kept house
Maintained the home
Kept house means managed a household—cleaning, cooking, organizing domestic life.
The phrase typically describes someone whose primary occupation was homemaking: She kept house for her family for thirty years.
It can also mean maintained a residence in a particular way: They kept house simply, with few possessions.
- choresRoutine household tasks
- tidy upRestore order to space
- homemakerOne who manages a household
- stay at homeNot venture outside
- nurturingSupportive care-giving
steward · domestic worker · responsibility · cleaning · washing dishes · making beds · cooking · budgeting · meal planning · laundry · parent · caregiver · organizing · domestic duties · daily routine · host · family bonding · domestic bliss