Let’s be real: You can’t have everything in its place every moment of the day. But you can cut down on wayward stuff by giving it a defined space. Place a large seagrass basket in a corner of the living room to stow plush toys or the random sweatshirt when you don’t have time to run them upstairs. Just commit to a deadline (say, the next morning, when you're having coffee) to put the items back.