My parents had their "dream home" built in 1957 and it included a laundry chute that was behind the bathroom door. Dirty laundry stayed in the masonite chute until wash day when we would open the latch door at the bottom of the chute and then the laundry would fall into a basket on the basement floor. Mother had a bread board under her kitchen counter on which to knead bread. She used it often when baking. We had an all green tile bathroom -- counters and sinks, toilet and tub were all green. The walls were tiled up to shoulder height. Fixtures like the 4-toothbrush/cup holder was not very sanitary. I remember trying to clean it, and getting into each of those holes and cleaning off toothpaste remains. There was also a built-in soap dish over each sink. I am hoping that the lady who bought that house in 2003 or so gutted the bathroom and kitchen to completely renovate them. The house had thick, gorgeous oak floors that wore like iron. We also had a milk man who would make deliveries around 5 AM. We put a waxen cardboard box from the dairy on our front porch with money in a little jar to pay for the milk, or a note about him leaving something else like cream or whatnot. Nobody ever stole the money that I can remember. Our neighbor had the milk box in the door like seen in this video. I never saw a built in radio. I do miss ceramic "farm" sinks that were shallow and wide so you did not have to bend over so far, and the kind with the drainboards on each side of the sink were marvelous, yet they fell out of fashion. Nowadays if you can find one, it is a valuable component of a farm style kitchen. My aunt had one and it was lovely. Those went back to the '30s or even before. My parents built a cedar closet in their attic in which to store woolen blankets and clothes in the off season. Mother also had a cedar chest or two and she kept her cotton quilts in those.
These features would have mostly been in use in the LATE 1940s, early 1950s. During the WW2 era, factories weren't making new things because they were focused on war production, and people were having to make do with what they already had. For a video about the 1940s, it's surprising that there is no mention of WW2, and how it affected what home features people used!
My Mom would hang laundry to dry in inclement weather in our back basement where she had lines strung up. In good weather she had a collapsible wash line that opened much like an umbrella. You would put the main rod in a cemented-in ring, pop up lines and hang your laundry. It could hold a good four loads. I often remember going out to take down the laundry when a shower passed over. I also remember how fragrant that laundry was. No laundry soap or scent beads can imitate that fresh smell. In my HOA in FL you couldn't even hang clothes outside to dry. Well, the humidity was so bad that they probably never would have dried. One day when we lived in northern NY it was a bright cold day. I hung my husband's jeans on the line, went out a few hours later to bring them in and they were frozen solid. I took them inside and held them up sideways in front of him and said, "look what happened!" We had a good laugh over that. I hung them in the basement to dry. I didn't like to waste electricity using the dryer but nowadays we use it without thought, and it does save time. But the clothes and linens don't smell near as good as if they hung out.
My grandma had one of those and I would be fascinated the way her feet went back and forth on that rocking metal rectangle. Mom's machine had a lever that hung down beside your outside knee/thigh which you would move your leg to make to sew. Today mine has a foot pedal.
Our house was built in 1959 and had a milk box and laundry chute. My mom had a mangle iron that she covered with brick printed paper to make it look like a fireplace for Christmas. She also had the sewing machine table. We used the folding lid to press Play Doh to flatten it.
Ice boxes were a feature in city working class homes, with regular ice deliveries from local Ice warehouses. Ice boxes were first replaced by gas refrigerators, which sometimes exploded. Then came the electric fridge. My parents held onto the ice box until electric frdges became affordable. It took no time for rented apartments to come with electriuc refrigerators in addition to the gas stove,
In the early 1950s, the iceman would come into my neighborhood. We had a cedar closest built in our home. The house was built in 1978. My wife prefers to dry clothes on the clothes line instead of the dryer.
My husband made an opening in floor from bathroom to laundry room before ! We had a tri level house and it sure was great not to travel up 2 lots of stairs we had a laundry bin right below ! This was the late ‘70s .
My mom had one. I remember her ironing the fancy tablecloths she used for thanksgiving and Christmas. She had brick printed paper and would cover the mangle with it to look like a fireplace.
During the 60s my mom would dry her clothes on a clothes line. I was 10 years old she had a clothes pin apron that held clothes pins. When I was 14 my dad bought her a dryer.
First grade annoyed, the soft audio suddenly scream two ads. I don't usually jump at sudden, unexpected Loud noises, but I did this time. I understand that GOOGLE owns RUclips now, and is making hay by inserting annoying ad (and some that are Fraud's) to pay for it.
I found this exceedingly boring. The amount of time given to each of these things is about ten times too great. For what it's worth, I grew up in the 1950's, and found none of this familiar when I gave up on it at 6:26. YMMV.
I'm confused about the scale drawers. If these were popular in the 1940s, I don't feel the digital scales displayed in the video would have been used during that era nor are anywhere near in size or "scale" to what would have been used in the drawers shown.
My parents had their "dream home" built in 1957 and it included a laundry chute that was behind the bathroom door. Dirty laundry stayed in the masonite chute until wash day when we would open the latch door at the bottom of the chute and then the laundry would fall into a basket on the basement floor. Mother had a bread board under her kitchen counter on which to knead bread. She used it often when baking. We had an all green tile bathroom -- counters and sinks, toilet and tub were all green. The walls were tiled up to shoulder height. Fixtures like the 4-toothbrush/cup holder was not very sanitary. I remember trying to clean it, and getting into each of those holes and cleaning off toothpaste remains. There was also a built-in soap dish over each sink. I am hoping that the lady who bought that house in 2003 or so gutted the bathroom and kitchen to completely renovate them. The house had thick, gorgeous oak floors that wore like iron. We also had a milk man who would make deliveries around 5 AM. We put a waxen cardboard box from the dairy on our front porch with money in a little jar to pay for the milk, or a note about him leaving something else like cream or whatnot. Nobody ever stole the money that I can remember. Our neighbor had the milk box in the door like seen in this video. I never saw a built in radio. I do miss ceramic "farm" sinks that were shallow and wide so you did not have to bend over so far, and the kind with the drainboards on each side of the sink were marvelous, yet they fell out of fashion. Nowadays if you can find one, it is a valuable component of a farm style kitchen. My aunt had one and it was lovely. Those went back to the '30s or even before. My parents built a cedar closet in their attic in which to store woolen blankets and clothes in the off season. Mother also had a cedar chest or two and she kept her cotton quilts in those.
These features would have mostly been in use in the LATE 1940s, early 1950s. During the WW2 era, factories weren't making new things because they were focused on war production, and people were having to make do with what they already had. For a video about the 1940s, it's surprising that there is no mention of WW2, and how it affected what home features people used!
My Mom would hang laundry to dry in inclement weather in our back basement where she had lines strung up. In good weather she had a collapsible wash line that opened much like an umbrella. You would put the main rod in a cemented-in ring, pop up lines and hang your laundry. It could hold a good four loads. I often remember going out to take down the laundry when a shower passed over. I also remember how fragrant that laundry was. No laundry soap or scent beads can imitate that fresh smell. In my HOA in FL you couldn't even hang clothes outside to dry. Well, the humidity was so bad that they probably never would have dried. One day when we lived in northern NY it was a bright cold day. I hung my husband's jeans on the line, went out a few hours later to bring them in and they were frozen solid. I took them inside and held them up sideways in front of him and said, "look what happened!" We had a good laugh over that. I hung them in the basement to dry. I didn't like to waste electricity using the dryer but nowadays we use it without thought, and it does save time. But the clothes and linens don't smell near as good as if they hung out.
we live in a 1949 bungalow. pink and black tiled bathroom. laundry chute. love both.
I grew up in the 40s. I knew of no one using a fire place stove.
Murphy beds are still around today but only the affluent can afford them today
I have the old fashioned singer sewing machine with pedal and drawers in oak.
My grandma had one of those and I would be fascinated the way her feet went back and forth on that rocking metal rectangle. Mom's machine had a lever that hung down beside your outside knee/thigh which you would move your leg to make to sew. Today mine has a foot pedal.
A lot of these things are from the fifties
We didn't have ubiquitous plastic in the 1940s.
Our house was built in 1959 and had a milk box and laundry chute. My mom had a mangle iron that she covered with brick printed paper to make it look like a fireplace for Christmas. She also had the sewing machine table. We used the folding lid to press Play Doh to flatten it.
Ice boxes were a feature in city working class homes, with regular ice deliveries from local Ice warehouses. Ice boxes were first replaced by gas refrigerators, which sometimes exploded. Then came the electric fridge. My parents held onto the ice box until electric frdges became affordable. It took no time for rented apartments to come with electriuc refrigerators in addition to the gas stove,
In the early 1950s, the iceman would come into my neighborhood. We had a cedar closest built in our home. The house was built in 1978. My wife prefers to dry clothes on the clothes line instead of the dryer.
Into the 1970s we had milk delivered to our home. The milkman actually came into the hoouse and put it in our refrigerator, twice a week.
Gas , electric and wood burning stoves were in common use by the 1930s . Cooking in the fire place was gone mostly by 1900 . Get uour facts straight .
1840's I was thinking.
If you’re gonna criticize, at least check spelling. It’s “your”.
My husband made an opening in floor from bathroom to laundry room before ! We had a tri level house and it sure was great not to travel up 2 lots of stairs we had a laundry bin right below ! This was the late ‘70s .
Them clothes dryer racks that you hang clothes on that connect to the Radiator are still used in some homes in the UK.
My grandma has the mangle iron machine.
My mom had one. I remember her ironing the fancy tablecloths she used for thanksgiving and Christmas. She had brick printed paper and would cover the mangle with it to look like a fireplace.
During the 60s my mom would dry her clothes on a clothes line. I was 10 years old she had a clothes pin apron that held clothes pins. When I was 14 my dad bought her a dryer.
The spiritual successors to Murphy Beds are rollable folding beds, pod beds, and pull-out bunk beds.
I would like some of these things in my home now lol
Slept on a rollaway bed many nights
They still make muffy beds here in Tucson
Another name for Bidet is Washlet and that's what I usually call them.
Not sure what the Washlet attachment is doing here, though.
Yes, Mr. Murphy invented the Murphy Bed to "impress" a lady friend.
So much you got wrong in this video. You did no research.
I agree.
I still hang out clothes on lines to dry
Murphy beds are still in some hotels.
We had an icebox and the ice manu delivered ice every other day and the milkman delivered milk and eggs. We had 3 party lines for our phone.
Ice boxes in the upper classes home? Wrong decade. Try 1920's.
My parents, born in 1919 and 1922, sometimes called our refrigerator an “ice box” because that’s what they had during their childhood.
Those were around in the 50's and 60's in apartment buildings
WOW & KFAB are still on the air here in Omaha, Ne. WOW & WOWT TV the only station west of the Mississippi to still start with W
A lot of these things are still used.Just change slightly.
Lucky if you still had a house in the forties if it hadn't been bombed by the lufthaffe
First grade annoyed, the soft audio suddenly scream two ads. I don't usually jump at sudden, unexpected Loud noises, but I did this time. I understand that GOOGLE owns RUclips now, and is making hay by inserting annoying ad (and some that are Fraud's) to pay for it.
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Your moving boarders are very irritating.
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I found this exceedingly boring. The amount of time given to each of these things is about ten times too great. For what it's worth, I grew up in the 1950's, and found none of this familiar when I gave up on it at 6:26. YMMV.
I'm confused about the scale drawers. If these were popular in the 1940s, I don't feel the digital scales displayed in the video would have been used during that era nor are anywhere near in size or "scale" to what would have been used in the drawers shown.
They used modern pictures with digital scales in the drawers. The country style “built-in vanities” pictured were also modern.