Before I started researching methods of cleaning leather, I was braced for the possibility that I wouldn’t be able to do this article. In my head, leather was too delicate and easily damaged to clean with natural household products. But in reality, leather is durable. In fact, that’s why we use it. The main trick to cleaning leather is avoiding products that will dry it out or change its color. And that, it turns out, is easy enough to do without spending a ton of money—or maybe, any at all. My latest article shows you how to clean leather using environmentally friendly products that I already had around the house, and that you probably have, too.