Martha Stewart's Laundry Room

[launderess]

Drying Cabinets

Are made by Asko and many others. They are very popular in parts of the UK and Europe where the damp climate means lots of boots, outerwear, golves etc, that require airing to dry after use.

http://www.ajmadison.com/cgi-bin/ajmadison/DC7171W.html

 

[tomturbomatic]

In the Greenbelt co-op where I used to live, the original sinks from the late 1930s were two bowl wall mounted affairs. The deep sink was meant for rinsing laundry when using a wringer or spinner washer and had a bit of a slanted front to it like a laundry sink has for a wash board, which I guess, since it was the depression, some housewives had to use for doing laundry by hand. There was a porcelain drainboard that was meant to sit on top of it for the dish drainer. Many who installed automatic washers hooked the drain hose over the edge of that sink. There was no cabinet under that sink, just the partial white cast iron apron. One neighbor put sort of a privacy curtain around the area and kept her cats' litter box under there. That was fine until one night we were eating in the dining room and one of her cats took the loudest, stinkiest dump I have ever witnessed. It was a real conversation stopper. It might have been a record setter for a domestic cat. The cat was not embarrassed, but she sure was. Martha brought this to mind.[this post was last edited: 12/25/2011-00:44]

 

[launderess]

Vintage Porcelain Over Cast Iron Sinks

For anyone so inclined but be forwared they cost dear!

http://www.thisoldtubandsink.com/vintage-kitchen-sinks.html

 

[wayupnorth]

You are right Laundress

There has been a few articles about Ms Stewart's "suits" detaining people in the local newspaper. That whole area of Mt. Desert Island turned into a haven for the rich and famous in the early 1900's when they would try to excape the extreme heat of the big cities and built these elaborite"cottages" overlooking the Atlantic ocean. They turned the Bar Harbor area into the mecca it is today. Local people from this area would never think to venture on the island in the summer as the traffic is horrendous with one way in and out over a narrow causeway. But some of the rich and famous donated many acres of land to the National Park Service which is now Acadia National Park with the stipulation that it was to be left unspoiled for all to enjoy. The Rockefellers, alone, spent a tremendous amount of their money developing the 30 plus miles of carrage roads throughout the park. But in the late 40's, a horrible forest fire just about wiped out the entire island and many of the summer cottages, including much of the town of Bar Harbor. But the island rebounded and many of the wealthy came back and rebuilt bigger and better. The majority of the wealthy pretty much stay to themselves and respect the locals living there year round, with a very few exceptions. But every so often I will read something where one of the wealthy does a great thing for somebody or something, so I can not fault their wealth when they do something nice. As far as the person this post is about, never read anything positive that has been done.

 

[tomturbomatic]

Hallmark Halts Stewart Talk Show, NYT 1/6/12 in Arts, Briefl

Beset by low ratings and high studio costs, the daytime talk show of Martha Stewart is coming to an end. The domestic style maven will host her last new episode in May, The New York Post reported; repeats will then run on the Hallmark Channel through the end of the summer. The talk show had been attracting an average of 225,000 viewers a day. The channel picked up the show in 2010 and handed over five hours of its daytime schedule to Ms. Stewart's company, Martha Stewart Omnimedia, which produced companion shows like "Emeril's Table" with Emeril (BAM!) Lagasse and "Mad Hungry" with Lucinda Scala Quinn.

 

[macboy91si]

Out of the Loop

This would be a great thread to participate in or have any earthly idea what's going on in. The originally mentioned link however no longer works. What are we talking about?