01/27/2024
Did you know that “do-it-yourself” home-improvement projects boomed in 1950s America? While home maintenance and repair were far from new concepts, the ’50s saw them transform into a popular leisure-time hobby with a market worth billions of dollars.
Even as it was happening, people in the 1950s noticed that the popularity of DIY home improvement was skyrocketing. Newspapers of the era used terms like “boom,” trend,” “craze,” and “fad” to describe it!
Did your family do DIY way back when? Comment down below!