Cartoons: Spring Spruce Up
It’s spring! Time to do those repairs, clean house and spiffy up the place. But first take a break for home improvement cartoons as far back as 1942.

"You were right—green is a restful color."
from November 12, 1960

"How’s it going?"
from March 12, 1960

"I think we’d better go clean our rooms—Mom’s getting serious."
from July/August 1993

"That certainty isn't how I'd fix a leak in the roof."
from October 24, 1942

from August 1, 1959

"Charlie saved a bundle by building our cabinets himself…
that is, if you don’t count what the hospital charged
for sewing his thumb back on."
from July/August 1993

"There! There! That shade of red."
from May/June 2007