A lot of you have probably seen this list of daily housekeeping tasks for a 1950s housewife. It looks like a lot. It is a lot, especially when it is all laid out, step by step. But then, even though it is a lot, it is still just for newlyweds and couples with no children. …
Way back in the 1950s, women couldn’t turn to YouTube for tips on beauty, cleaning the house, or marriage. Of course, this also gave them more time to actually practice the advice that they found in books and on the radio. Often, their skill at homemaking came from the enduring, daily practice they had at getting things done . . . Here are 8 of the best things you can do to level up your housewifery.
How to Plan Your Day Like a Vintage Housewife Housekeeping is a real job — and it is a job that will quickly take over your whole life if you let it. Without organization, housework can quickly become mind-numbing, repetitive drudgery. The same tasks will keep building up and can prove to be quite daunting …
The subject of minimalism is hot these days. We have never been inundated with so much inexpensive stuff. We have never been so bombarded with marketing that promises to make us feel better about our lives. Even in the Populuxe heyday, the mid-century era of Mad Men, we did not have as much stuff to buy, …
Note: “When Queens Ride By” was originally a short story, submitted to American Magazine, for a story contest. In 1932, Walter H. Baker Company published a version of the story as a play, adapted by Olive White Fortenbacher. This is the best text of the play that I can find so far. My other favorite …
The mid-century housewife, full of pride in her beautiful home, tried to always have a company-ready, beautiful, clean house. She took pride in keeping the house neat, clean, and fresh every day. What if her husband wanted to bring a friend home after work? After all, a wife who was trying to help her husband …
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