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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Anna K. Cottrell

Cleaners reveal how to dust open shelves without damaging your belongings

A bookcase filled with various ceramics and works of art.

Dusting open shelves can feel like a feat of acrobatics. How do you clean all the ornaments without knocking them over and without having to move everything all the time? Then there’s the question of cleaning books without damaging the covers and pages. A damp cloth or no damp cloth? 

If your shelves serve simultaneously as storage and as displays for much-loved mementos and souvenirs, here’s how to remove dust from them effectively yet safely, according to cleaning professionals.

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