In 2002, Vermont architect Bren Alvarez acquired 11 disused filing cabinets, which she stacked one on top of the other, creating a single 40-foot-plus column of 38 metal drawers. The resulting ...

One of my most prized possessions is an antique wooden filing cabinet that belonged to my great grandfather. He used it to keep patients’ records (he was a doctor here in Chicago); I use it to store ...

But while I was at the hardware store last week, I decided to pick up a gallon of Strypeeze (not to be confused with an alternative spelling of "striptease," although I did a double-take the first ...