I move the furniture around, he says put them back

@katcarneo (1433)
Philippines
November 1, 2011 7:38pm CST
I move the furniture around a lot. Whenever I have the time for general cleaning I change the positions of things in the house just to get a new feel and a new look. I do this when my boyfriend is out because when I start rearranging things, he'll start talking about how it is a bad idea to put this there and put that there and how everything's already okay. Yesterday he went to see his folks and he'll come home just at noon today. He will see that the bar is in the bedroom and that I made myself a reading nook in the hallway. And when he walks in the door the first thing he'll see is the TV. I'm waiting for the call asking me about what I did with the house. But no matter what he says, my new arrangement will stay because HE DOESN'T move the furniture around himself. How often do you rearrange your furniture?
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@janevi (888)
• Philippines
2 Nov 11
I do re-arrange the 'view' of the house whenever i feel tired of seeing it. Not very often but I do , it's a totally a new look. I removed some things and put something new. Most often , when I do that, people in the house compliments. They like the ambiance it gives and the freshness it brings. re-arranging aside from cleaning thoroughly is a relaxation for me. I enjoyed doing it and I guess because of that feeling while doing it, the positive energy is radiated to the ambiance and so the effect is really relaxing. Like landscaping, indoor re-modelling is an easthetic art.Usually it enhances the indoor beauty and the inner beauty of the person doing it. Maybe, the next time you will do the re-modelling try to consult him so that he would feel his importance in the house.:-) Opposing or resistance to what you are doing is a sign of something within him that needs to be recognized.:-) Be sensitive. Make him part of it and you will see the effects of it in your relationship.:-) good luck.
@katcarneo (1433)
• Philippines
3 Nov 11
The last time I tried to ask him about moving things around, he was not very positive about it. Yeah I know it's not good being sneaky and rearranging things when he's away, and I guess that's sort of selfish of me since I'd like to have my way. Okay, the next time I feel like moving things around, I'll ask for his help. There is a huge probability he'll tell me it's better to leave things as they are, but at least I asked.
@katcarneo (1433)
• Philippines
5 Nov 11
Okay I'll do just that since I am planning to rearrange the bedroom again. But maybe in a month because I just moved things around last weekend and changing them again is too soon. Thanks!
@janevi (888)
• Philippines
5 Nov 11
No matter what his reaction would be, it make him feel important. Who knows he might turn around and be interested in making your abode look better with his suggestion and the two of you working on it. :-) Good luck
@bingskee (5234)
• Philippines
2 Nov 11
i don't. it's hubby's role. though at times, i move the pieces of furniture when it is necessary. but i love to clean and get rid of the dusts and dirt and arrange things in order.
@katcarneo (1433)
• Philippines
3 Nov 11
Yeah I guess it's a role mostly for hubbies since it's tedious. But in our case he doesn't like moving things around and I do everything by myself. When he's at home and I start moving things around he has no choice but to help, but I can manage things on my own.
@airasheila (5454)
• Philippines
2 Nov 11
Good day Katcarneo, Before, I do usually make rearrangement of our furniture bi-monthly. As I am doing this together with my schedule general cleaning. But since I was not here at our home for five years, nobody continue the reaarrangement. Though they still do the cleaning, but, nobody wants to rearrange the furnitures. According to them, it is very tedious thing to do. And when I go back, they are opposing whenever I do some rearrangement. Yet there were times, they have told me, next time to hang the furnitures instead.
@katcarneo (1433)
• Philippines
3 Nov 11
You used to do it bi-monthly? Wow that's more frequent than what I do. Like you, I also do the general cleaning together with the rearranging. It's just easier that way. Moving the furniture around is really tedious, especially if you have big bulky ones. It's not something many people enjoy. Also, some people become comfortable with the way things are arranged in the house so change is not welcome. However, I like the change. Why do they ask you to hang the furniture? To create more space?
@Cutie18f (9546)
• Philippines
2 Nov 11
Well, it is good to always move your furniture because that means that these areas in the house had been cleaned. I am not really fond of moving the furniture a lot because our space in the house is quite small and limited.
@katcarneo (1433)
• Philippines
3 Nov 11
Our flat is very small, too! I can't really say how small since I am bad at making estimates, but it is small so whenever I move the furniture around I have to throughly think of how to arrange them and I even have to take measurements sometimes. The biggest piece of furniture we have is a bar that came from my mom's house and it is huge and was used in a restaurant and it's totally out of place in a small apartment. I put it in the bedroom so the bedroom is a bit cramped but we have more space in the living room for visitors. It's all about strategy.
@annavi23 (6522)
• Philippines
2 Nov 11
In your story you haven't mentioned that he wants to put them back. But then like what you have stated in the last few lines, I guess he doesn't have time to rearrange things back himself. I do clean the house a lot but then it's very rare to have rearrangements, unless it's general cleaning where I am in the mood to clean all of it. There are times I wanted someone's help so I do cleaning when it's weekend and most of the family members are all present.
@katcarneo (1433)
• Philippines
3 Nov 11
If I tell him of plans to move the furniture before actually doing it, he would contradict and talk about how things are better where they are now. So I just started moving things without asking him and his comments got fewer and fewer, and yesterday what he just said was that he "got lost" in the house and that was all. He doesn't put them back and I guess he's just letting me have my way. He knows I like doing that. I guess once in a while we get that "mood" to turn everything upside down and clean every nook and cranny of the house. Rearranging the furniture is actually my way of doing that---I kind of expose areas that were previously hidden and vice versa.
@EdnaReyes (2622)
• Philippines
2 Nov 11
I seldom moved furniture in the house because it is my husband who does it. He loves to experiment and I just keep my mouth shut whenever i am displeased the way the furniture are set. But I am happy that my husband spend his creativeness in arranging things around the house.
@katcarneo (1433)
• Philippines
3 Nov 11
You are the exact opposites of us! How funny. It is I, the lady of the house who lifts and pushes things around. Good thing we have furniture that's so light. Even the bar that we have is light even if it's huge. I am the one who loves to experiment, like your husband. I think some people just like moving furniture around to put their creative energies somewhere.
@kyrararen (601)
• Indonesia
2 Nov 11
I do. but very rare. I like new things, but not with my room and its decoration. once I change the decoration I mean move things around just to make a new look, I will feel excited at first, but then I will get some awkward feeling and it makes me to have to adjust myself to my new room look and where things are. it sometimes feels annoying so I dont move my things in my room. I will rearrange my furniture maybe just once every half year, if I remember it-which I tend to do otherwise. I dont have problems to change other part of the house though. my mom likes to rearrange things. my living room, dining room, were missed from my mom;s spotlight. LOL especially kitchen the place she likes hang around in. I help her once every two months to rearrange kitchen. LOL
@katcarneo (1433)
• Philippines
3 Nov 11
I guess you are comfortable with your room now so changing it gives you that awkward feeling. My boyfriend feels the same and he actually said he "got lost" in the house when he came back home yesterday. And my cats also had to adjust to the new arrangement. However, rearranging furniture can be a fun activity for the family so it's nice that you help out your mom once in a while.