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Hints from Bed Bug Helloise: Hollywood purse hook, anyone? »

Hints from Bed Bug Helloise has been on a long hiatus.
Our Helloise doesn’t often see anything she wants to share with Bedbuggers. We all have too much stuff anyway, don’t we?
But she recently came across this item: the Hollywood Purse Hook.
The manufacturers claim it will hold a purse dangling [...]

Queries from Bed Bug Helloise: hanging clothes storage? »

A reader on the forums asked a question about those zippered clothes closets being used to store clothing during a bed bug infestation. Nobugs and Doug both answered (so far). But Nobugs ceded this to my hands, since I am the person responsible for helpful hints.
I have not a hint, however, [...]

Hints from Bed Bug Helloise: a quick, cheap side table! »

Thanks to our Anonymous commenter today who suggested this:
A great “side table” for Bedbuggers: it’s really a thick glass vase turned upside down. At $60, it’s a cute idea and not a bad deal, and something you could use for other purposes as well. Side table? Bedside table? Enormous vase?!?

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handy tip: bed bug feces identification »

Goodness, what a day. Bed Bug Helloise would share this, but she blushes and becomes speechless when poop is under discussion. She’s a funny old thing.
Tip from a reader, who heard it from Lou Sorkin: try dabbing a bit of hydrogen peroxide (rather than water) on those little black specks you find [...]