In the spring of 1950, the Salon des arts ménagers welcomed visitors every day, all day, and into the evening from February 23 through March 19. A visitor, likely with husband and perhaps even children in tow, could stroll through the ground floor of the Grand Palais, just off the Avenue Champs-Elysées, perusing the sections on Antique Arts in Modern Life, Today's Home, the Cité 50, the Rural Domestic Arts, Kitchen Furnishings, and Collective Living. Then she could climb to the first floor and visit the sections on Food, Wine, Furniture, The Room of the Woman and Child, Cleaning Products, and the star of the show, the Home Appliances. Along the way she might pause for dinner at the Salon's restaurant, perhaps even scheduling her visit based on which regional specialty would be featured on the night's menu. She might also stop in at one of the twenty-eight conferences held during the exposition, maybe Paulette Bernège's “If Women Designed Home Appliances” or “Joy and Comfort through Color and Light,” and on her way out, she could browse the Exposition on Habitation in the gardens and see the latest in collective living, paying particular attention to the exhibit on the new apartment complex designed by Le Corbusier in Marseille.