If someone from the New York Times photo desk called to set up a shoot at your house, how fast could you be ready? I have a couple friends neat enough that they could spend the time arranging flowers. Not me. But thanks to deep kitchen drawers, Method wipes and a Swiffer, we were photo-ready in 45 minutes.

The back story: a writer friend’s writer friend interviewed Tony for an article on green renovations. If we’re lucky, they’ll illustrate the piece with a picture of Eli, sitting on the bottom shelf of the kitchen island, eating his sunflower seed butter sandwich.