Animals
Drive through the central Pennsylvania countryside any Monday and you will see farm after farm with clotheslines hung with laundry. Traditionally, Monday is laundry day. Bee Haven Acres is no exception to that rule. With my washer and dryer hooked up I am once again able to do laundry. However, I will not be drying the wash out of doors this time, as construction continues on the exterior of our log home....with the addition of our screen porch and several decks.
Across the room sits my wooden barrel (photo top right), hand-cranked flywheel washer from the turn of the century (1900). It still works wonderfully, so I will have it as a back-up if we are without power for an extended period of time.
Of course there is always the option of taking my washing boards and a bar of vintage laundry soap to the creek and doing the laundry there!
- Yin & Yang
We do not know why our playing in the Utility Room makes Mommy cross. There are lots of shelves to climb on and MOL we found the stash of cat food, cat treats, dog food and dog treats. There is laundry to sit on. Laundry baskets make great beds. They...
- Scylla Sunday
I likes to sleep on the nice clean laundry. Especially if it is still warm from the dryer. My silly Mommy is always complaining about it though she mumbles something about me getting cat hairs on it. I thinks a few cat hairs greatly improves the looks...
- El Diario De Los Gatos
September 13, 2007 We are learning Spanish, El Diario De los Gatos, means the diary of the cats, that's us. We have been getting in all sorts of mischief. First Scylla broke Mommies flower pot when she jumped up on the grill to pester Socks (Scylla...
- House Tour Continued.....
Today's stop on our house tour is the 1st floor guest room. I spent months planning this room and shopping auctions and local antique stores for all of the special touches. The bed is an iron antique reproduction and is dressed with vintage white...
- Construction Update
The cupola has found its place on top of the garage roof. The walnut floors are stained and ready to finish. I love the warmth of walnut...and I love the mix of heartwood (brown) and sapwood (white). This picture was taken looking down on the powder room...
Animals
Laundry Day
Drive through the central Pennsylvania countryside any Monday and you will see farm after farm with clotheslines hung with laundry. Traditionally, Monday is laundry day. Bee Haven Acres is no exception to that rule. With my washer and dryer hooked up I am once again able to do laundry. However, I will not be drying the wash out of doors this time, as construction continues on the exterior of our log home....with the addition of our screen porch and several decks.
In honor of laundry day, I thought I would give you a tour of my laundry room..... 
In the picture on the left, you see an antique grain bin that has been repurposed as a hamper. Its two internal compartments are perfect for separating whites and darks. Above that hangs an antique clothes dryer...which is often used to dry delicates. On top of the grain bin is my grandmother's antique iron and some old shoe molds as well as a bag of French laundry detergent.
Of course there is always the option of taking my washing boards and a bar of vintage laundry soap to the creek and doing the laundry there!
As you enter the laundry room from the garage, there are 4 old shoe molds with their original pegs, which I have fastened to the wall to use for a place to hang your jacket.
- Yin & Yang
We do not know why our playing in the Utility Room makes Mommy cross. There are lots of shelves to climb on and MOL we found the stash of cat food, cat treats, dog food and dog treats. There is laundry to sit on. Laundry baskets make great beds. They...
- Scylla Sunday
I likes to sleep on the nice clean laundry. Especially if it is still warm from the dryer. My silly Mommy is always complaining about it though she mumbles something about me getting cat hairs on it. I thinks a few cat hairs greatly improves the looks...
- El Diario De Los Gatos
September 13, 2007 We are learning Spanish, El Diario De los Gatos, means the diary of the cats, that's us. We have been getting in all sorts of mischief. First Scylla broke Mommies flower pot when she jumped up on the grill to pester Socks (Scylla...
- House Tour Continued.....
Today's stop on our house tour is the 1st floor guest room. I spent months planning this room and shopping auctions and local antique stores for all of the special touches. The bed is an iron antique reproduction and is dressed with vintage white...
- Construction Update
The cupola has found its place on top of the garage roof. The walnut floors are stained and ready to finish. I love the warmth of walnut...and I love the mix of heartwood (brown) and sapwood (white). This picture was taken looking down on the powder room...