Five Minute Mess

We haven't been down to the basement together for a while, since nothing has really changed....we still need to shop for a media console (waiting for the man of the house to finalize what components are staying, what components are going...)...We have to hang art (posters)...I am debating whether we should install shelves above the corner where the big boy plays, or maybe along the far wall...or not at all...I plunked a poster on the desk under the stairs (for colour) but its not really working for me...yet there it has stayed...

Despite its design shortcomings, we do a lot of living in the basement...which means I spend many minutes each day cleaning the basement...I keep my sanity by "classifying" the task as a five minute mess (or longer/shorter - usually a five minute mess)...

While I am tidying I countdown the time remaining (this countdown has no relation to actual time...)....

How many times do you clean up the same mess everyday? How do you attack it?  Oh and of course, where would you put shelves?

ps...this also lets you see what 6 months of living with the kivik sofa can do to it...