Pamela Sherrod

An Edgewater reader who left a candle burning atop one of her tall bookshelves noticed it left a smoky ring on the ceiling. She was unable to remove it with...

A reader from Elmhurst wants to know how to clean a porcelain enamel sink without ruining or dulling the finish? Don't be fooled by this polished beauty. Despite its lovely...

A reader says her Casablanca ceiling fan turns itself on and off without any help from her or her husband. It's been doing this from the beginning. Is this a...

A reader painted her Ravenswood condo in flat paint when she moved in three years ago. Already her walls are scuffed up and dirty. Is there a way to remove...

Well, if you haven't found a winner yet in our "present perfect" gifts-for-the-home series or in your hunts in the stores, consider these final four ideas from the Home section...

We're back this week with more gift ideas for the home (and one gift that's actually a home away from home). In our fourth of six installments, the Home section...

If you're in the market for gifts that will bring a special touch to someone's home, take a look at some of our favorite-and sometimes, exotic-finds. This week, the Home...

OK, vacuum cleaners are still taboo. You don't give a dirt-sucker to someone you love for the holidays. But the home front is certainly ripe with other, more decadent, more...

In addition to the technicolor show, there were a few other standouts at this spring's International Home Furnishings Market: Two faces of Larry: New York designer Larry Laslo, known for...

Think about ready-to-assemble design. What comes to mind? (Be honest.) Three things usually pop up: box-shaped furniture that's one generation removed from wooden crates, instructions so difficult to follow that...