Clean baseboards last, starting with vacuuming to remove dust before wiping. Use gentle soap and water (or a degreaser in kitchens), matching the cleaner to the baseboard material. Dry with a ...

I hate cleaning my baseboards. For nearly every other cleaning task you can think of, I have a reminder set on my phone so I never forget to do it. Clean the bathroom? Check. Wash the comforter? Yup.

Baseboards — those six to eight inches rising from where a wall meets the floor — are easy to overlook in your kitchen cleaning routine. Not only are they way below eye-level, but baseboards don’t ...