This week is a feast of comfort food, served up in three hearty, stick-to-your-ribs, home-cooked square meals every day. Winter in a chilly climate brings the joy of vintage menus and delightful, snug tablescapes. Ensuring the entire family is not just warm, but well-fed, is a top priority for a 1950s housewife. Step back in […]
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Some days it seems like capsule wardrobes are everywhere, but they are really nothing new. Almost every midcentury book on clothing and dress has a list of important pieces. But sometimes, it helps to have someone put those pieces into a list for you so that you can build a real vintage housewife wardrobe step
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December! Anyone else love early darkness that drives people home to sit by their fires and spend time with their family? Just me? Ok, then. Seriously, tho, I love December. I love preparing for the holidays, and snow, and baking, and Christmas decorations, and songs, and books . . . I am one of those
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Do you want a good vintage vibe for your Thanksgiving dinner? I know it isn’t really a popular holiday anymore, but it was one of my favorites when I was little. I always wanted to dress up as a pilgrim and be in a play about the first Thanksgiving. (I still love a good pilgrim
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As the warm weather of mid-June arrives, it presents a wonderful opportunity to embrace seasonal foods, enjoy meals in the garden, and relish old-fashioned family mealtimes. Here’s a week of vintage menus that will inspire you to make the most of this delightful and abundant time of year. Here are 7 vintage dinners for mid-June
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Are you tired of modern parenting methods that just don’t seem to work? Are you looking for a better way to raise your kids? Look no further than the world of old-fashioned parenting. It’s time to revive the powerful techniques that have been proven effective for generations. According to the renowned parenting expert, John Rosemond,
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Victory Gardens were a vital part of the war effort in the past, and they can be a vital part of building a sustainable and resilient food system for the future. If you’re looking to improve your health and well-being while also reducing your environmental impact, there’s no better place to start than in your
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As a busy mom, I know firsthand how easy it can be for love and romance to fade away in marriage. It happened to me at first! But, as a lover of vintage fashion, old-fashioned advice, and mid-century homemaking, I’ve found the wisdom of the past to be successful in rebuilding a high-value marriage. 3
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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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Even in the ’50s, many families only came together at the table. (Now, it seems, many families don’t even do that — but they should!) The atmosphere created at the family table sets the standard for family relationships, conduct, and comradeship. And if the homemaker is going to put all that energy into preparing the
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