Clean: 6 Tips
for Sniffle-Free Sleep

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Your clean, cozy bed is a snug spot for dust and dust mites to settle in, too.Here are 6 simple, effective to help you remove them.

1 Wash your bed linens once a week in the hottest water safe for your sheets.

This includes your comforter, blanket, and pillows. Each should be washed at least monthly.

2 Damp wipe or vacuum your blinds regularly - they're a virtual magnet for dust.

(Check out mastering miniblinds for more details on how to get these dust-attracting window-coverings from triggering allergies in your home.)

3 If you have feather pillows or a goose-down comforter, consider switching to non-allergenic varieties of bedding.

If you often sneeze through the night, try changing to polyester bedding (it doesn't attract dust mites as much as cotton and feathers do) for more restful sleep.

4 Just in case, encase.

Cover your bedding - both mattress and box springs - in a hypo-allergenic plastic cover.

5 Vacuum weekly.

This will help keep your home's allergen count down to livable levels. Dust-filtering vacuum bags are an inexpensive way to keep most of the sucked-up dust from escaping through the exhaust. The most effective weapon in the war against allergens: the HEPA (high-efficiency particle absorbent)vacuum. Look for it and/or HEPA vacuum bags.

6 Banish dust-catchers.

These include stuffed animals and carpeting or large rugs, carpeting, window curtains and blinds and all those little collections.

If you can't remove them - understandably, there are many reasons we can't, commit to vacuuming the area at least weekly, especially under beds.