The much-welcomed nip in the air, coupled with the last of the candy corn, heralds the beginning of the season of holidays. Thanksgiving is too quickly followed by Christmas; then there's New Year's Day, Twelfth Night and Carnival. So very soon, we'll be engulfed in winter houseguest season.

To be prepared, our thoughts must turn to the guest room, that often-neglected back bedroom we typically avoid like the plague. It is the catchall room filled with furniture waiting to be repaired; stacks of books, boxes of tax records and perhaps for the very organized among us, early Christmas gifts waiting to be wrapped. In essence, that cluttered extra room is the entry-level effort for your appearance on "Hoarders."

If family and friends will be staying at your place this visit, and unless you t

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