Clean Sweep — Season 1, Episode 33: Friends Don't Let Friends Keep Leisure Suits
44 min • 2 seasons, 121 episodes • ★ 4.5/10
Episode synopsis
Allen and Stacie are married and have a seventeen year old son, Charles. Their office is overfilled with jewels, paper, a giant mannequin / doll and old albums that they aren't even listening to anymore. Their master bedroom is a dump for clothing, an old treadmill, files and more. It's tiem to deal with all this, and fortunately organizer Peter Walsh knows how. He guns straight for the clutter, including Stacie's incredibly huge collection of pens. He helps reduce the clutter, allowing Allen and Stacie to even find some old treasures --- such as a pair of glasses that Stacie has been missing for over a year! Angelo Surmelis redesigns the office and bedroom to be spaces that are actually useful. The office is given special display areas, a repainted desk, a relaxing chair and plenty of easily accessible storage for the now organized papers and files. The bedroom is painted with a color that brings out the shape and given a closet TV display, a new shelving uni, baskets for clothing and
About Clean Sweep
Clean Sweep was an American television series that involved a team consisting of a host, an organizer, designer, and carpenter who help homeowners clear one or two rooms of clutter in a two-day process. Original episodes of Clean Sweep aired on TLC in 2003 through 2005. In each episode of Clean Sweep, the host meets with the homeowners in the rooms to be cleaned. The production crew then moves the entire contents of the room outdoors. The host then assists the homeowners with an initial half-hour sort of all the items into three areas: “keep”, “sell” and “toss”. The process is then repeated by the organizer, in a much more thorough manner. Meanwhile, the designer and carpenter renovate the rooms, usually painting the rooms and constructing storage units such as closets, entertainment units, or cabinets. On the second day, a yard sale is held to dispose of the items in the “sell” category. The homeowners compete to sell the most, with the loser having to give up a sentimental item from the “keep” category. Once the rooms are renovated and the remaining items from the “keep” category moved back into the house, the homeowners are brought in to be surprised by the final results.