I think it all depends on what you mean by a clean house. What looks great to me, might not look clean to someone else. I always have to laugh when I go to someone house and they say "pardon the mess" and it looks spotless to me. They scurry away with a coffee cup and a tissue.
I try to get the basics done every morning. Laundry, picking up, all that stuff. But once I am in my sewing room, all bets are off as far as housework goes. We have to have our priorities. Between sewing and the computer there is little time for anything else. I do try to make an appearance when my hubby comes home and maybe watch a movie with him or something once in awhile.