Mum-of-four shares her messy home urging other clean-fluencers to show ‘real family life’ but trolls still slate her pad
A MUM-of-four has shared what her home really looks like – and it’s far from perfect.
Joanne posted a clip on Instagram showing how messy her pad can get after one user asked why her floors looked so dirty.
Despite posting tips and tricks for a spotless home, Joanne explained that she also has four kids and a dog running around, so it’s never going to be perfect.
“I am a cleaning account that will show you the true mess of a lived-in home,” she said in the clip.
Like most family homes, Joanne’s living room floor is covered in toys a lot of the time and there’s always piles laundry waiting to be washed.
She also showed how dirty the floors can get thanks to her pooch and kids coming in and out.
In her home office she showed piles of paper documents and boxes waiting to be recycled – far from the perfect cleaning influencer’s space.
“If I pull out my wardrobe that hasn’t been moved in eight months you better believe you’re gonna be seeing the amount of dust that’s gathered behind there too,” she said.
Like any other working mums, Joanne also has unorganised kitchen cupboards, widows which are over-due a clean and dusty skirting boards.
The busy mum explained she doesn’t think it’s fair to show her followers a perfectly clean house when that’s not the reality for her most of the time.
“I’d hate for anyone to look at my content and think ‘I wish I was like her, she really has her s**t together’ because this is far from the truth.
“We’re all in the same boat,” she wrote in the caption of the clip.
Other parents praised Joanne for being to realistic and not pretending her house is always spotless.
“There are so many fake cleaning accounts out there which just show someone wiping a spotless surface.
“Seeing someone whose life resembles mine is so helpful and reassuring,” one mum wrote.
A second agreed: “It’s nice to see a normal home for once.”
“Oh no, she’s a real human being with imperfect floors! How dare she,” someone else said sarcastically.