In this installment: There are many reasons to line a closet with cedar: it smells lovely, keeps moths away….and, as Sally found, it gives a hard-working but under-appreciated space an upgrade.

Q. I have a house that was built in 1960 and comes with a cedar closet. I put a lot of my winter apparel in there, including cashmere sweaters. To my disappointment, when I opened it, it was ...