4 Easy Ways To Clean & Maintain Bookshelves

We are always particular about where we keep the most precious things in our home. You might be imagining a locker or a wardrobe where you store jewellery. But for a book lover, his or her bookshelf is much more precious than any locker because that is where he/she keeps books. As the bookshelf houses your most precious belongings, you must take care of it. Ways to clean your bookshelves are important because you have a tough job on your hands.

CREATIVE IDEAS TO ARRANGE BOOKSHELF

Most people don't know how to clean bookshelves properly, and thus their books keep getting dusty for years. The bookshelf does get dirty quickly and it is really hard to maintain it properly. However, if you know the right ways to clean your bookshelf, you should not face any problem. Here are some tips to clean and maintain your bookshelves:

Arrange Books Properly
If you want to make your job of cleaning and maintaining your bookshelf easier, you must arrange the books properly. Keep the books of similar shape and size together so that you can dust them easily. Also keep hard bound and paperback books separately. Hard bound books are always easier to clean.

Books Only Please
Never keep show pieces, photo frames and other tiny things on your bookshelves. All these things make the process of cleaning books more complicated. These showpieces have to be removed every time you are dusting your books or else they will fall and break when you are cleaning.

The Weekly Wipe
It is not possible for you to clean your bookshelf every week. And it is also not possible for you to live with all that accumulated dust. So keep a weekly ‘wipe' routine. During this weekly cleaning regime, you will wipe and dust the books on the shelf without removing them from the shelf. This reduces your work considerably.

The Monthly Removal
Once in a month, when you have some time on your hands, you will have to remove the books from the shelves and dust them. You have to put them back with naphthalene balls and dried tea leaves. This sounds like a Herculean task. But you need to do this one shelf at a time and you will be fine. But do not get tired after cleaning half the shelf and postpone it to next week. All the hard work you did on half the shelf will be wasted.

So try these ways to clean your bookshelves and maintain your precious books in good condition.