Clean Sweep — Season 1, Episode 50: Ready? Set? Purge!
44 min • 2 seasons, 121 episodes • ★ 4.5/10
Episode synopsis
Candace and Michael Astamendi have been married for a while now and have a five-year old son named Cole. Their dinining room / business area that's so cluttered that it can't reasonably function as either. Cole, thanks to Daddy, has a room filled with things it shouldn't, including Dad's clothes and pictures of scantily-clad women. The Clean Sweep team works hard to fix the problem. Shelli Alexander gets them to go through with the clutter, getting them to agree that the photos can't stay in Cole's room and convincing them to sell items such as an ugly pink drink cozy. The office / dining room is redesigned with two separate sections. Cole's room is made over with fiery curtains, a bunkbed, a corkboard and a display area for his many trophies.
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.