Whatever the documents might be, they often find their way to a cedar chest for storage. However, this isn't always the best place for them. The cedar wood will release acids over time that can ...

New ugly holiday sweaters are now a multimillion-dollar industry, but the most profoundly hideous among them remain the ancient ones that have survived decades of storage in dusty, moth-ridden ...

Dear Readers: If you inherit or have a cedar-lined chest with that awful mothball smell, here’s what you can do to eliminate it. First, open the chest and let it sit outside in the sunshine and ...

Above: A few of us on the Remodelista team have cedar-clad storage: Longtime contributor Justine Hand sourced a cedar-lined ...

Dear Readers: If you inherit or have a cedar-lined chest with that awful mothball smell, here’s what you can do to eliminate it. First, open the chest and let it sit outside in the sunshine and ...

I bought a cedar chest made by The Roos Mfg ... in American homes (particularly in the South). Some were used for storage, others were used for hope chests – also known as dowry chests ...

but sometimes that great cedar smell fades with time. Here's how to refresh it: Using very fine sandpaper, lightly sand the inside of the chest, following the wood grain. Vacuum up the sawdust.