Q: I have a floor lamp that is at least 50 years old. The last time I turned it on, or at least when I last tried to turn it on, the pull chain broke off. Is this something I can repair myself or ...

Gregg Cantor is a bright guy, and it's not just because he's surrounded by glowing bulbs all day. He's the owner of the Lamps 'N' Lights, home to the city's highly regarded source for lamp repair and ...

As a child, Brian Allen idolized Caractacus Potts, Dick Van Dyke’s eccentric inventor in the 1968 film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. “The fact that he had all this stuff in his house and he would just take ...