Vintage homes & gardens
Find out about old-fashioned mansard roof homes & Second Empire-style houses
What is a mansard roof home – or a Second Empire-style house? Find out here, and take a look at more than 20 beautiful examples!
What is a mansard roof home – or a Second Empire-style house? Find out here, and take a look at more than 20 beautiful examples!
Pirate Jean Lafitte, The Terror of the Gulf of Mexico, made prizes of several men, and eventually became wealthy and powerful enough to found a colony. But why was he so feared?
With its gold edging and hardware, this style of French-inspired furniture design was popular for homes in the ’60s and into the ’70s. Take a look!
If you’d like to celebrate an proper Edwardian-style Christmas, here are lots of ideas for you! Get inspired by these recipes, decor tips, vintage images and lots more.
Today, many of the great desserts of old are being rediscovered and enjoyed – luxurious offerings like the Victorian classic Charlotte Russe.
Whether these antique enameled blue glass sugar caskets were used for sugar cubes or for jewelry, the handpainted pieces that have survived are prized for their beauty.
Here are six full-color fashion layouts – with 44 different outfits – as published in The Delineator during the summer of 1922!
Some charming hostesses have discovered the possibilities of the waffle iron as a means of social enjoyment and refection for their house or country club parties. Here are seven delicious waffle recipes to try.
For more classic fashion from the twenties, check out Vintage Women: Adult Coloring Book #3: Vintage Fashion from the Early 1920s and Vintage Women: Adult
Elegant French dessert. Easy American recipe. Secret Hawaiian ingredient. Brown sugar makes the difference. You’ll find that chocolate becomes super-chocolate when its flavor is deepened
Harry Houdini’s underwater box escape: See how he did his famous trick 
Women: Do you have the ideal figure? Here’s what ‘they’ thought in 1950 
See 125 vintage ’60s home plans used to design & build millions of mid-century houses across America 
The famous Bacardi rum cake recipe 
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