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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 ...

The baseboards in your home do more than add visual interest to your room. They have a number of advantages, like protecting your walls from scratches and scuffs, or keeping moisture that can cause ...