PopKulture's photos with the keyword: how-to

Vintage advertising booklet and catalog featuring a variety of Craftsman brand paint sprayers and accessories, as well as a how-to guide from Sears Roebuck. Circa 1940's.

Mid-century kitchen from Sherwin-Williams' 1956 Home Decorator how-to booklet.

Mid-century family room from Sherwin-Williams' 1956 Home Decorator how-to booklet.

Mid-century living room from Sherwin-Williams' 1956 Home Decorator how-to booklet. Furniture by Lee L. Woodward Sons, Owasso, Michigan.

Mid-century dining room from Sherwin-Williams' 1956 Home Decorator how-to booklet. Furniture - Calvin Furniture Company, Grand Rapids, Michigan. Light fixture - Lightolier, Inc., Jersey City, New Jersey.

Mid-century living room from Sherwin-Williams' 1956 Home Decorator how-to booklet. Walls - Super Kem-Tone celeste blue Living room furniture - Erwin-Lambeth, Inc., Thomasville, NC Dining room furniture - Drexel Furniture Company, Drexel, NC Floor lamp and Lighting fixture - Lightolier Inc., Jersey City, NJ

I hope that's his wife in there, because he's admiring her a little too enthusiastically to be hired help! Home Decorator and how-to-paint book - a nice piece of vintage advertising from Sherwin-Williams with some delightfully-dated and interesting interior design choices! Dated 1956. This particular copy came from Sullivan Paint and Wallpaper Store in Albert Lea, Minnesota.

Remember when Dad was the handiest guy in the world? He had his own bench and workshop, he could fix anything, and in this case, he even made you toys! Home Workshop Annual - Volume 2, 1944.

Model Builder's Annual - Volume 1, 1946.

Wouldn't every woman want a man who could make her a cute little house-shaped holder to store all her wooden clothes pins? Just to dull the monotony of her domestic drudgery? :-) Home Kinks - 1944 issue.