Everyone has their own cleaning routine. But one area of your home that we can bet probably doesn’t get cleaned regularly is your window blinds. Even though, we look out our windows every day and put ...

Q In a recent column, a reader asked how to clean spiders out of honeycomb cellular shades. You suggested a long, thin appliance-dusting brush like the ones used for keeping refrigerator coils clean.

Q: Our cellular shades are in perfect condition structurally, but they’re very grimy toward the ceiling. I think they’re from Smith & Noble. We’re about to renovate, and we’d like to keep the shades, ...