I love old lady laundry rooms.

[rpms]

I am painting for two 80 year old twin sisters. They never married, never been apart for one day, every job they have had together and they sleep in the same bed. I'm not sure if they are eccentric or just plain weird? My uncle that went to school with them always said it would be good to marry one of them. If one broke down, you could use the other for parts. The sad thing is, one now has dementia. Yesterday was wash day. The sister have dressed alike for 80 years. On the clothes line outside, all their clothes are hung side by side. It was really windy and they brought the clothes in. They were hung back up downstairs, same order.

 

[rpms]

I love old lady laundry rooms.

Old ladies always leave the lid up.

 

[rpms]

I love old lady laundry rooms.

I never knew Inglis made a dryer with a drop down door?

 

[rpms]

I love old lady laundry rooms.

Controls.

 

[rpms]

I love old lady laundry rooms.

Controls

 

[rpms]

I love old lady laundry rooms.

I would love a set of cement laundry tubs. I do find them quite low and hard on the back. These ones did not have the built in wash boards.

 

[rpms]

I love old lady laundry rooms.

The clothespin holder, made from an old bottle and never left outside or even in the garage.

 

[rpms]

I love old lady laundry rooms.

Cool old stove. I'm not sure if it was hooked up? It wouldn't suprise me if it was and they used it for jam? I am not sure what two ladies need three irons for? I only saw one ironing board.

 

[rpms]

I love old lady laundry rooms.

Controls

 

[rpms]

I love old lady laundry rooms.

Who doesn't like to iron with The Queen, gazing down?

 

[rpms]

I love old lady laundry rooms.

Basement shoes.

 

[rpms]

I love old lady laundry rooms.

And finally, old ladies always seem to have some kind of plant growing in the basement?

 

[yogitunes]

I always liked these laundry tubs the best.....I have a Crane porcelain one, and yes, they are to low, to fix that, take a 4x4, measure front to back and cut, leave the legs on the floor, and raise the tub, sliding the boards under on each end.....raises the tub even with the machines......I need to get you a pic of mine...

very nice and clean laundry and basement area...

 

[aquarius1984]

that plant is a Christmas Cactus, were very popular over here, especially in my family. That reminds me I ought to get one.

Always loved them.

 

[turquoisedude]

Cool Moffat range!  Can't get more Canadian than that, eh!!  Ok, unless it was a Viking....

 

[waterwitch]

(Leaves Lid Up..)

I'm an old lady! Haha

 

[thomasortega]

Concrete laundry sinks and wooden clothespins...

They are still made here in Brazil and still very popular.

There are many modern ceramic laundry tubs (the most famous are Deca and Incepa, but the old concrete laundry tub is still commons in lots houses and everybody can still buy them new.

About the clothespins... well, they are inexpensive, much better than the plastic ones and last almost forever.

 

[gansky1]

Twins is a good twist...

Love this! It looks like many basements I saw as a kid, including the plant!!
That stove is just breathtaking, prettiest oven control ever! Shiny knobs, a switch and an outlet - all at toddler eye-level. How did our species survive? LOL

 

[a440]

Great Post

This is a great post.
Very interesting history on the girls and their equipment.
It is nice to see a living and functional space. They have lived here for
such a long time. It is not often that we see a live functional space
that is still in operation. This will be us one day.
I love the stove. That is really cool. Also I love the twin tub service area. Very cool.
Thanks for the pictures.
Brent

 

[wringer_clean]

Love stories like this.
You can tell there is so much ritual and routine that happened with great care in this space.
It's like when going to an estate sale and getting a glimpse into how people lived in there home .... a very private things that we all get to see.
Fun .... and insightful
psf

 

[philr]

Inglis Citation, I think they were the second nicest after the Royal. My cousin had a very similar 24" Moffat range in her appartement. I bet there are more of these ranges remaining than there are washers that match this seventies Inglis dryer!

 

[lebron]

Inglis dryer

Cool dryer, pierreandreply4 would absolutely love this Inglis dryer.

 

[petek]

Geeze it sorta looks like my moms basement.. I'll take pics but is a bit of mess right now as we're sorting through 60 years of unthrown out stuff down there LOL It's a moffat stove alright, same controls as our old double wide.