Pamela Sherrod

The grouting around the tile near the tub in my bathroom is discolored. No matter how much I wash the wall, it never looks really clean. What can I do...

An Inverness reader, who uses her dishwasher and washes by hand, says most of her glasses and glass dishes have a white residue. She has tried different types of dishwashing...

An Elmhurst reader wants to know how to get rid of greasy film that collects on the wood cabinets in her kitchen. Your cleaning solution should be a vegetable-base detergent,...

Reeding Inspired by Neoclassical-style furniture designers of the late 18th Century, this shape took off in the 20th Century in the hands of such designers as Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, a French...

A South Holland reader wants to put a protective coating on his garage floor but hears the floor first must be etched with muriatic acid and rinsed. He is worried...

Niedermaier-the home-furnishings and visual-display store known for its inspired eclecticism in sculptural objects,mannequins, upholstery and furniture-is offering up to 70 percent reductions in its final factory-clearance sale. The sale runs...

A reader says sap from nearby pine tree has dripped onto the aluminum siding on the front of his Oswego house. He wants to know how to remove the sap...

A University of Illinois-Chicago teacher asks if she can safely wash her sterling-silver flatware in the dishwasher? Ilesa Serna, who has dispensed advice on the care of silver in the...

The owner of a three-bedroom Georgian home in Riverdale asks if she will save money by turning off the air-conditioning when she leaves the house in the morning and turning...

A Ravenswood man who prides himself on bargain shopping found a 7-foot-long pine dining-room table and chairs with the style and price he wants ($250 for the table, $50 to...