Send him to MY house
Sorry, MG, I couldn't resist.
It is bad enough to adjust when our sons move home. For some reason, they just get in our space and bug us. Sometimes they mean to, and mostly they don't, But it drives us crazy just the same.
So take a deep breath, and read some suggestions from my Martha Stewart-like list.
1. He seems to want to be helpful and please you...and that is a good thing. Perhaps if you created a tasteful list of things that YOU would like him to do for you, it would let him continue to help, but he could refer to this list to stay "in-bounds".
2. List, equally tasefully, the areas that you would like him to leave alone, places where you keep personal things or areas where he could do damage (like the rug fading).
3. Make a list of things he can do to make your house pretty again. Can he clean carpets? or wash walls?
4. Disuss all of the above with him, to make sure there is no misunderstanding, and give him a big hug. That is a good thing.
5. Give yourself a big hug....you deserve it.
********** MG }}}}}