A prevailing mindset of the Amish is to live simply and practically. This is fleshed out in so many different ways.

• Amish use only gloss paint for their walls because it is easy to wash down.
• Amish women and little girls wear aprons to keep their dresses cleaner so they don't have as many clothes to wash.
• The Amish men wear suspenders to help hold their pants up so that the women don't have to sew zippers. They sew only with hook and eye closures.
• A wooden bench is used at the kitchen table along the one side so that more children can sit on it and less chairs are needed.
• Amish women decorate with green plants rather than cut flowers. They believe flowers are meant to be planted outside and enjoyed outside. They last longer and cost less.
• Beautiful calendars of farm scenes are also used for decoration in their homes. Again, low cost, plus they update monthly.
• Only a couple sewing patterns are used to make clothing so that it goes faster when a new article is needed.