~ Joan's House Tour - Part 4 ~

Good Morning Friends & Folk ~

... are you ready for this? 

welcome to another edition of Joan & Art's Home Tour

 ~ The Laundry Room ~

 Part 4

if you're not a huge fan of doing laundry, 

you might just become one after seeing this:

Joan & Arthur's home is beautiful all year long, 

but it's in the Spring that we get to see some of their bulb plants blooming in the sunshine.

here's a small daffodil welcoming us inside...  

 

The Laundry Room is located on the basement-level in their home...

and to get there you must first come down this staircase 

to which Joan has added her magic touch ~

 

Joan has a talent for faux-painting ~ the block wall and stone are not real :)

Once we reach the bottom step....

 hello Laundry Room!

but it's not just a place where Joan does her wash...

it is yet another canvas that she has turned into something wonderful ~

filled with their collections and masterful artwork ~ as well as Art's craftsmanship in renovating!

the floors are not real brick ~ 

they have been transformed once again by Joan's hand, and the all-over stenciling adds such a folky-ness and warmth to an otherwise utilitarian room...

at every turn, you will see beloved treasures like the antique stove 

~ which is used to display vintage items...

tucked into a small cubby to the right of the stove

are just one {of many} things she collects

Drying Racks! 

she cannot leave one behind on her travels if she finds one {two, three, four...}

standing racks, folding racks, umbrella-type racks...

yep, she's got 'em..

Moving around the room to the left of the stove,  

Joan has set up an old tub washer...

and a beautiful green wringer washer!

 {with more drying racks of course}

Joan's love for detail and display are evident ~

as well as her talent for making things a little more beautiful,

 like the 'Pantry' door she painted on the fuse-box cover...
{and that stenciling!}

 Collections of antique wash-day toys are everywhere in this sweet room...

nodding towards the days when little girls were happy to play with things like toy washers, 

irons & ironing boards

 and miniature clothespin & line sets.

a collection of crocheted pot holders acts as a cheerful swagged valance  

for a ground-level window...

the window itself was hand-painted by Joan to brighten it up even more :)

there are water sprinklers everywhere, like the red rubber and the lady-shaped ones below:

{used to sprinkle water on your clothes to iron the wrinkles out} 

the shelf above holds boxes and containers from days-gone-by ~

soap flakes, starch & powders...as well as wash pails, sock and glove stretchers 

 ~ and a sweet 'mammy' clothespin bag

On the opposite side of the room, is her washer & dryer...

but I swear they seem to disappear due to all of the other lovelies around the room!

 above the washer/dryer is yet another shelf... with even more sprinklers!

 and old farmhouse sink, a painted cabinet....

just more goodness :)

more of Joan's handwork in the painted flowers 

on this cabinet above the sink ~ 

...and on a canvas floorcloth :

 

 a closer look at what is on the shelf above:

more toy washers, tiny red irons....

and of course, more sprinklers!

{{ the round red objects are portable/retractable clothes lines }}

 

It never ceases to amaze me,

the way my friend has with collecting and decorating ~

Joan brings so much happiness and fun to the world...

I'm blessed to have her in my life.

I hope you enjoyed this part of Joan & Art's Home Tour ~

as I have mentioned before, you ain't seen nothing yet!

 {we still have her kitchen, bathrooms, and the ever-elusive Sewing Room to share!}

 

Blessings from the Farm 

~ Lori