Winter Storage
With the arrival of winter comes the necessary task of storing summer’s items. These tidbits from pre-1920’s homemaking books hold gems of advice…
The garret or attic is a storage place of practical importance. As to the holding-over of discarded clothing, furniture, and various other movable property, there is argument for and against. Furniture and clothing may later be utilized, in some emergency, but it is not wise to store so much that it amounts to hoarding. The general principle that should control the accumulation of discarded things would seem to be to save nothing unless it seems at the time to have possibilities of later use, and to keep things of a kind together in attic storage. The attic will also in many houses be the place of seasonal storage of things in current use; where summer things are put away over the winter, and vice versa; such storage is discussed elsewhere in this chapter.
~Housewifery
Moth Preventive — Moths hate printer’s ink and rarely harm anything wrapped or sealed in newspapers.
The odor of cedar is also objectional, and a trunk lined with clean newspapers, under which pieces of a cigar-box are laid, is safe for storage.
~Fowler’s Household Helps
Where storage space is lacking use a box couch, …Use oil of lavender and pine twigs rather than cedar, omit the sealing with paper, but examine now and then; if you discover the enemy do not halt until he is forever and completely yours.
~Harper’s Household Handbook
