GIVE A DESCRIPTION OF… An untidy kitchen A room in a mess Use a broken chair; dirty stains on the chairs; finger marks on the furniture; in a shabby house; to be crammed with furniture: to be in a hideous mess; to be in a horrid condition; to be littered with sth; to be not much of a housewife to a thorough turn out; to do the repairs; to be to give the place a clean-out: not to have been decorated for years; to knock sth over: to leave the bed unmade; to leave pot plants unattended; to unattractive; to need decorating; to put things tidy; to smell unaired ; can hardly move about. A neat room Use a neat room Use: an efficient housewife; a lovely colour scheme; potted flowers; a spacious room; vivid colours of upholstery and paintings to be comfortably furnished with sth: to be decorated in good newly decorated; to clean the room from top to bottom; to have a minimum give a room a bright mood; to look neat; to look and span: to owe much of its charm to sth; to vacuum the room; to water the pot plants