Laundry day – same day service requires a two day notice!
Wouldn’t it be great if we could put ourselves in the dryer for 10 minutes and come out wrinkle free and two sizes smaller?
Around here NORMAL is just a setting on the dryer.
Irony … the opposite of wrinkly
Here’s thanks for those who keep things clean, making life lovely and fit to be seen.
Laundry is something you do that nobody notices … until you don’t do it.
If you are still in the process of raising children, be aware that the piles and piles of laundry will disappear all too soon and that you will, to your surprise, miss them profoundly.
Sorting out life one load at a time
Don’t fret, it all comes out in the wash.
Some days you feel like you’ve been through the wringer.
Laundry … you gotta’ know when to Hold Em’, know when to Fold Em’, know when to Walk Away and know when to Run.
Don’t you just love those 12 seconds when all the laundry is done?
Laundry Day – for a load of fun, hang around
Wash me and I will be whiter than snow. Psalms 51:7
Laundry Prayer – Grant me the serenity to accept the stains I cannot get out, the courage to bleach the ones I can and the wisdom to remove that one red sock from the load of whites.
The most memorable days usually end with the dirtiest clothes.
Laundry room – drop your drawers here.
Laundry Room – get all the good dirt here
Your dirty laundry is our little secret.
Laundry day – dirty duds done dirt cheap
The dirt stops here.
Laundry today or naked tomorrow
It all comes out in the wash.
…because dirt happens
Washing Instructions: turn garment inside out, hand wash cold with mild detergent, no bleach, tumble dry on low, do not dry clean, iron inside out
LAUNDRY DAY- loads and loads of fun, the never ending cycle, it’s a dirty job, wash, dry, fold, repeat…
Raise your hands and touch your toes. If anything shows … go change your clothes.
LAUNDRY – Good clean fun!
Laundry: sort-today, wash-later, fold-maybe, iron?
Bleach, detergent, stains, spin cycle, socks, clothespins, gentle wash, washer, dryer, laundry basket, check your pockets, fluff, dryer sheets, soak, fabric softner
Loads of love
to neighbors passing by.
There were no secrets you could keep,
when clothes were hung to dry.
for neighbors always knew,
If company had stopped on by,
to spend a night or two.
and towels upon the line;
You’d see the company tablecloths,
with intricate design.
to folks who lived inside,
As brand new infant clothes,
were hung so carefully with pride.
could so readily be known
By watching how the sizes changed,
you’d know how much they’d grown.
as extra sheets were hung;
Then night-clothes, and a bathrobe too,
haphazardly were strung.
when lines hung limp and bare.
It told “We’re back!” when full lines sagged,
with not an inch to spare.
if washing was dingy grey,
As neighbors raised their brows,
and looked disgustedly away.
Now what goes on inside a home,
is anybodies guess.
it was a friendly sign,
When neighbors knew each other best,
by what was on the line.
Laundry room in the North Carolina Cabin
This blog is dedicated to my sweet Mama, who, like a few of us still use a clothes line. You are the best, and I love you very much.
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OMG This is such a WONDERFUL idea- this theme is sooo cute. It’s going to take me weeks to get through all your pictures, themes, and poems. You are so wonderfully talented. I can’t wait to go on the journey that is your blog!
I am so sorry I missed posting on this, I think its the first time ever. but sometimes life gets so busy and things happen not in our control. I am catching up now and wow I am blown away!!! This is absolutely adorable and so so creative. I love this so much… Adding mom,s laundry from NC so perfect! this does bring back childhood memories and wonderful days of long ago thank you for sharing your wonderful creativity. love you xoxo
Absolutely love it!
This is definitely in my top favorites! I just love how you made the pantry wall look like a little house with the mirror window frame and the tin roof! I am a big fan of big statement piece and this theme has a bunch! You out did yourself again!
Laundry… an everyday untalked about thing. I too still love fresh outdoor hung sheets. Your sayings, poems and prayers were “spot on”. I loved the washtubs, clotheslines, and bubbles. I loved the kitchen transformation of days gone by. The screen door and tin roof uniquely made the poem at the end come alive. As a pile of laundry did disappear in my home when my boy went off to college, I find I do miss “it” profoundly ….
You did a great job on this theme Sis! Oh yeah, I put myself in the dryer…… still have wrinkles ….. Got a little bruised up too
Well girl you have absolutely done it again. It is amazingly wonderful.
As others have said it brought back a lot of memories for me. I loved washdays when I was a kid . Mama washed clothes in wash tubs outside and us as kids got to play in the rinse water when she was done. It was a lot of fun. I loved all the different decorations and the laundry signs which by the way I have been looking for some of those myself as I’m decorating the hallway in my laundry room. Thanks for sharing and bringing back some old good memories. love you
I have to confess, I still hang my clothes out. I love my sheets and pillow cases hung out, it’s like you starched them…I love the lamp, butter dish and screen door, I love it all..I was fortunate to be invited for supper the other night, so much better in person.I am proud to be this wonderful girls mama..everyone doesn’t know but her husband helps her a lot, I say thank you, keep the juices coming Janice… Love Mama..
So many great details. I am not certain if my favorite is the bucket hanging from the ceiling, the suds coming out of the washing tub, or the beautiful black and white photo of the screen door and tin roof. Amazing creativity all around!
As always you are so talented and creative! Everything is so picture perfect.
What a fun post………I so enjoyed your wonderful creativity and fittingly fun words.
Just adorable……love how you did your kitchen and loved how you made the soap suds.
Everything is just so cute, and loved the poem you ended with, and that was so true. lol
Thank you for this fun trip down memory lane and the smiles it gave me.
Blessings,
Nellie.
I can’t believe we are seeing a screen door pantry entrance with a tin roof in your kitchen. It is unbelievable and I know it took a lot of work to do. Love the bubbles made of styrofoam. As I have read other comments it is clear to see others have the same nostalgic feelings I did. You are so creative. I am amazed at what must be churning in your head all the time.
I love it. The tablescape and vignettes are priceless. It brought back such memories. When I was a little girl, my grandmother had a yellow Victorian house with a wash house that was separate. You could live in it today. The wringer washer was in there-and piles of dirty laundry on wash day.
I wish we could pin your blog. This is the second one I have seen and they were both amazing.
What an absolutely adorable post! Thanks for sharing the sweet poem.
Absobloomin’ genius!
Your post just washed all my heartache away for a few minutes. Thank you.
I used a wash tub and board like that with a round tub for rinsing. I hated wash day because I carried water from the well to fill those tubs multiple times. (and for baths too) Our clothes line went all the way to the back corner of the property, and filled every Saturday. We had a ton of cloth diapers for my two younger sisters besides the laundry for the rest of the family. My clothes consisted of sox, underwear, one pair of jeans and two shirts for school and our ‘Sunday-go-to-meetin’ outfit for church. All clothes were hung to dry, removed and folded on Saturday. If it rained there were clothes hung inside all over the house. BTW I grew up in the 50’s when there was no electricity or plumbing in the house. People today have no idea.
Good Job, Janice. Brought back a lot of memories and the poem says it all. Love you. UJ & Beth
Janice, this reminds me of laundry day when I was a young girl, oh so long ago. The Clothes Line poem is so true. I remember hanging my laundry out with pride and would shake my head and walk away when I saw someone else’s laundry dingy and gray. It made me cry with pride when I saw the last picture which was my laundry room here in my log home in North Carolina. I love your creativity and I know you inherited it from me. Love you, Aunt Carol
This so true life was lived in a way of truth . No misleading things to be read in the line. HOURS of hard work being done with filling the wash machine and of course the rinse tubs are full with all the love one can give. You know this is the lady of the house. I thought these days of past were long forgotten. there is so much to learn from the things of the past. The secret is to look past the square an take in the whole picture STORY of LIFE, LOVED looking at the pictures of things long gone. this is my childhood story.
I know for a fact that this one has been in soak for many years and finally did come clean and it is beautiful !! This one has been a lot of fun and we make loads of memories with each step thru this one. just remember to keep the screen door shut to keep the bug’s out….We are in Florida you know? love you darlin…Earnie…AKA David.
I feel cleaner just looking at this blog.
Fabulous as always! I absolutely love the pantry door and wall! Can’t wait to see what you come up with next!