Vintage Housekeeping

[Roxy Tart {PL Team / Comm. Mgr}]

One of my favorite things about vintage is leaning how people lived. And we all know that the best housekeepers were the ladies of the 40's, 50's and 60's. Got any good housekeeping tips from the good ol days? Post 'em here!

[Jason Reaves]

This is great! Printed and hung!

[Ellie Monster{★}]

I'm in love with this list!

[Kitty Luv {★}]

this is so cute and so me, i'm ultra organized lol. i'm going to make a list like this of my own lol. thanks roxie

[Roxy Tart {PL Team / Comm. Mgr}]

I have no clue where I got this from, but I loved it and had to share. Glad you all like it so much!!

[Plum Pea Dahl {★}]

haha nice!

Edson {PL Team} said:

If you'll be in the kitchen makin me a sammich we have a deal! lol


*this task requires heels and an apron.


Rottencandy Photography said:

I have a whole stack you can do for me then :p
Edson {PL Team} said:

I APPROVE OF THIS THREAD.

Ladies I'm available to iron 7 days a week...I LOVE to iron.

[Plum Pea Dahl {★}]

These old fashioned tips for house cleaning are taken from a number of vintage publications, including "Buckeye Cookery and Practical Housekeeping," "The Perry Home Cook Book," "The White House Cook Book," and "Young's Demonstrative Translation of Scientific Secrets."

To Ventilate a Room
Place a pitcher of cold water on a table in your room and it will absorb all the gasses with which the room is filled from the respiration of those eating or sleeping in the room. Very few realize how important such purification is for the health of the family, or, indeed, understand or realize that there can be any impurity in the rooms; yet in a few hours a pitcher or pail of cold water -- the colder the more effective -- will make the air of a room pure, but the water will be entirely unfit for use.

To Remove Odors From Ice Box, Cupboard Or Pantry
Fill a dish with boiling water and drop in a piece of charcoal.

To Remove Onion Odor
To remove the odor of onions from saucepans in which they have been cooked, put sal soda [baking soda], fill with water, and let it stand on the stove until it boils; then wash in hot suds, and rinse well.
**I've used this tip before and it totally works. Not just for onion smell, but stuck-on food, too!**

This one is just funny. I am so glad I live in an era of detergent and fabric softener!
To Remove Bad Smells
Articles of clothing, or of any other character, which have become impregnated with bad-smelling substances, will be freed from them by burying for a day or two in the ground. Wrap up lightly before burying.