If you need to wash your curtains or bed linens, get them all in the washing machine so they can get cleaned while you work on the rest of the house ... and work down. Clean ceiling fan blades ...

If you find that cleaning a small space every day is getting the results you want, you can try a whole-house approach every day. At your designated cleaning time, move around the house ...

Regardless of whether you clean your house yourself or hire help ... Left uncleaned, these spots can make the whole room smell musty. Twice a year, get under there with a vacuum.