What Lies Beneath

Remember on the 1st day of Spring I made a list "to do" for spring cleaning? Well, the number one priority on my list was to find out and clean what lies beneath the master bed. We have a cat, a good cat. Her name is Jewels. She is 13 years old and a scaredy cat. She lives under the bed and in the closet. Only to come out at night when I hang in the room. She loves me...and only me =). Like I said, she lives under the bed.

Our bed is a low rider. It is impossible to get anything underneath it - a vacuum especially. Even the little boys can't crawl under there. It's a huge CalKing - so it's not easily moved either. OK, those are my excuses. The facts are that it hasn't been moved and cleaned underneath since we moved in...5 years ago. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THIS! Especially if you have a cat that lives underneath it.I employed my husband to do the heavy lifting (since I was 7+ months pregnant).

There was stuff under there I had no idea about - the BASSINET to my pack-n-play! OH NO!
Don't worry though, I looked up natural ways to clean it and it came sparkly clean for new baby.
Basically vinegar, the hose, and sunshine. Plus a few baby wipes =)

This is the dust/cat hair built up on the bed frame. Um - ew! We change our sheets weekly, thank you very much!

Various forms of cat puke. Hairballs, grass, food, whatever.
It's what cats do...but eeewww there were like 20 piles.

1st step: dry vacuum

2nd step: break out the cleaning agents

3rd step: STEAM CLEAN carpet and polish the bed frame
BEFORE

AFTER

Since I was already there, I steam cleaned the entire bedroom and took down the curtains to wash them. Talk about allergens. There is a reason they call it "spring cleaning" and not "1/2 decade cleaning" - it should be done once a year for the health and happiness of the family =)
I swear we can all breathe easier in that room now! The cat hid for a few days, but once she came out she ran around the bedroom with glee and meowed like crazy with happiness =)

What is lurking under your bed????