How often do you clean or even look under your beds???

United States
January 16, 2007 7:33pm CST
Is cleaning under your beds a regular weekly event, or do months go by before you dare to peek under there? Do you use the space under your beds as storage space? or keep it clear except for what rolls under there? I try to keep the space under my kids' beds clear to make it easier to find the things they toss under there ~ lol Under my bed I use as storage space for flat boxes and such. Wondering what the rest of you do with your "space."
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@dk2003 (11)
• Philippines
17 Jan 07
Actually, there's nothing under my bed cause you can't place anything under it. My problem is, what's "ON" my bed. Stuff like books, magazines and even my keyboard is placed on top of it. I don't usually sleep on my bed for days. I rather sleep on our sofa.
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@judyt00 (3497)
• Canada
17 Jan 07
I don't feel so bad now!
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@missyd79 (3438)
• United States
17 Jan 07
i do it ever 6 months or so and with haveing two cats, it's funny what you find other there, i find alot of missing socks under ther because my one cat likes to play with our dirty socks.
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• United States
17 Jan 07
That's funny. I have that same problem. There is nothing under my bed, but on laundry day, I do check under there, and there is always socks. LOL. Other things I might find are hair scrunchies, and new to the list are Christmas bows. (I knew they were missing, just didn't know where they went until laundry day)
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• United States
18 Jan 07
My dogs will take all sorts of things under there -- a piece of paper is a plaything to them, and it seems like under the bed is a den!
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• United States
17 Jan 07
Under my bed is just plain frightening! My son's bed has storage containers under it for his books and blocks and things like that so it can get bad but we do a clean up often. My daughter has a bed that has drawers under it so nothing can ever get under bed---fortunatly!
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• United States
17 Jan 07
Yes, stuff that ends up under the kids beds can be scary~! I try to leave it open so I can find their clothes, books, video games, food, etc. I don't understand why they think cleaning can also mean, toss it under the bed! lol
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• Italy
17 Jan 07
ops.... why do i look under my bed??i fear for the thing that i wold discovery..
• United States
17 Jan 07
i usually arrange & keep out the mess of our bedroom everyday as we took out from bed so that it won't be a hassle or having headache for any major cleaning needs after a week. under my bed is just plain & empty so in time of vacuuming i can easily get into it.
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@plantit1 (297)
• United States
17 Jan 07
I clean under my bed when I rearrange the furniture. Then I find stuff I forgot I had. I keep things like my keyboard and boxes under there.
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• Philippines
17 Jan 07
As for me I clean my room everyday and this includes under the bed. I dont put anything under my bed, because there was an article in feng shui i read many years back that it is important that you keep under your bed clean. Because according to feng shui,it also reflects your relationship, if its clean there will be less fighting and you'l have a more peaceful relationship. I dont know if its true or not but after I read it, i just make sure that everything is clean everyday and that includes under the bed.
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• United States
17 Jan 07
That's a great habit to have! I don't clean under mine everyday, but I know what I stored under my bed. I wish I had more storage to actually not keep anything under there. I think it's true that the more peaceful and organized your environment, the easier it is to focus on family and relationships.
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@mtdewgurl74 (18151)
• United States
17 Jan 07
I hate to admit it but I am no clean freak so i clean under my bed maybe every 2 months. The only thing that we put under our bed is my husbands shoes and boots he has most in shoe boxes. I know I should clean under there more and my mother in law is probably rolling over as we speak but not much gets under there except for a few dust bunnies.
@katenkim (238)
• Singapore
17 Jan 07
I should to store things under my bed but its hard to clean with all the webs and the dirt and the things under it rally get dirty, so now I dont store anthing so thats its easier to clean. I clean my room once a week and look under my bed also once a week.
• India
17 Jan 07
never.... we have a maid who clean my room every day
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• Philippines
17 Jan 07
I clean my bed room, at most, twice a month... hahaha (I'm often not in the house. I go home so late at night and I leave early in the morning) Under my bed, you will find lots and lots of papers, my diary collection, my special stuff collection (things I've picked from places I've visited); and lots... really really lots of books of all kinds- song lists, novels, textbooks, workbooks, dictionaries, etc...
@opinder (420)
• India
17 Jan 07
I usually avoid keeping anything under my bed....except for shoes that i take off onec i reach home from work. The cleaning happens once in two weeks and sometimes sooner than that. Once in a while i do keep a box full of knick knack.
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@raveena (1353)
• India
17 Jan 07
I do not keep anything under my bed and prefer to keep it clean. Infact my maid is not able to clen the space everyday as I have a doble bed and not possible to clean it so we do it once a week.
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@Questy (98)
• Nigeria
17 Jan 07
Ha,Ha,Ha. It's funny coz I can't even remember the last time i had a thorough clean-up in my room. Well I emptied my thrash can last week. As for under my bed, nothing's been done to it in months now. Thanks for the reminder, i'll go clean it up, lest i start sharing my room with uninvited creatures, u know, like...
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• United States
17 Jan 07
I actually don't have anything under my bed. It doesn't get swept under as often as it should, but I at least try to keep things out from under it.
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• Nigeria
17 Jan 07
I make my bed every single day. the point is about cleanliness. its like asking, do u have a bath every day? or do u eat every day? also at the end of the day, when u r tired u'll come home and sleep on that very bad. if the sheets are dirty or theres a whole lot of mess in the room, u wudnt find comfort and its unlikely u wud enjoy a deep sleep.
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• United States
17 Jan 07
I have to clean under my bed at least every other day. My dogs have this strange habit of chewing on my underwear and I have to keep checking to see if they have confiscated another pair
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• India
17 Jan 07
nice question.. well as we ll r working individuals so honestly speaking cleaning under beds is once in a bloom time job as thr are other more imp jobs like cleaning the areas which r visible..and these days the beds are usually covered frm the bottom so only dust enrs and not big items and the beds are heavy also so cleanin thm regularly is a real big task!!
@tapeshnlu (349)
• India
17 Jan 07
well i clean my bed and table once in 3 days i am student and can't afford to take out much time out of my busy schedule.
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• Colombia
17 Jan 07
I never clean under my bed because i have a maid lol. Good to have one xD
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• United States
18 Jan 07
A maid! How lucky!! Of course you never know what she might be storing under there! lol
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@kminer (101)
• United States
18 Jan 07
Weekly. Do I get the obsessive person's award now? I hate to store things under there - and I dust mop under beds on the weekends :)
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