http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/-t1.htm Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:06:38 GMT 10 http://i57.servimg.com/u/f57/11/07/88/16/banner12.jpg http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/-t1.htm http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/eek-a-mouse-t190.htm Lost Soul God knows how, but we have a little visitor in our first-floor, concrete flat. I saw the little terror legging it across the kitchen floor after I heard an unfamiliar skritchy skratchy sound. He's somewhere behind the cooker/ cupboards chuckling at us. Anyway, I get paranoid about rodents nibbling through wires (I had a succession of rats as pets and know what vandals they are) so he/she needs to be caught. Alive of course; we are nice people. So far I have cut the top off a baited plastic ... Housekeeping Encyclopedia Fri, 28 Mar 2008 12:06:38 GMT http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/eek-a-mouse-t190.htm#1964 http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/eek-a-mouse-t190.htm http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/why-not-reproductions-depression-glass-in-particular-t23.htm Kittenwithawhip I was boggled by a gorgeous display of depression glass wares recently at an antique shop, and maybe that was a good thing because I didn't buy any. I was sure some of it was modern and could be bought at a better price elsewhere, like the purple Dahlia set I see in the Victorian Trading Co.'s catalog every other month...no way was THAT antique. So anyway, I went home and started looking up depressionware and was astounded by the number of snotty sites that say you should never EVER buy ... Housekeeping Encyclopedia Sun, 06 Jan 2008 20:41:13 GMT http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/why-not-reproductions-depression-glass-in-particular-t23.htm#118 http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/why-not-reproductions-depression-glass-in-particular-t23.htm http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/vintage-linens-t87.htm lindydiva I like to use real napkins and tablecloths, but modern laundries don't have a clue; they set the stains right in, and don't know from starch. So...every few months I have a hand laundry marathon, as follows: *mend *pre-treat *soak similar colors/fabrics together *keep scrubbing at stains, etc. *rinse well with plain water, then vinegar water, then scented water *wring out *dip into a solution of starch, wring out, and hang to dry (this in the bathroom, we are in a 3rd ... Housekeeping Encyclopedia Fri, 18 Jan 2008 14:41:14 GMT http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/vintage-linens-t87.htm#612 http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/vintage-linens-t87.htm http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/decorating-styles-t182.htm RetroKitten I'm not really sure if this is the right forum, but I couldn't find a better one. (psst.... home decorating forum ) Anyway, my question to all of you is about how you decorate. Do you try to stick to one era or do you mix and match? My goal has always been to have my home look like someone has lived there from about the 1930's to the 1950's and unlike having a house that looks like a magazine spread from one era, have a mix of things. This is primarily because I haven't been able to ... Housekeeping Encyclopedia Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:52:33 GMT http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/decorating-styles-t182.htm#1857 http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/decorating-styles-t182.htm http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/pattern-identifications-t99.htm BygoneKnits About a year ago, My Beau and I found these Hazel Atlas S&P shakers. They're clearly, and appropriately, marked HA, and so far, no other pieces have turned up anywhere, and no amount of research, both in books and online, has turned up the pattern name, or any helpful information. The quality is exactly the same as all other HA items, and they're clearly not modern knock-offs. Not even replacements.com could identify them. I suspect they may have been give-aways, but still, in all this time, ... Housekeeping Encyclopedia Tue, 22 Jan 2008 16:27:54 GMT http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/pattern-identifications-t99.htm#760 http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/pattern-identifications-t99.htm http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/cleaning-vintage-pyrex-coffee-percolators-t90.htm BygoneKnits finding drip coffee makers somewhat unsaticfactory, for years I've been using one of the Pryrex clear glass percolators (the variety made from the '30s, into the '50s)...like so: In the past, a good rinse/wash has aways kept it in good odrer, but I've notcied since being here at home, stains have built up (especially in the (delicate) stem part -- which obviously, is imposible to give a scrub or baking soda cleaning. (I suspect it has something to do with the water here at home, ... Housekeeping Encyclopedia Sat, 19 Jan 2008 18:37:48 GMT http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/cleaning-vintage-pyrex-coffee-percolators-t90.htm#631 http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/cleaning-vintage-pyrex-coffee-percolators-t90.htm http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/verbena-t19.htm Kittenwithawhip I bought a plant at the nursery last summer and I've become such a proselyte that I think EVERYONE should have one. For one thing it grows like a weed, ensuring lots of verbena for various uses such as cooking up my verbena cheesecake and making verbena tea ... BUT... The two best household uses I can think of are these: A handful of verbena will make the whole room smell like dessert, and a bunch tied into a sock and added to the last five minutes of the dryer will make your clothes ... Housekeeping Encyclopedia Sun, 06 Jan 2008 04:24:59 GMT http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/verbena-t19.htm#90 http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/verbena-t19.htm http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/tea-stains-t15.htm Ali Anyone got suggestions for an easy way to get tea/coffee stains out of cups and mugs? One of my grandmothers used to swear by denture tablets! Housekeeping Encyclopedia Sat, 05 Jan 2008 20:44:54 GMT http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/tea-stains-t15.htm#72 http://thesocialclub.forumotion.com/housekeeping-encyclopedia-f13/tea-stains-t15.htm