Living in the 1950's for a Week

[@SD-qu8vp]

That was so much fun to watch. Maybe you should convince a friend to time travel with you. Phone calls and Trips to the ice cream parlor, listening to music together

[@MirandaMilner]

That’s not a bad idea! J have a friend who I’m sure would be down for that.

[@jessiesgirl8194]

If we all set our phones down the time and energy we'd get back and the peace we'd have would be amazing!! You inspired me to clean this morning and ask my kids to have a phone free day!! 💖 Thank you!

[@MirandaMilner]

That’s wonderful! I honestly need to limit my own screen time more and remember how nice it is to put the phone and computer down. But I do really like putting on commentaries and podcasts on in the background while I work on projects and such. I need to remember that vintage radio!

[@autumnwind3028]

They didn't make their beds as soon as they woke up they let it air out, I believe they idea was to let it air out so it reduces the amount of moisture that retains in your bedding and mattress which can reduce dust mites an hour should due but if you live in a more humid place above 30-50% your should leave it for a few hours I hope this helps. This also helps with allergies

[@MirandaMilner]

Right! I actually knew that, I just totally forgot. I’ve heard that some people did that, but I’m not sure if it was an everyone thing. If you had to leave home to work soon after you woke up, perhaps you’d make it right away. Idk. I’d definitely like to look into that practice more. And fortunately, I don’t have allergies, so that’s not an issue for me.

[@mochav5044]

I love love love vintage things, seeing this might just convince me to live in the 50s as well🤭

[@CorrinaRoseWrites]

It is my favorite thing watching videos like this that involve taking an electronics break, it was just a HUGE bonus that yours was 50's themed 😍 Absolutely adore your outfits and makeup and hair, such a calming, productive, and lovely video 🌸

[@mariaameral6007]

What a fun video. Thank you for your hard work and efforts for authenticity.

[@madison1275]

Just wanted to say that you've become one of my favorite creators! I admire your creativity and curiosity so much and I can't imagine having your grace and confidence when I was your age (which wasn't that long ago but still). I love how you're always making new things and learning from mistakes without putting yourself down. I struggle with perfectionism and your videos make me want to make things just for the heck of it - perfection be damned!

[@MirandaMilner]

It makes my day that I’ve inspired you at all! I too am generally a perfectionist as well. It often takes me some effort to live in the moment and forget about doing things perfectly. But really, how boring would life be if everything went perfectly all the time?

[@madison1275]

@@MirandaMilner exactly! Making stuff requires making mistakes. I love finding creative solutions to problems and sometimes I gotta make them for myself haha

[@Judy122550]

I am a new subscriber I so much enjoyed watching this time period . I love vintage I use to use the pink sponge curlers all the time, I will try them again. Have a lovely day !

[@Lily_Anne]

I grew up then, and you got it right! I have seen so many mistakes in people's conception of this time! Thanks for a very enjoyable video!💕

[@ide5013]

What a lovely video! I had it on in the background at work. It’s been a frustrating day but following your chill 50’s week definitely kicked my stress level down a few notches.

[@ceciliadennison7123]

Rewatching this and oh my gosh literally one of my favourite videos you’ve made!!

[@MirandaMilner]

Thank yooooou

[@yasmin-uk4gt]

what an awesome idea :) would definitely try this

[@lindakaldestad5874]

So wonderful! Love your creativity, your feeling for a past time and ability to bring it into the present! I love the inspiration you give-you give a sense that each of us can fashion a beautiful and serene to re-charge ourselves for life in a world which can be violent, rude, harsh, and painful, emotionally. Thank you so much, Miranda!

[@Nyctophora]

Thank you for a sweet and gentle video :)

[@pixiepalasmr6881]

I’ve literally watched this video three times less than a week. It’s so good! And it’s inspired me to try this in my life and see how I like it, because I’ve always admired the lifestyle of the past.

[@MirandaMilner]

Thank you, I’m so glad you like it so much! I’d like to do another one eventually.

[@pixiepalasmr6881]

@@MirandaMilner looking forward to it so much! I’ll probably have watched it more times than I can count by then

[@agimagi2158]

This was so much fun to watch! Yes, I would love to see you doing this with other decades!

[@traceymallard]

My lifestyle is completely 60s and 70s for life!😀😀😀

[@kathleenstackpole4444]

Very cute! I love your clothes and how much time is really spent on our phones and laptops fast food has taken over than having that family time to gather around the table for a wonderful Sunday dinner spending time with family and friends connecting more with people than equipment! I enjoyed your take of the early fifties very well done!

[@MetroCollectablesandvlogs]

Loved it, I always been a old soul, but recently I been itching to dress up more and buy Antique items for the house, etc.

[@thevintageglamourguide]

This is such a lovely take on these vintage throwback videos! I wish I had a farmers market within a bike ride from me, what a dream 💞

[@MaryPatricia]

i do this literally all the time so when i saw this video in my notifications i got so excited!! this is totally one of my favorite videos that you’ve done and i am ABSOLUTELY hoping you do more from a new time period!💗

[@MirandaMilner]

I’m so glad you liked it! Do you really do this all the time?

[@MaryPatricia]

@@MirandaMilner yes ah i love it! it’s good just to take a media break too and i love vintage lifestyle stuff so it just makes it so fun!

[@hppymind8074]

OMG i loved this video, i wish i lived in the 50s, everything seemed more mindful

[@wendynewton5206]

WOW YOUR SOOOOO CREATIVE!!!! The attention to detail made this video soooo much fun to watch.

[@MirandaMilner]

Thank you so much! Glad you liked it! 💕

[@funnygirl8070]

This was so pleasant to watch! I feel very inspired to enjoy all of the little things you mentioned and take a week off from electronics on my next break from school! ❤️Thanks Miranda this was great!

[@MirandaMilner]

This literally makes my day! One of my biggest goals is to inspire people to appreciate the little things, and I’m so glad you liked it! 💕

[@KatieBeeTV]

This is a very late comment but I just went down a rabbit hole of these videos, and only just now found it, so indulge me. :D My great grandmother used to do laundry outside over an open flame in a metal tub of very slow to heat hot water. She would stir and agitate it with a whittled and sanded down stick, like a badass Appalachian witch stirring her cauldron of cleanliness. It usually took roughly 4 to 5 hours. Bless her.

[@MirandaMilner]

My gosh! That’s some serious commitment to clean clothes! 😂 I

[@silver5515]

I used to borrow a similar alarm clock whenever I was staying with my grandparents! It might have belonged to my dad, since it usually stays in his old room. It must be wound and corrected every evening, making sure to add an extra ten minutes, as that will be lost during the night. The alarm also need winding, so one could chose if one wantes a light alarm or an angry alarm. The clock is still there, I think my brother still use it whenever he is there.

[@MirandaMilner]

Interesting... I wonder if it stayed correct longer when it was new or if it’s always been just a little off. I managed to change the time of the silver clock but it would wind up being wrong again before long. Plus it was a big pain to correct since the winding key was missing. I had to take the back off and wind it with pliers to change the time 😆. Definitely a little more effort than I would like.

[@silver5515]

@@MirandaMilner It did stay correct longer when new, at least through the night. They had to correct it once in a while, since it did go a bit slower when it soon needed to be wound up again. If one forgot to wind the clock it would stop in the middle of the night, as was the nature of such clocks. The spring is probably eighter worn or slightly corroded, or maybe some screw isn't as thight as it should be. It hasn't had the best time the last decades, sitting alone on a shelf most of the time. I also think every child in the family at some point has wound it roughly, without respecting its age. Poor clock.

[@girliboi]

omg cooking, cleaning, sewing.. . my family would trade me in for you in a heartbeat. btw, you probably know, but this time of year (easter) is really good for stocking up on all kinds of pastel candies..

[@MirandaMilner]

I’m not usually as motivated to clean as I was in this video, but thank you 😂. And yes, Valentines and Easter are always the prime time for pretty candies!

[@MoonwalkerForLife2005]

Yes, please do another. You could pull any time period off

[@mariahfedosov1516]

I love your commitment to this for the sake of this video! This is amazing 💕

[@sandyreadsbooks]

I’m watching/ commenting super late, but I really enjoyed this!! It was so fun and I’m going to try a digital detox this weekend because of it! 🙂

[@JoelleGrace]

I just found your channel because of this video! I love it! I really like that you did a week and actually did things that they would have done! Typically I see people trying a rigorous schedule for only a day and I don’t think that is a very good representation! When you try something so different from normal it is going to be a hard transition! I still enjoy it though! Anyway you have given me some inspiration and also enjoyment! I have been wanting to incorporate more vintage content on my channel but I don’t have many clothes yet as I am not great at making my own clothes and my size is very scarce in true vintage! But this is a great way to still do some vintage style videos!🥰

[@MirandaMilner]

I’m so glad you liked it! I certainly had fun with this video, and I’d like to do it again at some point with the 1940’s.

[@JoelleGrace]

@@MirandaMilner That is exactly what I was thinking!😂 Partly because my hair is way to long to do a brush out! And the 1940’s is my top favorite decade!😍

[@K0HAKU_97]

Up-do’s, head wraps, and hats were the name of the game during not-so-great hair days! I’d recommend trying more varieties if you give this sort of thing another go in the future

[@user-jf7ej5py1u]

You are so cool ❤️🥰, this seems like so much fun 🥰❤️.

[@RanchGirl]

Love your channel!

[@johntapp7232]

Hey!! My 1952 Royal HHP11 is still brand new!!

[@lillianaeve3764]

Loved this so much 💗 I just subscribed 🥳

[@MirandaMilner]

Thank you! 🥰

[@MaryPatricia]

i’m back watching this video again LOL but i have a question! how did you listen to the 40s radio station exactly? did you have to use bluetooth to listen to it from your radio? or did you just use your laptop? i love the idea of listening to the vintage radio but i also am trying to do it without using modern technology

[@MirandaMilner]

For this week, I used the vintage radio station in the description, and Bluetooth connected it to my speakers from my computer. Then I set my computer so it wouldn’t fall asleep and turned the brightness all the way off. That way my computer was always playing, but just had a black screen. I’d could just turn my radio volume off when I didn’t want to listen to the music. It did stop working after a day or two, so I had to press play on the music again, but that’s about it. The problem with this is that sadly, it’s very bad for your computer or phone battery, so you shouldn’t do it very often. The best way is to just use Bluetooth when you want to play the music, and don’t leave the program on when you’re not using it. I hope that helps!

[@teleriferchnyfain]

You would HAVE a phone!!!! I was born in 1952, BTW

[@MirandaMilner]

Yes for sure! Just not a cell phone. I did have a landline, I just didn’t really use it during this video because I never found myself needing it.

[@keke7945]

Nice video.

[@ALangley-s2m]

Impressive! I enjoyed your video. :)

[@TJAllenwood]

Wish I could do this

[@MirandaMilner]

Well... you can! It’s not that difficult and you can change how extremely you do it. It also doesn’t have to be a week. You can just do it on a single day off. So many options!

[@janecheer]

Fabulous video, Miranda! That nightgown is gorgeous - is it actually comfy to sleep in, or is it purely aesthetic? I've been dreaming of something like this

[@MirandaMilner]

It’s definitely comfortable to sleep in!

[@Chickenmom777]

Love the video! Where are you located? (General nothing to giving🙂) you are wise young lady. I agree with your assessment about the “be still time”

[@asurya8797]

That was fascinating to watch!

[@MirandaMilner]

I’m glad you liked it!

[@quakeslvr]

where did you get your cabinet? I love it sm and want one like it:)

[@shelby8364]

Do you have think of writing letters with a pen pal? It's fantastic, so if you ever are interested I would love to mail you some goodies and a letter 💌, just an idea that came to me while rewatching this video! 💗

[@MirandaMilner]

Yes, I do have a pen-pal! It’s funny, I’ve actually had multiple people ask if I would like to be their pen-pal after they watched my videos 😂.

[@johntapp7232]

I’m not too familiar with Canadian history from 1952, but here in America, at least on the national level, things could and did get ugly very fast. There was the House Un-American Activities Committee that was responsible for the Communism furor and the firings of many whom they suspected of Communism-Senator Joseph McCarthy led that uphill charge. In a more local note, unless you has a Cadillac or an Oldsmobile or Pontiac, or a newer Ford or Chevrolet, or if you could bum rides, you had to know how to drive a car with a standard transmission-or “stick shift.” Electric typewriters were seen in larger big city offices, but electric typing was years off from smaller towns and smaller businesses. They were available but their expense was prohibitive. Women barely had rights on their own, which made it essentially a necessity for her to marry by at least 25. And the prickliest item: Abortions were still criminal affairs until at least 1973 with the landmark Roe vs Wade case.

[@johntapp7232]

A most notable birth came 17 days after September 08, 1952, when Christopher Reeve was born September 25, 1952.

[@nette9836]

If I didn't work full-time, this would be a fun experiment.

[@theblissfullone]

Sugar and water .. who'd of thought! 🙂 I believe that soft, 'naturally' beautiful smelling hair is on a come back.🌷 Stop dying your hair ladies .. gel nails etc are not good, but hair dying is as bad if not worse. The hair is an extension of your body, let it live and breathe healthfully.

[@shelby8364]

11:45 the pink nightgown/slip (?) did you make that or is it vintage? I love it so much ❤️

[@MirandaMilner]

Thanks! I did make it, but I am considering making another and perhaps I can make a video on that one.

[@shelby8364]

@@MirandaMilner you did an amazing job!! yes please do whenever you have the time! love your channel ❤️

[@MirandaMilner]

☺️ 💕

[@shelby8364]

@@MirandaMilner not to be annoying or a pest but did you use a vintage sewing pattern for it? I'm still thinking about it and my grandmother is a wonderful seamstress, (I literally just sent her a few screenshots of it lol best I could do) so I would love to show it to her and make it with her soon. Thanks again!! 💗

[@MirandaMilner]

No, sorry. I just draped it on my mannequin and made it up as I went.

[@quakeslvr]

how did you manage to connect the radio website to your radio?

[@MirandaMilner]

It’s Bluetooth speaker designed to look like a vintage radio

[@RanchGirl]

where did you get your 1940's pants?

[@wecreatemonsters]

What is the tracklist during the video?

[@MirandaMilner]

They’re all listed at the bottom of the description!

[@honeyandlavender_]

her beating up her rug 💀

[@MirandaMilner]

Yeah, that rug’s been through it over the years 😂

[@spaghettiking7312]

The use of undergarments is 1,000 IQ.

[@PrimalWilds]

Can you do the 1980s?

[@MirandaMilner]

I don’t really do much relating to the 80’s but that might be a fun video...

[@ACupofNicole]

Incredibly happy I found your channel 🤍 I’ve really been wanting to find more small vintage youtube creators and your videos are amazing! This felt so real and very much inspired me to try it myself, thank you!!

[@MirandaMilner]

That makes me so happy to hear, thank you! 😊

[@意地悪ちゃん]

omg i've been looking for frames like yours forever. do you know what company they're from?

[@MirandaMilner]

Oh, sorry I didn’t reply to this sooner! I saw it but the KZbin studio was malfunctioning and wouldn’t let me respond. Unfortunately no, I don’t know the brands. The thicker one was given to me, but I believe it came from Winners. The thinner one came as the frame for a collage of vintage magazine clipping at an antique store.

[@r-e_mii]

With the lack of technology there was a lot more time for self care. The one thing that would change that would be the addition of children which are obviously not present during this trial.

[@MirandaMilner]

We technically still have the time for self care today, probably even more. But we choose to spend our time online a lot of the time.

[@angelabarbara139]

the music is the late 30s or 40s not 50s

[@MirandaMilner]

Yes, I know. But I couldn’t pick a 50’s radio because they would surely play music from after 1953, the year I was going for.

[@annief4156]

Never heard of using sugar water to curl your hair with your hair must have been sticky. Maybe you should just put it on the ends and not to scalp

[@MirandaMilner]

Hairspray wasn’t really a thing yet, so if you didn’t want to buy or make setting lotion, sugar water was a great cheap option. Now I don’t use the sugar water anymore cause I found an easier method with just regular water.

[@KMF3]

On a Sunday you most definitely would have gone to church. I'm surprised you didn't even think of that.

[@MirandaMilner]

I did think of that actually. I’m a Christian myself. But I don’t drive and there aren’t any churches in walking-distance of my house. And my family didn’t go to a church at the time.

[@amandaaraujodasilva2181]

you look like anne frank]

[@MirandaMilner]

Your not the first person to say that actually! I can see it a tiny bit.

[@VivianMcall]

What about work lol

[@MirandaMilner]

I made this when I was still schooling (online), and the summer had just begun, so I didn’t have a job at the time. And if I did it definitely wouldn’t be accurate to 1950’s work. My current job involves modern products and digital design, social media… very un-vintage things 😂

[@lynngohman6153]

To much radio talk