Looking for a Chimney Sweep?

Here's our highest recommendation for a chimney sweep in the Richmond, VA area.

Victorian Housemaids and their Fireplace Duties

Before central heating, all rooms were warmed with a fireplace or, in the latter part of the Victorian era, with wood or coal stoves. So who kept all those fires going? 

Cleaning Soot Stains From Brick

How to clean soot stains from brick (and how to prevent that soot from happening again!)