What your office candy-dishbehavior says about you The office candy dish is like the watering hole in the Serengeti: If you observe long enough and don’t spook the more timid creatures, you’ll get a peek into the inner workings of an entire social ecosystem. More than a third of American workers say they have some […]

Q: We recently painted our brick fireplace white and would like to hang a 40-pound mirror on it. What would you recommend to secure the mirror to the fireplace wall?A: If the mirror has wire for hanging across the back, use hook-style picture hangers with Wall-Dog screws, which hold well in brick. Or, if your […]

It was the winter of 1983 when a new friend gifted me with a copy of “Cooking Down East” and I quickly became enamored with the no-nonsense cooking style of Marjorie Standish, considered to be a Maine icon. Marjorie’s career as a high school home economics teacher and then a home service advisor for Central […]

Q: Our Corian countertop developed a crack, I believe, after the stove that abuts it was moved. We have a very large countertop and it is really out of the question to replace it, because it is in good condition otherwise. Is there any way to repair or at least disguise the crack – which […]