The Philadelphia Inquirer

Every year for who knows how many, about mid-January, I start receiving reminders that "spring-cleaning is just around the corner." This year seems to have produced a bumper crop of...

Q. I have a brick house built in 1959. The previous owners had the brick painted white (looks like it was done twice). It needs to be painted again; I'd...

Can a vocally challenged 17-year-old string bean bring down America's pop-culture behemoth? Backed by organized efforts to distort the voting and generating an unprecedented public fascination, Sanjaya Malakar has become...

Given a choice between hitting 100 nails with a hammer and using a power nailer, the nail gun gets my vote every time. There are many on the market, so...

It's the beginning of the end for "The Sopranos," and Edie Falco is hurting. Falco, who plays Carmela Soprano on the landmark HBO mob drama, made like the Mississippi at...

Who's voices are in it? James Arnold Taylor, Mikey Kelley, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Patrick Stewart, Nolan North What it's about: When April O'Neil (Gellar) persuades Leonardo (Taylor) to return home...

Tracey Thorn "OUT OF THE WOODS" Everything But the Girl vocalist Tracey Thorn remains a skilled specialist in soulfully understated melancholic musing, expertly offset by chilled-out dance-club beats supplied by...

There's probably nothing better than drying off with a warm towel on a winter's day. But unless your laundry room is near your bathroom, that opportunity won't come along very...

Who's in it: Samuel L. Jackson, Christina Ricci, Justin Timberlake What it's about: Nymphomaniac Rae is chained to a radiator by struggling bluesman Lazarus, who wants to exorcise her demons....

A preservationist architect recently noted that we often rush into replacing windows when the ones we have can be made more energy-efficient through proper maintenance. If all parts work properly...