Some good ideas on how to tackle getting the job done -- the timer idea is a really good one, and folding the fabric and putting into totes by color/theme, etc is good, too. Once you get that area done you can look around and figure out if you need to reconfigure how your room is set up. Need shelving for fabric? Can you group things together in such a way so you get more 'bang for your buck' in storage? Once you reconfigure the room, put those neatly folded fabric pieces away on it. Then you can tackle the other parts -- containers of thread, rulers, etc., that need to be organized. Cleaning my quilt room usually is started around 4 a.m. of a morning that I wake up early. It doesn't wake up DH, and before I know it, the room is clean, and hubby is waking up & its 4 hours later. I've had situations like your picture shows. It can be done, but do it in stages & in such a way that you feel 'rewarded' when you're done with each part.