One of the largest storage areas in many homes is often wasted because of poor access. The area is the attic, which in some cases must be reached by crawling through a tiny trapdoor in the ceiling of ...

For any homeowner with an attic, the value of the extra space cannot be quantified. Whether you have filled it to the brim with old holiday decorations and boxes of baby clothes or you're in the ...

Dear Kristin: People most often use step ladders to get up into the attic, but they are not very sturdy — especially when you have your arms full of stuff. The opening through the ceiling is often too ...