Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cedar chest at the foot of a bed - Pamela Brick/Shutterstock Whether you were gifted it to put your hopes and dreams into or ...

Instead of painting old wood furniture, easily refresh the stained finish with a new coat of stain and a dark wax without sanding or stripping the original stain. The goal for this cedar chest was to ...

I have my grandmother’s cedar chest. I would think that it is at least 75 years old. I do not see a manufacturer’s name in the chest, so I'm not sure if it is a certain brand. I would like to have ...

Who says hope chests are just for storing extra comforters? From intricately-carved cedar chests to sleek mid-century designs, vintage hope chests have gone up in value among collectors and interior ...

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Q: My grandmother gave me her grandmother’s cedar chest. My great-grandmother was Pennsylvania Dutch and ended up moving to Iowa. She was married to a Civil War captain and died at a home for Civil ...

Lane Home Furniture urged people to check if they own a cedar chest it stopped making nearly 30 years ago, after two children recently suffocated to death inside of them. The U.S. Consumer Product ...

Cedar chests were once popular graduation or wedding gifts, and have been handed down through generations. The oils in the cedar wood were said to repel moths, though some scientists say that this is ...

COLORADO SPRINGS — When Nora Lenehan was 19, her parents took her to a small department store in Ohio to pick out her hope chest. The one she chose is mahogany lined with cedar. Like the one her ...