Articles in “Vintage Lifestyle”

How to start meal planning: a housewife's guide

Meal planning is one of the cornerstones of successful homemaking. Here is our easy guide to help you through the process of scheduling your family’s menu, and saving yourself time and money along the way.

Five steps to becoming a better housewife

In order to become a better housewife, you may need to cultivate your skills, yes, but we must prepare the ground before we plant our seeds for harvest. If the soil isn’t fertile, the crop will fail. Here are my five top tips to help you thrive in your role as a homemaker. Perfection not required!

How to make traditional homemade chicken stock

You’ve probably heard it said that “chicken soup is good for the soul”, but did you know it’s good for your health, and wealth too? Here is our very easy and simple traditional chicken stock recipe you can make this very Sunday! Get cooking like Grandma with frugality, and your meal plans in mind.

Beryl by Woods Ware: 1940s & 1950s British Utility China

An ode to cups and saucers. Beryl ware by Wood & Sons is a timeless range of British utility china that has been a mainstay of village halls and churches up and down the country since the Second World War. Here’s why I, and collectors alike love it so…

Wholesome things to do with your best girl friends

Hanging out in the daytime, or at home, and (yes) without alcohol can be just as fun as those boozy all-nighters in your twenties! It just requires a little forward planning and creativity. Here are some wholesome (and budget friendly) ideas for things to do with the girls.

A very Corgi Coronation weekend for King Charles III

How to best celebrate a Coronation you ask? Pack up your bunting and your glad rags, and head down to Kent to spend it with best friends and a Corgi or three…

Crack open the bubbles, and grab a slice of quiche. It’ll be utterly “Perfick” I tell you.

Miserden Estate & Gardens Cotswolds Afternoon Tea: a review

A quintessential English summer, spent sipping tea and enjoying cake in the manicured grounds of an historic country house. Miserden Estate and its Afternoon Tea is one of the Cotswolds best kept secrets.

The Best British Yorkshire Puddings: a recipe

To the Englishman, a roast beef dinner without a Yorkshire Pudding is like a fete without bunting, a pub without beer, or calling on friends without being offered a cup of tea. Disappointing to say the least. Here is my foolproof recipe for whipping up your own delicious, homemade ones every Sunday!

Best Ever Apple Crumble Cake Recipe

There is nothing like experiencing the coming of Autumn in the English Countryside. Apple trees laden with fruit, hedgerows bursting with berries, and our cosy kitchens busy enjoying the fruits of nature’s labour. Harvest season really is the best, and this Apple Crumble Cake celebrates it well!

How to embrace femininity and wear only dresses

What I have learned in three months of only wearing feminine dresses, and why I may throw out the trousers for good!

Haven’t they always said you should dress like a lady in order to be treated like one?...

How we afford to live on one income

Is it even possible to live on one income today? One British couple went from having two incomes but barely able to save a penny - to a traditional one income family, an extra mouth to feed, a healthy house deposit saved, and are now financially thriving. Here’s how they did it.

Traditional values and good manners that need to see a revival!

Manners, decorum, and good behaviour are the lynchpins of living a “traditional” lifestyle, but sadly some values are becoming a dying art. From the hearts of traditional ladies themselves, these are the etiquette essentials we are fighting for, and don’t want to see die out during our watch.