household art

American  

noun

1. any of the skills necessary to the efficient running of a household, as cooking or keeping a family budget.

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Etymology

Origin of household art

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

For the new household art of mechanical dehydration, engineers and food chemists have worked out a home food dryer that can be used in any kitchen.

From Time Magazine Archive

Whitford 2 refers to this present-day trend in home economics as follows: At first there was very little articulation between the courses in art and the courses in industrial art or household art.

From The Teaching of Art Related to the Home Suggestions for content and method in related art instruction in the vocational program in home economics by Education, Federal Board for Vocational

There is a great deal of talk just now about cooking; in a lesser degree it takes its place as a popular topic with ceramics, modern antiques, and household art.

From Culture and Cooking Art in the Kitchen by Owen, Catherine

She would have pitted her hair-cloth furniture of the ugliest period of household art against all the Chippendales and First Empire pieces in existence.

From The Portion of Labor by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins

Certainly not to her mother, who possessed in its perfection, the household art of misinterpreting everything.

From The Paliser case by Saltus, Edgar