good god-- why haven't I thought of this! usually I say-- I know and it's all my crap (from crafting, dressing, living, etc). John doesn't collect nearly as much crap as I do. Now I will just say, "I Know!" KISS principle rocks.

Is that a drop-down ceiling?

Tell me about it. I have the same situation. I can keep things in their place but my wife is in constant motion using and leaving things everywhere.

So I have come up with a solution. I have these boxes. Everytime some mess piles up with stuff out of its place I just throw it into these boxes. So far she keeps saying stuff is disappearing.
And like you said, I say "I know."

Andrea - the pics are hilarious! This is exactly me. The top one is how our place looks when people come over and the bottom one is when no one's coming over for quite awhile!

Mr. Incredible - totally agree about the boxes thing. Any project I start gets a box. Everything goes in the box. Then the boxes get stacked up in our spare bedroom. Here's the plus side: you always have a project to work on and it is already all boxed up for you!