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 ...

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 ...

Myers said at some point, the girls “decided to snuggle up and go back to sleep” in their cedar toy chest. She noted that ... “Lids on millions of storage chests and trunks can automatically ...

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 ...

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 ...

Sadie Myers, the Jacksonville, Florida, mother whose 4-year-old twin girls unexpectedly died inside a toy chest ... cedar chests, cedar trunks, cedar boxes, hope chests, blanket chests, storage ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...