Treat both of you to a professional cleaning. There are several listed around here, and at least one that is a KDC sponsor with a banner at the top.
@donnatella: This is great once you've gotten a handle on it, but cleaning services don't help with "clutter" and that seems to be the issue.I do the opposite of you,
@chrisinkingwood. Attack the most-used room first. For me, that's usually the kitchen - everyone in my house thinks that my kitchen counter is the best place to store all of their crap.Â
 Attack one surface at a time - get everything in its rightful place (and keep a trash can with you, as that's the rightful place of most of my crap). Once you can get THAT space done, the rest of the house will not be as daunting.Â
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