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 ~
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| 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!}
{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
