I appreciate all the readers' advice, and I can understand the writer of this column has minimal experience with this issue. However, I wish there was some kind of effort put into trying to answer ...

Enamadora, I agree about the thumbnails. I find it inconvenient and disruptive of the flow of my reading. I prefer captions beneath the picture, and not having to scroll up and down.

Most vacs will suck well if you have hard flooring, but my crappy rental has crappy carpet. I've never seen anything stain so easily! So I'm thinking about upgrading my cute small vac (that worked ...

Is the carpet sweeper any good for carpet? Can anyone recommend a good stick for carpet?

Patrick, that was so insightful. Thank you.

Check out this website. Apparently, you can have savoury or sweet ants. Just test with cheese or sugar. Whichever they prefer, mix half-and-half with borax.

polish stainless steel with petroleum jelly, or baby oil. this keeps them shiny and free from fingerprints for ages.

ostrich feather dusters are the best! if you blow-dry it, it fluffs up even more, and picks up more dust.

This website has great pics on how to clean chrome. They ended up using foil and vinegar.. The before/after shots are pretty amazing.