"I have to admit something: When I woke up this morning, I was not entirely sure what a baseboard was. I knew it had to do with the floors in some way, but it was just one of those terms I never bothered to look up. Meanwhile, I've spent years wondering if there was a better way to get all the dust off that raised edge that sits between the floor and the walls. Humbling!"
"I came across this clever cleaning method in an Instagram Reel by Via Shoemaker (@vialifts). You see the video creator in her home with the camera pointed at the floor with the baseboards in view. She takes one of her socked feet and places it on the baseboard, and then slides her toes from one end of the baseboard to the other. She then takes off that sock and places it directly into her washing machine nearby."
The sock baseboard cleaning method uses a sock on the foot to wipe baseboards, then toss the sock into the laundry. Place a socked foot on a baseboard and slide toes along the length to pick up dust. Use multiple socks or dedicate old socks for this task to avoid reusing dirty fabric. A sock functions like a foot-shaped cloth, capturing dust along the raised edge between floor and wall. The method eliminates the need to bend deeply or buy new tools and integrates with routine laundry cycles for quick, low-effort cleaning.
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