Talking about cleaning is one thing, but today we’re going to make you take a hard look at your cleaning routines. Sure, you may clean every day, dust your bookshelf, clean your bath, sweep the floor, and change your bedding weekly, but cleaning is not as simple as that. 

When it comes to home or bedroom maintenance, you’ll be surprised to find many spots or items that you overlook to disinfect or simply wipe down. Because of this, your bedroom may be a lot dirtier than you can imagine. Here are the seven items you need to clean right now:

#1: Your Mattress and Pillows

No matter how cozy your bed looks, consider skin flakes, biological fluids, dust mites, bacteria, and debris that can, unfortunately, all be found in your mattress. Your mattress, like the rest of your room, needs regular cleaning. Cover the bed with a waterproof cover to protect it from dust mites, liquids, and microscopic particles.

On the other hand, your pillows are also a hotspot for bacteria, mold spores, and dust mites. Every few days, replace your pillowcase. Every year, examine your pillow if they have lost their structure. Simply fold it in half to see if it bounces back to its original shape. If not, it’s time to replace them.

#2: Your Vacuum

When using a vacuum without a HEPA filter, dust, pollen, grit, and dirt are sucked up and sprayed back into the bedroom air. If the vacuum uses bags, ensure that the bags are also made of HEPA material.

#3: Your Humidifier

Using a bedroom humidifier loses its purpose if you don’t clean it regularly. Remember, this appliance functions to reduce air dryness, so make sure you refill the water daily to prevent molds.

#4: Your Doorknobs

Because of its high-contact functionality, doorknobs are undoubtedly one of the dirtiest things in not just your room—but also the planet! After all the touching to access room to room,  you must see to it to give your doorknobs a good wipe-down. You may do this for closet doorknobs as well.

#5: Your Carpet or Rug

Carpets are the most popular bedroom flooring option since it is pleasant on bare feet. Meanwhile, rugs are beautiful accents to any space. As beautiful as they are, carpets and rugs collect dust, dirt, pollen, animal hair, grime, and more. The carpet in your bedroom should be vacuumed weekly and shampooed every few months. 

#6: Your Window Blinds and Curtains

It should come as no surprise to see the amount of grime your cleaning cloth pulls up after cleaning your window blinds. Window blinds collect dust, pollen, and dander daily. Thus, this also affects the cleanliness of your curtains! 

Therefore, you must wash or dry clean them as often as possible, depending on their material. All in all, ensuring their cleanliness can prevent you from constant allergic reactions.

#7: Your Light Switches

Just like your doorknobs, light switches are infected by germs and bacteria due to their high-touch functionality. Because of this, you must immediately look to disinfecting such areas. Wipe down light switches, remote controllers, and lamp-twist knobs that are placed on the wall.

Conclusion

Sometimes, no matter how much you clean, all kinds of bacteria can still breed in your space. However, with a strict cleaning schedule, you don’t need to worry about germ infestation, pests, allergic reactions, and mold growths. Now that you have this list of all the dirtiest spots in your room, you can finally get a head start and begin disinfecting. Indeed, there’s nothing like lounging in a superbly clean bedroom!

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