Humans built the first walls thousands of years ago, and we’ve been avoiding cleaning them ever since. Smudges around light switches? Of course. A sponge and some gentle soap, and those high-traffic ...

A useful way to approach spring cleaning is to look up, then look down: Places in our home — like baseboards, moldings, window casings and ceiling fans — that fall outside our sightline are typically ...

Ask any homeowner what they dread the most when it comes to home ownership, and it’s likely to involve some type of undetected water damage that could result in mold and mildew in their walls and ...