Dirty House

Our house is a big, huge, dirty disaster right now. Everything in our kitchen is covered with dust, our dining room pretty much is only dust, and upstairs never got undusty. Sanding (after plastering) is the messiest thing. We have plastic up and yet that dust finds a way to get on every surface of your house. I can't tell you how many times I have to clean our island to keep up with it all. I'm getting to the point where I don't even want to clean it anymore because in 5 minutes, it's just going to be dirty again (I assume this is also true when you have kids, not just construction workers, in your house). I have dusted and cleaned everything about a million times since we moved in and nothing can stay clean for longer than a day. It's especially annoying on surfaces that aren't really cleanable such as fake flowers and the outsides of my suede shoes. I'm totally ready to give up cleaning until our house is done but that's unrealistic. I can't go very long looking at dust and dirt before I get stressed out and start to go crazy. Of course, this doesn't bother my husband at all but I think guys are like hard-wired to not see dirt or something. (He can walk over a laundry basket without taking it downstairs while using the excuse he didn't see it. He walked over it!) So if anyone has any ideas how I can keep my sanity during this process, tips would be much appreciated. Until then, I'll just clean obsessively and rip my hair out.