I've been doing some of that in fits and spurts over the last week. I spent a couple days organizing my basement (classic quote from a houseguest that braved the basement "it looks like REI threw up down here) - my skis are put away just before ski season. You can actually use the basement couch, 'cause I tend to just throw all the laundry on that couch when I need to do more laundry.

I have a slight tendancy to keep the upstairs of my house clean by carrying everything and dumping it in a pile in the basement.

i made my huge pile of gear hoarders gear that never gets used and thus should be sold or ebayed.