As unconventional as the 1960's were, some things were set in concrete - Mondays were ALWAYS laundry days and dinner was ALWAYS meatloaf.
So today's Repurposeful Monday is all
about - what else? Meatloaf? No, silly, laundry! Or, rather, repurposing ideas from the laundry room.
How crazy amazing is this vintage zinc sink?
Do you know what this is?
Eons ago if you took your laundry to a dry cleaner's they
tagged your bag of laundry with a numbered brass pin.
tagged your bag of laundry with a numbered brass pin.
Old crib rails make ingenious drying racks:
Antique metal wash bowls are very versatile:
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A vintage porcelain sink sitting on rustic cast
iron claw feet makes a charming planter.
Painted tins are great for holding laundry supplies:
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Next time you're at a yard sale or thrift shop and
spy the top of a china hutch remember this idea:
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You do know that you can spray paint washers and
dryers? Who says a laundry room can't be interesting?!
Look what you can do with a piece of scrap wood:
Cute! Cute!! Cute!!!
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In our house it's finder's keepers when it comes to change in the pockets -
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The staple of every laundry room is the iron. Unfortunately,
our ancestors didn't have the luxury of simply plugging in an iron:
Do you know how these irons were used? They were set
on a hot cast iron stove til they were hot then used carefully
until they cooled down then it was back on the stove.
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This antique iron is quite intimidating:
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Imagine the workout you'd get using these beasts!
When your arm got tired from lifting one of these behemoths,
you'd need an iron plate to rest the hot iron on:
you'd need an iron plate to rest the hot iron on:
They're getting kind of hard to find.
The precursor to the plain iron plate is the iron trivet:
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If you don't want to hang one in it's original rustic state you
can spray paint it. They really do make beautiful accent pieces.
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magnets, it'll make a great bulletin board.
Before the advent of lightweight metal,
ironing boards were made of wood.
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This ironing board makes a charming and compact desk.
A vintage painted ironing board makes an efficient serving station.
Looking for a unique idea for a garden or herb planter?
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Even popular online shops such as World Market
are getting into the vintage laundry movement:
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Let's face it - laundry is a permanent part of our lives.
We might as well do it in style!
Some brilliant ideas!
ReplyDeleteGreat post. I have two teenaged boys and the mountain of laundry is forever growing. Just when the pile is done, another pile shows up. To make matters worse, my washer and dryer are in my KITCHEN!!!
ReplyDeleteI'd love a laundry room!
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I enjoyed my trip through your laundrying day. I remember some of the things you showed and have one of the flat irons that my mother heated on a stove. Oh how things have progressed since those days.
ReplyDeleteMy DIL still used my mother's wooden ironing board...as an ironing board... Cute laundry ideas.
ReplyDeleteI love the wooden Ironing boards.
ReplyDeleteI really don't iron much anymore.... lovely.
Wonderful post today
cheers, parsnip
I still use a wooden ironing board, only about once a week these days though. Does that date me, haha? And I have an iron trivet, painted red, it might look nice on my kitchen wall maybe.
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Love the laundry pictures you have. I remember seeing the iron on my grandfather's old coal/wood kitchen when I was small. I wish I had some of the architectural pieces from that kitchen. I loved that house.
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