Almanac for Homemakers

Hints About Colors When You Redecorate "Use colors thoughtfully when you redecorate any room in the house. Color selection of paints and wall coverings is mostly a matter of personal preference." 1970's What were you thinking? Everyone knows a home from the 70's includes brown wood paneling, avocado greens, and burnt orange. A lot of the iconic designs of the 1970's were a bit of an overflow from the 1960's. People began to tone down their colors for more neutral pallets. Maybe our couple here in this picture has decided to get rid of their beaded curtains and geometric wallpaper.  If you want to change up your wall color, it is recommended that you test the paint before making a final decision. The color you see in the store could look different in your room and with your own lighting.  Sometimes you might even think a color would look great in your room but then change your mind when you see that color spread across a...

Government Pamphlets about Seafood "There is a great wealth of useful material that's currently available to help homemakers make the best use of seafood, a fin source of protein for the family at any time of the year." Today is the anniversary of the Printing Office that began operation on March 4, 1861. You can still find documents today on the website of the U.S. Government Publishing Office. In the 1970's, you could find valuable seafood publications issued by the Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce. If any of this sounds familiar, you might remember my previous post about the Superintendent of Documents. In the 1970's, 80's, and even 90's you had to request certain government publications or go find them at the library. Today, with our great open internet, we can just search for the information that we need! In fact! If you wanted to, click here to search government documents! I found a ...