Housekeeping Tip #6: Easier Dusting

I have monster sized dust balls everywhere! I MUST dust and vacuum at least once a week to maintain a low level of dust.

I read around and I haven't found any good tricks when it comes to dusting. You have to dust every week. There is just no way of getting around it.

But I found a trick to help lessen the amount of dust.

Fabric softener.

Use about 1 cap size to every 4 cups of water.
I usually just eye it.

Use a cloth and start wiping. It's more efficient that using a duster, but I use it too sometimes on the weeks where I don't need everything to be super dust free.

I've noticed a substantial difference when I used this method on electronics, and windowsills. You still have to do this every week, but you'll probably won't get as much dust as you normally would. You can gain a few days, if you decide to procrastinate.

You can also organize all the cables and wires to your electronics. Try to bundle them together or use special hardware to nail them along your baseboards. Don't do this (picture below), it will collect HUGE dust balls!