QUICK TIP: CLEAN SWEEP ORGANIZING

Every day do a fifteen minute sweep around your home. Remove any items from a room that are not normally used in that room or detract from its function. These are often items that family members dropped impulsively such as book bags on the kitchen counter or children's toys in the home office. Until family members "get with the system", you may have to make it a habit to move the items to their new organizational home when needed.

If you really want to drive home the point with family members, make your daily sweep using a simple rolling hamper. Put EVERY displaced item (not currently being used by a family member) into the rolling hamper. Park it in the same place daily after your clean sweep. Family members who didn't return items to their proper homes can sort through this catch-all organizer to retrieve their items. Perhaps after a while of this routine they'll put them elsewhere (but don't count on it!).