The Vintage Way of Keeping Home
Finding an interest in the way of keeping home in time's past has helped me to be ever so thankful for the industrial age and the creation of the vacuum cleaner, refrigerator/freezer, electric stove/oven and oh good gracious the washing machine and dryer.
Although glamorized in the present the real everyday work of a Victorian era middle income housewife was hardly that of which one dreams.
We'll explore a few of the housekeeping areas women of the past had to deal with in this lens.
Join me...
Although glamorized in the present the real everyday work of a Victorian era middle income housewife was hardly that of which one dreams.
We'll explore a few of the housekeeping areas women of the past had to deal with in this lens.
Join me...
Things from Yesteryear We Can Apply Today
Women with few of today's conveniences had to find the best way to accomplish a household task. Here are some ideas we can still use today.
- Aprons: A museum exhibit has been made of these. Once looked upon with a bit of disdain or as only the tool of the domestic help aprons are now fashionable as well as functional.
Vintage Aprons - Systematizer: Kitchen Cabinets, the brand names Hooiser Cabinet or the Systematizer, these organizer's dream were created to ease the heavy load of the housewife in the kitchen. Housing her most used items, save the stove in one handy dandy, nifty cabinet set they are still hot item today.
You can find some lovely Hooiser Cabinets on eBay
Blue Monday
Laundry day was formerly known as Blue Monday. The dreaded beginning of the week when it was time to wash the clothing of the past week. From boiling hot water, to caustic soaps and heavy buckets, it was no wonder that countless housewives farmed out this dreaded detail to establishments and individuals that would do such work.
Not only the amount of time and the many steps it took just to get a garment clean but also the complicated stain removal depending upon just what manner of cloth was being washed and the toil of hot water upon one's delicate hands.
Just reading through a Monday Washday => http://www.vintage-homemaking.info/2008/04/monday-laundry-day/
Should be enough to make you run to your own washer and dryer and give them a big hug.
Not only the amount of time and the many steps it took just to get a garment clean but also the complicated stain removal depending upon just what manner of cloth was being washed and the toil of hot water upon one's delicate hands.
Just reading through a Monday Washday => http://www.vintage-homemaking.info/2008/04/monday-laundry-day/
Should be enough to make you run to your own washer and dryer and give them a big hug.
Vintage Tidbits on Amazon
These are great resources to satisfy your interest in Victorian and turn of the century life.
Never Done: A History of American Housework
Amazon Price: (as of 01/05/2010) 
Masterpiece Theatre - Secret Life of Mrs. Beeton
Amazon Price: $21.99 (as of 01/05/2010)
Inside the Victorian Home: A Portrait of Domestic Life in Victorian England
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 01/05/2010)
Vintage Photos
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Great Vintage Homemaking Stuff on eBay
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Vintage Links
I love vintage homemaking. Here are some great links I enjoy.
The Victorian Era Online
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Vintage Patterns
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