Tuesday. Today I tackled ironing. I don’t actually have very much that needs ironing. I iron my husband’s good shirts, but not the ones he wears while working. When I finish my new cotton housedresses, they’ll need ironing. I am also trying to get all of my kids to wear more wovens, and fewer knits […]
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I see a lot of people who wonder how to build a vintage capsule wardrobe. Here, I am showing how to design a ’50s housewife capsule wardrobe. This is going to be a slightly different capsule than, say, a 50s college girl would have had. But it does show what was considered an adequate basic
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It’s Monday! That means laundry day today. It’s hot here now. We were frost-free about a month earlier than normal. Ordinarily, we’d still be expecting a frost. Not this year. And it’s hot and dry enough that my laundry is done in half the time that it usually takes! I’m expecting a long, hot summer.
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A schedule is the best way to manage your housework. Housework is, after all, a real job, and needs good management, or you’ll end up a workaholic housewife. If you want to plan your housework, you need to make a schedule, especially if you are caring for young children or an elderly parent. Some housewives
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Today is Sunday, and I am not going to spend much time writing this. I put on a pretty dress, made brunch and Sunday dinner and took a nap. I always try very hard to have a day of rest on Sundays, because otherwise I feel burnt out. If you can arrange your work to
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The best thing about reading old homemaking books is how every home economist thought that her area of specialty was the most important factor in living the best homemaking life. Meal planning was responsible for the health and satisfaction of the family, and it took that very seriously. If you weren’t taking the long view
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Welp. Can I just say that a vintage daily cleaning routine is really overwhelming to look at? I’ve gotten into the habit of doing the things on the list, and I can whiz right through it, but typing up the whole list of things that I do took longer than *actually* cleaning. Anyway, my husband
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Agatha Christie said, “The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes.” And it’s true! The best way to free your mind to think about important things is to have a simple, easy-to-follow schedule to get the basics done around the house. And fortunately, there is just such a vintage daily cleaning
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Well, the beginning of this challenge started on a Friday, which is the day to do a thorough cleaning of the living room and dining room. The baby step for Mid-Century May: Day 1 was to get up and get dressed, which I did. As far as get up and get dressed goes, I am
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I LOVE the month of May! I always have. And as you may remember, I also love challenges. So it’s time for the Mid-Century May Challenge! For the whole month of May, I will be attempting to live like a Mid-Century Mom and 50s housewife. (Actually also a 40s housewife. Because mid-century.) I don’t pretend
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