Home Life Magazine, December, 1911
By Eunice Sandrock

In these days of high living and high-salaried servants the woman of small means must do her own work, and she surely wants everything so arranged as to make both for comfort and speed and with a view to the saving of as many steps as possible.

1.  Have the walls of your kitchen painted a restful green.  Have the floor covered with a rather dark linoleum of the same color.  Have at least two large windows in the kitchen equipped with green shades.  I do not believe in muslin curtains for the kitchen, as they collect dirt and are very much in the way.  If the space is not too limited, I would advise a small window seat, without cushions of course, as it gives extra seating room, does not occupy as much room as the other seats would, and the under part of the seats can be made into boxes to hold different things; it also serves as a cooling-off seat when when the atmosphere of the kitchen grows unbearably warm.   Read more »

To plan the housework systematically with regard to hours is to reduce the work materially.  As much of breakfast as is practical should be prepared the night before.  After breakfast, the dining table should be cleared, the dishes rinsed and stacked in the dishpan, and water poured over them. Read more »