A practical guide to the early twentieth-century household, edited by Laughlin with contributions from other writers. Chapters cover choosing a place to live, floors, walls and windows, lighting and heating, furniture, household linen, the kitchen, the laundry, and table furnishings, with brisk advice on taste, economy and the weekly routine of ironing.
A lively record of how American homes were planned and kept around 1910, for social historians and lovers of old houses. Download the free EPUB.