My bikes and my wife's bike are all in our house. I think whoever told you to organize your piles is on to something. As long as I don't spread bike stuff all over our place and let it stay there for more than a couple of days, she's all good. I have a couple of parts boxes, tools, three bikes plus Wifey's bike in one room of our place. Havin' one of those bike stands that gets all of the bikes off of the floor helps a lot, too. Looks better than havin' them all over the place.