5 Neat Things

One of the biggest barriers to having a fresh Christmas tree or wreath is the blasted pine needles that get everywher…

Okay look, no one plans to be the guy on Thanksgiving who upends an entire glass of red wine on Grandmummy’s good…

I recently got a spate of questions about cleaning natural stone surfaces like marble and granite. And yeah, these…

The most important thing to know about floor care and cleaning is that the products, tools, and techniques to use…

A reader recently asked me about shower sprays — those products that are designed to be sprayed, daily, in your…

Just as with skinning a cat or saying I love you (same thing, right?), there are many ways to remove blood stains.…

A grim fact of life, and of plumbing, is that drains will become clogged. Hair is typically the culprit, but there…

Warning: the next paragraph features minor Succession spoilers.

Sweaters are so great we’ve named an entire season for them. But sweaters also require a little bit of special…

It doesn’t feel like it should be true that using an energy efficient dishwasher is a more environmentally friendly…

There are lots of ways to cut down on the impact a cleaning product has on the environment, from using less water in…

An almost universal rule of stain removal is that the faster you get to the stain, the better the chance you’ll have…

OxiClean is an oxygen bleach, which is different from chlorine bleach in that it’s safe to use on both whites and…

It would be grand, indeed, if there was one universal stain remover that worked on any and every stain you could…

I get SO many questions about cat messes. Dogs too! Less so iguanas, which is sad for me because I’d like to learn…

Fun story! Last Friday night I got a text from a friend, shortly after I’d gotten home from happy hour and while I…

An occupational hazard that goes along with my job is that people I know in my real life often ask me things they…

Drying racks! Are actually not the most exciting topic in the world, but they are incredibly handy items to have as…

More often than is normal, I find myself watching car detailing videos on YouTube. Part of that is job-related, but…

It’s summer and things smell! Squalor has been on a smell kick lately—chock full of lots and lots of different odor…