Clean Sweep — Season 1, Episode 55: Mess About the House
44 min • 2 seasons, 121 episodes • ★ 4.5/10
Episode synopsis
Kos and Nancy Noori have been married for a wonderful twenty years and have two sons, Michael and Jonathan. Their home is lovely, but the clutter in their living room and office isn't so much. The living room is filled with such things as model horses and New Year's hats, while the office includes unopened arts and crafts boxes and a treadmill. Shelli Alexander helps Nancy and Kos as they open to her that Kos has problem with purchasing things that he'll never use wholesale. As he goes through clutter, he has a revelation and swears that he will never let things get this bad again. With the clutter problem dealt with, Angelo Surmelis takes care of the makeover of the rooms. The living room becomes a gorgeous, welcoming room with candles, a new coffee-table, bamboo lamps and a prominently featured fireplace. The office is given a special space for the treadmill, a filing cabinet, and other useful features to make it functional.
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.