American Home Economics the 1920s way. Visions of ideal rooms taken from Volume I of “Household Arts for Home and School,” which was written by Anna Maria Cooley and Wilhelmina H. Spohr who both taught at Columbia University. Published by MacMillan in New York City in 1923.

Aspirational decor from folios and magazines. 1 Minute
Miss Roberts’ bedroom at the Sunnyside apartment. Frontispiece. Page 9 of Volume I of Household Arts for Home and School, written by Anna Maria Cooley and Wilhelmina H. Spohr. Published in 1923. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/householdartsfor00cool/page/n9/mode/1up
Figure 18 – Miss Ashley enjoyed her comfortable bedroom. Page 51 of Volume I of Household Arts for Home and School, written by Anna Maria Cooley and Wilhelmina H. Spohr. Published in 1923. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/householdartsfor00cool/page/n51/mode/1up
Figure 21 – This is the living room in which Miss Ashley and the Sunnyside girls entertained. Page 64 of Volume I of Household Arts for Home and School, written by Anna Maria Cooley and Wilhelmina H. Spohr. Published in 1923. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/householdartsfor00cool/page/n64/mode/1up
Figure 22 – The Sunnyside girls spent many happy hours in this cozy dining room. Page 72 of Volume I of Household Arts for Home and School, written by Anna Maria Cooley and Wilhelmina H. Spohr. Published in 1923. Collections of Brigham Young University. In the public domain due to age. https://archive.org/details/householdartsfor00cool/page/n72/mode/1up

Those are all the pictures showing the ideal apartment. This book also has chapters on which chairs are more efficient and or comfortable, sewing, including how to make your own gym outfit with bloomers, giving the baby a bath, etc. There are two more volumes. I guess cooking is covered in those.

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