While they may not seem important to clean now, dusty spaces under the bed or cobwebs on the ceiling can contribute to your allergies.

We all have our own little cleaning habits to help us keep our apartments tidy. Still, regular cleaning tasks, like vacuuming, light dusting, and cleaning your counters isn’t always enough. By just doing the basics, more thorough clean up jobs can sneak up on us, and be more hassle in the end than they would have been if we had cleaned them all along. Apartment Therapy recently posted about the “5 Places We Forget To Clean That Come Back To Haunt Us“; all five are in your apartment in one of our TriBridge communities. Here they are, and here’s how to keep them clean easily:

• Under the Bed – Under the bed can become a dust bunny mecca, which can be bad for those of us with allergies. Use the hose attachment on your vacuum to clean under the bed easily, or simply attach a dust rag to the end of a broom.
• Blinds – Blinds are one of the many things we neglect to clean that comes back to be ten times harder to clean later on. When you’re vacuuming your apartment, do a quick run over the blinds to save yourself a harder scrub down later.
• Shower Curtain Liner – Neglected liners can grow mold and cake with soap scum. Take the time to send yours through the washer with a little bleach once a month.
• The nooks and crannies of the kitchen – Take time every few months to clean under and around your fridge and stove. These areas are magnets for spills while cooking, and can get beyond disgusting over time.
• Ceiling corners – You may not notice those little cobwebs at first, but when you do look up, we guarantee you’ll have to take a moment to stare at how those little cobwebs have grown. Use the same tool you used to clean under the bed to tidy up those corners and keep your apartment looking great.