, Karen
Posted 7/26/2013 6:14 AM (GMT 0)
Every regularly use item is waist high and up. All pots are in a tall cupboard.
Posted 7/26/2013 6:19 AM (GMT 0)
Right now nothing is convenient for me. I'm short so I have to really reach to get things out of bottom shelf in the cabinets. My shoulder is not allowing much range of motion.

I keep my house clean and everything has a place or I forget where they are. I do have to remind kids to pick up their toys. I can trip over anything. I also have no night vision so I can't see at all in dark rooms. That's why I never move my furniture around.
Posted 7/26/2013 7:58 PM (GMT 0)
Interesting.

I have a lovely hanging pot rack, but can't use it because I would have to hold my pots above my head to hook them on. I have professional pots, so they are VERY heavy.

I keep little used appliances in the upper shelves. I also have a step stool at each end of the house.

I try to do laundry once a week. Since we don't have a washer/dryer, I have the gentleman carry things to my car and then back in when done.
Posted 7/31/2013 11:04 PM (GMT 0)
Yes, good topic.

This is something I'm constantly struggling with! I would dearly love to have a neat, clean house where I can reach everything and remember where everything is.

In the meantime, I have a little wooden sign from ARC on the wall by the washing machine. It's a picture of Pigpen from Peanuts shuffling along in his dusty way, and it says, "Cleanliness is next to impossible." ;)

Debbie
Posted 8/1/2013 3:15 PM (GMT 0)
Attempting to do this myself; a friend of mine (who is excellent at organization) is going to help me, once the kids go back to school, streamline my house, reorganize, and get rid of things.

One of my biggest challenges is laundry, especially when I have to hang things up. Our closet was designed by someone WAY taller than me (and I'm 5'7"!), and the closet rod is over 6' high! I have to reach up, lugging the clothes as I go, and it's VERY frustrating and exhausting.

My biggest challenge is that we just have too much stuff. Getting rid of things will help me immensely, I think!
Posted 8/1/2013 4:48 PM (GMT 0)
I try to make mine fibro friendly.

1- I have those pretty bins with fabric on them in my living room and when I know someone is coming over, I will just put the cluster in. It looks clean without burning too many spoons.
2- My bed is full of pillows and soft fabrics, so when I'm tired I go there and feel comfortable. Same with my living room. I have blankets.
3- My kitchen is made so that when I wanna prepare a meal, I can sit down to do so. Being very tall I tend do bend over to chop vegetables and sitting down helps with the pain.
4- My husband is the one taking care of the dishes, so that's less energy spent on that.
5- Crock-pot!! Just throw things in, press start and dinner is serve.
6- Preparing meals when I don't flare-up. So that we have something healthy and ready to eat when I can't cook.
7- Having a fridge full of fruits, vegetables, almond milk, and lean meat.
8- A cat to cuddle with when I feel like crying :)
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