Thin cedar boards can line drawers and shelves and work to repel a variety of insects.
Bed bugs dresser drawers.
Hang them up in a closet or keep them in a dresser drawer.
Upholstered furniture is the most challenging because it s especially easy for bedbugs to hide in the upholstery.
Hold light outlet cover over plastic bag or light colored sheet orient items such that any ventilation holes are pointed down tap item with open part of your hand.
Refresh the citronella every few months by brushing fresh oil into the corners and along the edges of each drawer.
This video shows how to pack up a dresser as part of the fight against bed bugs.
Though bed bugs are fairly evident if they are around they also leave other signs of their existence behind including their shed exoskeletons blood and fecal deposits.
Make sure that your nightstand and or desk are neat and properly maintained.
Naturally they ll need a point of entry to reach crawling in order to make their harborage in a wood dresser drawer.
Lift it and look beneath it as well.
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You can also make your own drawer liners by coating lining paper in citronella and allowing it to dry before installing.
Consider stuffing a dryer sheet or two inside your pillow case dresser drawers and linen closet.
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It is also a good idea to inspect dresser and bedside table drawers.
Furniture village have a summer sale of drawer dressers.
Be it a quaint antique piece or a recently purchased bespoke wood dresser this type of furnishing offers plenty of dark and concealed spots in the drawers for bed bugs to settle and build their colony.
Pick up any garbage cups plates utensils napkins tissues etc.
Consider using some lavender scented dryer sheets.
Online furniture shops offer a wide range of drawer dressers.