Free local workshops on repairing lamps and pruning roses highlight this week’s event offerings. In our throwaway culture, it’s often more cost-effective to replace than to repair a broken item. But ...

For years, I have had a small, old white lamp that I really love. It weighs about 12 pounds and was given to me by a female friend who shares my love for old white junk. (Some people call it “shabby ...

Well, at least I didn’t burn the house down or set fire to my wife or anything bad like that. It all started with this lamp we have in our rec room that sits beside my wife’s chair, and she uses it to ...

A woman with a wobbly lamp said the waste bin might be the best place for it, but she wanted appliance repairman Farid Asef to take a look just in case. Not five minutes later, he had torn a bit of ...

At age 12, Lieven Van Hulle remembers the thrill of installing a doorbell at his aunt’s house in Belgium. At age 16, he was in trade school to become an electrician and wiring entire homes. After ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) --From sockets and sewing to painting and metal work, it's Lamp Mending 101. Fixing broken lamps is a skill that's become increasingly rare over the years, but two Twin Cities ...

Tinkerer-in-chief Dale Owens says its time to lay down his tools and sell off his menagerie of lighting and vintage tech. Dale Owens, owner of Lamps and Repair, sits in his south Fargo shop on Tuesday ...