Homemaking in Time’s Past
Women in our history seemed to have had endless energy. Not only in keeping their homes but in caring for their families.
We are blessed in this day and age to have many tools of convenience making our homemaking easier, quicker, and more efficient.
But what homemaking tips can we learn from these women of the past?
What homemaking tools and words of wisdom have been lost in the advent of chrome and batteries?
Welcome to my Vintage Homemaking discoveries.
As Catherine E. Beecher and Harriet Beecher Stowe so aptly put it…
“while they sympathize with every honest effort to relieve the disabilities and sufferings of (women), are confident that the chief cause of these evils is the fact that the honor and duties of the family state are not duly appreciated, that women are not trained for these duties…and that, as the consequence, family labor is poorly done, poorly paid, and regarded as menial and disgraceful.”
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As the new year and decade unfold before us we look fondly to the past. To the fine balance in history when our average homemaking tools of today were brand new advancements for the women of yesterday. To the time when it was no longer practical to “hire out” or “keep a girl” for the regular housework so it was most prudent to learn to “keep a servant-less house” When the household wisdom we see as our grandmother’s was the every day knowledge for most women. We look to Vintage Homemaking advice…
In January it was most advisable to search out “White Sales” and “After Christmas” sales. The advice still rings true today, “Remember that buying inferior goods does not save you money, as these will not last so long as materials of better quality.” ~The Mode in Dress and Home
