Guide to Easier Living
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| Rating | : | 4.79 (745 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1586852108 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 206 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-09-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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The Wrights' most famous tabletop design, American Modern, was the best-selling dinnerware in American history and has just been rereleased by Oneida Ltd. < BR> Russel and Mary Wright were prominent and successful designers who pioneered the fusion of modern design and informal living. From ways to make household chores as fast and painless as possible, to how to organize a room for maximum living space, the Wrights pioneered a new informal way of living for a newly suburban American public. Russel and Mary Wright recognized decades ago that finding time to organize their lives and homes would become a priority for modern men and women. Most importantly, they were known for their tabletop designs. < BR>. These methods and ideas are just as relevant-if not more so-today as they were a half-century ago. < BR> Originally published in 1950, Gibbs Smith is proud to rerelease Guide to Easier Living, and to reintroduce the Wrights' time-tested and proven methods for maintaining an inviting and efficient home. The Wrights' ideas revolutionized American living and the way everyday people dealt with the unending job
(Dwell Magzine 2009-05-01) . A more retro-appropriate volume is Mary and Russel Wright's "Guide to Easier Living" (Gibbs Smith), originally out in 1950. (Bret Begun Newsweek 2003-05-19)Before there was Martha there were the Wrights whose vision for a modernist Utopia blew away the Victorian dust motes and seems as fresh today as it did 60 years ago. It's depressing to realize that all of America never lived up to the modernist utopia this book projected. But it's equally fun reading about the era's "increasingly mechanized civili
"Great then, and great now" according to jlo1. Written during the height of the best of Mid 20th Century consumer progress, this reprint is full of still-valid ideas, with the remainder for just looking in wonder at times gone by. In this book, Russel and Mary went to great lengths to explain every. "Fantastic midcentury reprint" according to Meghan C. Wilker. Some of the information is a bit dated (advice to use more disposable dishes?!), but by contrast some is ahead of its time (assuming that the husband will help around the house and the wife might actually work! outside the home!).Considering that this . Trouty said Still relevant, and entertaining to boot!. I didn't expect this book to cover so much ground in simplifying my life, nor did I expect the bulk of the philosophies to be as relevant today as they were at its original print date. Very happy with Mary & Russell Wright's book!