Keep your fireplace looking clear and beautiful with these step-by-step instructions. Getty Images If you're fortunate enough to have a fireplace in your home, it could be built in many styles. While ...

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Ideally, you would have cleaned your fireplace thoroughly in the spring, after you used it for the final time of the season. But if that didn’t happen—or if you want to tidy it up before using it this ...

Q: I let a scarf get too close to the glass of my gas fireplace insert. The material burned on the glass. Do you have any cleaning suggestions? I have tried warm water and glass cleaner for stove, ...

Keeping a fireplace clean minimizes its impact on indoor and outdoor air quality. To reduce pollution and ensure the safety of a fireplace, set up an annual visit by a chimney sweep, who will remove ...

I could sit for hours reading all the clever, helpful, often already known tips, tricks and hacks my readers send to me. It makes me think, and more often than not silently ask myself, “Why didn’t I ...

Vinegar is a versatile cleaning solution, but it shouldn't replace all cleaning products. Vinegar can sub for glass cleaners, fabric softeners, and deodorizers. Avoid using vinegar to disinfect or on ...

I had a serious deja vu moment when I pulled today’s first reader tip from my inbox. Roseanne’s tip brought back a memory of my grandfather doing this very thing on the big, black cast-iron wood range ...