You’ve wiped down your counters, cleaned the stove and put the dishes in the dishwasher, but there’s one place you probably forgot to clean (and maybe never have): your vent filters. These filters are ...

Keeping a range hood clean is usually far down on our to-do list, and honestly, what a miss. It's so satisfying! And the house smells so much cleaner when air isn't flowing through caked-on grease.

A dirty stove hood filter can attract pests and decrease indoor air quality. A weekly cleaning in a dishwasher will help keep it clean so it doesn't block the vent and keep the fan from doing its job.

Stove hood filters are one of those things that people forget about cleaning regularly because they don’t usually see them. But they can get pretty nasty, and even dangerous, if you don’t take the ...

Q. My cherry kitchen cabinets are very greasy above the stove. How can I clean them? Also, there seems to be a vent in the ceiling that I don’t know where it’s going, and I can’t see anything outside.

Q My cherry kitchen cabinets are very greasy above the stove. How can I clean them? Also, there seems to be a vent in the ceiling that I don”t know where it”s going, and I can”t see anything outside.

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