'Your New Home' Booklet – 1960s

While cleaning out my Mom's home in preparation to put it on the market, I found this little booklet in her files. Entitled Your New Home – Its Care and Maintenance, it was presented to Mom and Dad by their builder on completion of their new home on Skyline Drive in 1965.

It's interesting for me to see the name of the builder – D. W. Sprague & Son – as well as the various contractors, including Reliable Plumbing and Gene's Floors. 

And even though the publication is sort of a promotional piece for the Ohio Home Builders Association, there's a lot of handy information in it. Topics include: how to address the appearance of cracks in the basement floor; how to deal with condensation; and how to get the most effective use of your insulation.

So here is the booklet in its entirety; perhaps you'll find something of interest in it.

It's kind of nice to see Mom's notes, including such tidbits such as cleaning bath fixtures with Bon Ami or Lestoil, and using Murphy's Oil Soap or Jubilee on cabinets and woodwork. Mom was pretty organized throughout her life and it's not surprising that she kept this booklet.

And she was pretty consistent too. Bon Ami and Murphy's Oil Soap were still in her cleaning arsenal more than fifty years later.