The journal.
What we learned about a product, what a Portland winter did to somebody's bathroom, and the occasional correction when we got something wrong.
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- Ingredients, houses, corrections
What "non-toxic" actually means on a cleaning label
Not a regulated term, not certified by anyone, and the FTC standard behind it is stricter than almost any product on a shelf can meet.
Rosalind Okereke. July 14, 2026.
Portland winter damp: what a cleaner can fix and what needs a specialist
Six months of moisture, four places it shows up first, and the square-footage line where cleaning stops and remediation starts.
Thea Lindqvist. June 2, 2026.
Fragrance-free is not the same as unscented
One means no fragrance ingredient was added. The other often means a masking fragrance was. If someone reacts to scent, the distinction is everything.
Rosalind Okereke. April 19, 2026.
Caring for original fir floors in a hundred-year-old house
Old-growth fir is softer than oak, the finish is usually the weak point, and the most common mistake is a mop that is too wet.
Marisol Aguilar-Reyes. February 27, 2026.
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