The Type Set is a weekly column as part of reporter Keith Sharon's Project 88. The project is named for the 88 characters produced on a Smith-Corona typewriter. He detected something strange about the ...

Q: I inherited a chest from a neighbor when he moved, and I would like to restore it. It doesn’t have to look like new, but just a bit nicer. What is the best l can do? A: You’ve inherited a steamer ...

An antique trunk is about to be reunited with the family that built it more than 70 years ago.Kim Weeks of Laconia bought the trunk at a yard sale 35 years ago.The trunk reads “Return to Leroy Osgood ...

That old trunk has been in my life forever. It is not pretty but is strong with character and a survivor of many decades. I cannot remember if Mama said it is the trunk that she, at the age of 15, ...

Americans had better start looking in the attic: grandfather’s old glass paperweight is having a big boom in the art world. Rare old specimens fetch as much as $3,000. The best weights were made in a ...