Pick up any garbage cups plates utensils napkins tissues etc.
Bed bugs dresser drawers.
Be it a quaint antique piece or a recently purchased bespoke wood dresser this type of furnishing offers plenty of dark and concealed spots in the drawers for bed bugs to settle and build their colony.
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Refresh the citronella every few months by brushing fresh oil into the corners and along the edges of each drawer.
Hang them up in a closet or keep them in a dresser drawer.
Bed bugs seem to hate the smell of lavender in particular.
Despite what some pest control professionals will tell you steam cleaning is usually not effective because it s difficult to get the steam to penetrate deep and thoroughly enough through the upholstery.
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Lift it and look beneath it as well.
It is also a good idea to inspect dresser and bedside table drawers.
Hold light outlet cover over plastic bag or light colored sheet orient items such that any ventilation holes are pointed down tap item with open part of your hand.
Thin cedar boards can line drawers and shelves and work to repel a variety of insects.
Make sure that your nightstand and or desk are neat and properly maintained.
Consider stuffing a dryer sheet or two inside your pillow case dresser drawers and linen closet.
Upholstered furniture is the most challenging because it s especially easy for bedbugs to hide in the upholstery.
Naturally they ll need a point of entry to reach crawling in order to make their harborage in a wood dresser drawer.
Furniture village have a summer sale of drawer dressers.
Online furniture shops offer a wide range of drawer dressers.
Though bed bugs are fairly evident if they are around they also leave other signs of their existence behind including their shed exoskeletons blood and fecal deposits.
This video shows how to pack up a dresser as part of the fight against bed bugs.