Do you have washing hampers in everyone's bedrooms, or just a central one in the laundry? Does it work well? I'm a tad pedantic: a big washing basket in DH's and my room, one in DD1's room, and one in the lounge room (the kids tend to strip off in front of the TV when we get home from the shops) AS WELL as a massive (like, bigger than my 8kg washing machine) hamper in the laundry where it all goes to get sorted before washing!

Where do you keep your extra doonas, sleeping bags etc? We have a linen cupboard in the hallway where sheets, doonas etc are all kept. Sleeping bags live in the shed as they're for camping (and usually full of sand), otherwise they go in the spare room (which, I promise, DD2 will be moving into ONE DAY...).

My big kitchen bench is wonderful but attracts all sort of crap from everywhere - has anyone found a way to deal with this? That's what our sideboard is for Right next to the kitchen bench, looks nice (when not covered in junk) and even has drawers and cabinets for EXTRA junk!

School notices etc. Bills - I can't keep them in a file cabinet because it's out of sight out of mind for me. I used to have a little pile on my desk, but then the pile had babies, then grandbabies....Maybe I should learn to use my NASA ready phone properly? Our solution - a big wire basket (kind of like a peg basket, but bigger) that lives on the sideboard - every 'incoming' item goes in there to get 'sorted' and once dealt with (bills paid, letter replied to etc), it goes in the neighbouring filing cabinet, which is just one of those cheap plastic ones from Kmart with a few manila folders labelled 'Tax', 'Centrelink', 'Loan stuff', 'Telstra', etc etc. That way it's all in my face until I can be bothered dealing with it, but it doesn't get lost. If I need it, it's 'in the basket'!

Kids lunchboxes etc - where do they live in your house? Lunchboxes (and DD2's spare bottles for daycare) live in one of the top cabinets where I keep things like glass serving/salad bowls, gravy boats etc. Stuff that I rarely ever use, but can't throw out because I might need it 'one day', so other stuff gets thrown in on top. Thankfully lunchboxes get used regularly so they're always on top of the pile!