5 Not-so-Obvious Places in Your Home That You Need to Clean

Posted by in Uncategorized on Feb 22nd, 2019 | Comments Off on 5 Not-so-Obvious Places in Your Home That You Need to Clean

Even though you make it a habit to clean your house and make it as dust-free as possible, there’s a good chance you’ll end up missing a corner or two. When this happens, dust can easily accumulate and spread back throughout your whole home before you know it.

To keep dust from coming back to your home too quickly, here are a few places you should be looking into more often when cleaning your home:

  1. Areas beneath your furniture

You can find dust bunnies and cobwebs lurking in almost every nook and cranny imaginable, so it’s no surprise that places underneath your furniture, especially your tables, would be hiding a lot of dust.

If you have a closet at home, you especially need to pay attention to where you place your footwear and clean it regularly, since soles can trap all kinds of dirt and dust when you keep them inside.

  • Air filters

While it does help to improve the air quality in your home, there’s also no better hotbed of dust particles, mold, algae, and bacteria than a filter that traps them for an extended period of time.

If you have an air filter at home, make it a point to clean them regularly to maintain your air quality and prevent triggering other people’s allergies.

  • Indoor plants

Whether they’re real or made of plastic, your indoor plants could also be home to a lot of dust, especially those with large, broad leaves.

To keep them dust-free, spritz their leaves with water and wipe them with a clean cloth every few days, and pay close attention to their soil.

Indoor plants are best placed in areas where they get the best amount of sunlight while away from things that could trip them over and spill their soil, which can lead to dust and dirt getting into the house.

  • Walls and ceilings

Dust and cobwebs don’t just cling to corners – they can also cling to walls and even ceilings, especially if they have lots of tiny nooks and corners that don’t get cleaned regularly.

When cleaning your walls and ceilings, start with the top and work your way to the bottom with using a broom or duster that traps dust particles before finishing with a vacuum.

  • Carpet

Your carpet may seem like an obvious place where dust could easily accumulate, but what you may be forgetting is how quickly it does, and how frequently you need to clean it as a result.

As much as possible, vacuum it once a week with a beater brush attachment and spray it with a fabric sanitizer. It also helps to have it steam-cleaned by a professional laundry service at least once a year.

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