Behind the bed😱😱😱

Include dirt under the sofas in the conservatory😲. Just pulled them out this morning. Blimey.

Housework is on the back burner with DH unwell. I just push the Shark round occasionally without moving any furniture.

Behind the bed gets done about once a year if that. The bed has drawers, a high headboard and is very heavy. Occasionally I push it one way then another and hoover where I can, and use a long handled duster for tricky places.
I moved a chair yesterday and found all sorts of debris behind it. I put it back. Just keeping the place tidy is all I can manage at the moment.

They do say that dull women keep immaculate homes.

I am not a dull woman.

Auntieflo

Try a robot vacuum. Ours goes under the bed easily.

hmm

I'm also a rubbish housewife, but as I live on my won there's no one to complain. However, I do nos possess a Shark vacuum cleaner and although it's an upright cleaner it has this long wand that can reach into difficult areas.
However, as no one can see under your bed, why worry?

🤣🤣

Eufy robot vacuum is brilliant for doing under the bed if you've a gap between base of bed and floor

I have this little poem up in my house. All those that know me know the house will be clean and tidy when they visit but dust behind their beds is not always going to be removed before their visit 😜

biglouis

They do say that dull women keep immaculate homes.

I am not a dull woman.

Yeah I bet the lazy so and so's made that one up!!
My x MiL , a Berliner, was meticulous and kept a fantastically clean and very welcoming home, she was a gazillion miles from bing dull! I've mimick dinner tips and habits moreso as I've aged and now can't stand any mess, everyone wants a house like a showhome. Few know how to achieve and maintain one! I like be having all in its place spick and span , suppose no kids etc makes it easy, my darlings were allowed to graffiti on their bedroom walls as much as they wanted and produced some belting artworks! Friends were convinced when they saw that rest of house was untouched because I allowed a free hand upstairs and they grew out of it as they do in due time.
But laziness and dirty house? Yuk! No excuse.

Oh and myself have had a laugh reading these 😂

Don't bother cleaning, who will know?
You will my dear and isn't it so, that an ordered den makes an easier life?
Too much time wasted trying to find?
What of those things you forgot that you had, ?
So much wasted funds better used for good times, on 'stuff' you've not used for want of it's finding!
And the lacklustre fading of things once so bright, tattered and worn unloved if you like?
So take just a second or so in each day
To look after your home, not watch it fade away
It's yours to cherish , whether simple or grand
Order and sparkle cost just busy hands!

Because I am barely 5 feet tall I deliberately went for a bed that was low. I needed a ladder to get into the usual height. This means that there is very little clearance as the bed frame is above 6 inches from the floor. Therefore, I do not clean under the bed. Suits me.

"about", not "above". whoops

If the bed is on carpet then will be difficult to pick up dust (fluff) otger tgan with a vacuum. If on a hard surface then loads of hand held microfibre mops or even floor mops are available and would do the job. I'd suggest a very slight dampening of the microfibre woukd help too.

I find it quite satisfying to only do the basics regularly and leave the rest, then do a 'blitz' on it. Re-arranging the furniture is a great way to clean a room properly, getting underneath and behind, which tends to get neglected. Moving furniture is also exercise.

Yammy

Norah

Your new best friends..

I bought one of these a couple of weeks ago I've reached places that I haven't for years,tops of wardrobes and cobwebs that have grade two status! My house is tidy but very dusty, unlike my mother I hate housework.

Bought one of what?? if it's something that will make life easier please let us know. My house is very dusty too and yes unlike my Mum I don't worry too much ( unless I know I'm getting a rare visitor - but hope they are coming to see me and not the mess)
Some years ago I bought my now ex a fridge magnet - I worked full time + did most of everything in house. He conveniently finished work when I got a promotion and he had the cheek to point out a cobweb - he didn't get rid of it.
The magnet said "You can admire the dust but don't write in it"

Word of warning. I moved a double bed that had (full) drawers in it. I had castors but it was heavy. I ended up hurting my knee because I had been shoving it up and down with my legs rather than my hands. My knee played me up for ages afterwards.

We sometimes have a problem with woodlice, especially when it is damp. I moved some drawers the other day and found a whole herd (or whatever they are called) of dead desiccated woodlice underneath.

As for cobwebs, I am unaware that my house is looking like Miss Havisham's until I put my glasses on

My beds are all on legs as I hate spiders and can’t stand the thought that they might be lurking on the floor a few feet from my head. My cordless Shark vacuum reaches underneath very well. However, we have a large larder cupboard in the breakfast room which is impossible to move when full. OH decided to redecorate last week so we emptied and moved the cupboard. We have been in this house for 3 years and I was horrified by the number of cobwebs behind there! This is despite me reaching under and behind it, on a fortnightly basis, with all sorts of cleaning implements such as long feather dusters etc. We’ve left a bigger gap behind it now in the hope that I can suck up any intruders with the hoover tool!

I have a tool which is a bit like a dustpan and brush with a long handle. Mine is an older version of this and works well for what Scaninavians call "dust rats" - the lumps of dust under your bed!
www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-fsc-certified-long-handled-dustpan-and-brush-set/p5548009

Omg, ladies, this is the BEST topic EVER on Gransnet!! Hysterically funny 😂. I’ve never had such a good time reading these responses as today.

I’m keeping this thread to share with my friends. I’ll tell you - we’re the same, world over. Thank you for the LOL entertainment.
Cheers!
USA Gundy
(BTW - I never clean under the bed either. Can’t move it. I just buy new beds and clean when they’re switched out. Still digging for gold… maybe one of these days…)

“cc” - here we refer to them as dust bunnies

I have some of these permanently under my bed, it’s a heave wooden frame and just glides across the carpet with no effort. I have some spare ones which I use if I need to move heavy cupboards or other bits of furniture.

My cleaner is able to clean under my bed every month or so and liked them so much that she bought a set for herself to use in other customers houses.

I think they are called furniture sliders, lots of different sizes.

Thank you all. My bed, a king size, has drawers underneath and is both very heavy and very close to the carpet. I still don't know how to get under it, but , oh!!! I do feel so much better!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 Maybe I will get my DD who lifts weights for a hobby( !!🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️) to come and shift it for me.

cornergran

We have ottoman beds. Can’t move them unless we empty the horizontal cupboards that lie beneath. So no, they don’t get moved we just clean as far as we can reach. Oh dear.

Do you mean divans with drawers and only a tiny gap? I have those and about 3 times a year ( yes I know not often enough) I tie dusters to a broom handle with rubber bands and kneel down and push it around - sometimes I have to stop and shake the dusters out! I also have a 'magic' dust brush thing that I tie on and move that under but dusters catch most dust. I wish I could find a long (flatish) tube that I could fit on the end of my vacuum hose, if I could find one I would cellotape it on, I'm thinking about the pointy bit that is used to clean the armchair seats and in the car.

In my family I've always had the dubious distinction of being house-proud so this incident certainly put a dent in that.
Many years ago my parents stayed overnight with us at Easter time and of course I prepped the spare room to the max for their arrival.
After they left I stripped the bed and the room was again unused until our next overnight visitors were arriving several months later. While I was prepping the room I kicked something just under the bed - the something turned out to be my father's wallet complete with pension book, travel pass and a fair bit of cash.
Putting two & two together I realised just how long it had been since Dad had stayed in that room ... AND how long it had been since I had given it a proper clean.
My parents were so thrilled to get the 'mislaid ' wallet back - they'd not told any of us when they lost it as they'd travelled to & from our house in cabs and felt embarrassed to admit they'd lost it.
They then told us the trouble they'd had applying for new pension book etc
I was appropriately mortified.
They have both passed away many years now but I can still see Mam's face when she realised her 'house-proud daughter hadn't hoovered that room for months.... I suppose it's a positive thing to say that it was the only time I ever saw her look at me with such a disappointed look and that story has never failed to hugely entertain my sisters; I'm still living it down