This Modern House: Vintage Advice and Practical Science for Happy Home Management (Paperback)
The time-tested advice you never learned in school for getting back to basics and running a healthy, happy, sustainable household.
In this amazing collection of proven wisdom and practical advice from real vintage textbooks, you’ll find everything you need to know about shopping, cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and managing a household like an adult—whether you’re renting your first apartment or establishing a family home.
Learn handy home management skills such as:
• Replacing a button
• Planning a dinner party
• Choosing paint colors
• Reducing food waste
• Making natural cleaning supplies
• And many, many more
Give your household a happier, healthier future with time-tested tips from the past!
In this amazing collection of proven wisdom and practical advice from real vintage textbooks, you’ll find everything you need to know about shopping, cooking, cleaning, budgeting, and managing a household like an adult—whether you’re renting your first apartment or establishing a family home.
Learn handy home management skills such as:
• Replacing a button
• Planning a dinner party
• Choosing paint colors
• Reducing food waste
• Making natural cleaning supplies
• And many, many more
Give your household a happier, healthier future with time-tested tips from the past!
Jennifer McKnight-Trontz writes, designs, and publishes Women in Print, a biannual zine devoted to depictions of women in the printed media past and present. She has compiled eight books of vintage culture and design, including The Good Citizen’s Handbook: A Guide to Proper Behavior and How To: Absolutely Everything You Need to Know Fully Illustrated. She lives in Brooklyn.