"By Trudy Connor"
The beauty of color. Planning and choosing colors is fun! Until your husband says the blue has to much gray in it! The challenge picking colors out without being in the condo is difficult! I plan to get sample colors made of the following colors! And a few gallons of Oklahoma Wheat. A color I have used in the past and love!
Ralph Lauren Calla Lily for all the doors and moldings, plus interior of closets. Yes I plan to paint the closet interiors before we move in! The perfect time, they are empty!
O the garage floor needs to be painted also!
November 13, 2013
November 11, 2013
Dream Laundry Room
"By Trudy Connor"
The changes in laundry facilities has become noticeable. I watched and helped my mother and grandmothers do laundry. The old wringer washing machines, scrub boards, rinse tubs, and of course the clothes line. On my grandparents farm the chore began with hauling hot water to the machine in the wash house and filling the 2 rinse tubs. In the summer we pulled the machine and tubs outdoors. Then sorting the clothes emptying the pockets into an old coffee tin. As a young child, I excelled at sorting by colors! The first items washed were always the whites, as they came cleanest with hot water. Wash in the machine and pass through the wringer. Next into the first rinse of hot water hand wring and into the second rinse in cold water. Anything to be pressed was dipped into starch. Then through the wringer again. Before carrying the load to the clothes line the next was dropped into the machine the water was not changed nor heated up. As the basket filled you carried it to the wash line and began hanging. Sheets always pinned on the outside line then pinned to the second line to keep them off the ground. Panties, slips and bras on the 3rd line. Next the shirts and dresses. Then finally a line of pants. While you were hanging on the line the next load is twisting away in the machine.
The biggest difference between the farm and our house in town was is town the machine was in the unfinished basement with a drain in the floor. We used a waxed box to carry clothes up and down the stairs. Making many trips as there were seven of us to do laundry for. The last load was always my fathers work clothes, as he would have oil and grease on them from the machine shop where he worked. By the time we would get to the last load we would begin bringing in the dry clothes. A bottle sprinkler would be used to moisten the shirts before pressing. We would moisten cottons all at once and roll them up one by one. Ironing began with the first shirt rolled. We did not have a steam iron!
Enter today and a new laundry room really a hallway just off the garage. The days of the wringer machine are over and the clothes lines no more. Nostalgic I may be, but I want to improve the function of the laundry room. While not a bad arrangement it needs a few things. This photo is a stock photo!
After all form follows function!
The changes in laundry facilities has become noticeable. I watched and helped my mother and grandmothers do laundry. The old wringer washing machines, scrub boards, rinse tubs, and of course the clothes line. On my grandparents farm the chore began with hauling hot water to the machine in the wash house and filling the 2 rinse tubs. In the summer we pulled the machine and tubs outdoors. Then sorting the clothes emptying the pockets into an old coffee tin. As a young child, I excelled at sorting by colors! The first items washed were always the whites, as they came cleanest with hot water. Wash in the machine and pass through the wringer. Next into the first rinse of hot water hand wring and into the second rinse in cold water. Anything to be pressed was dipped into starch. Then through the wringer again. Before carrying the load to the clothes line the next was dropped into the machine the water was not changed nor heated up. As the basket filled you carried it to the wash line and began hanging. Sheets always pinned on the outside line then pinned to the second line to keep them off the ground. Panties, slips and bras on the 3rd line. Next the shirts and dresses. Then finally a line of pants. While you were hanging on the line the next load is twisting away in the machine.
The biggest difference between the farm and our house in town was is town the machine was in the unfinished basement with a drain in the floor. We used a waxed box to carry clothes up and down the stairs. Making many trips as there were seven of us to do laundry for. The last load was always my fathers work clothes, as he would have oil and grease on them from the machine shop where he worked. By the time we would get to the last load we would begin bringing in the dry clothes. A bottle sprinkler would be used to moisten the shirts before pressing. We would moisten cottons all at once and roll them up one by one. Ironing began with the first shirt rolled. We did not have a steam iron!
Enter today and a new laundry room really a hallway just off the garage. The days of the wringer machine are over and the clothes lines no more. Nostalgic I may be, but I want to improve the function of the laundry room. While not a bad arrangement it needs a few things. This photo is a stock photo!
After all form follows function!
- Safety! Yes I need to maintain the walkway as wide as I can to allow my husbands wheelchair to pass through. With my husband's tendency to fall, I need to think high, but not so I this vertically challenged person (me) cannot reach it!
- A handy shelf on the back of the washer and dryer would be a great addition, and keep items from dropping behind the appliances!
- A way to store hangers.
- I need a place to hang clothes coming out of the dryer.
- A place to store the ironing board. Yes, I still iron!
- A way to sort clothes would be great also! The space is to narrow to sort on the floor my usual way!
- Oh, a place to hang jackets also!
- I also want a motion sensor light. One that lights the way when I need it and turns itself off when I am not in the room! Hum, for the bathrooms also?
- Cheerful place. Wall color needs to be bright as the room has no windows.
- Shipping Station. While I usually do my shipping out of my laundry room. This one does not have counter space! No room for most of my shipping supplies. This will require some thinking.
- Cork Board/ note board
- Drying rack to cut down on energy consumption!
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| Lutron Occupancy Sensor Switch |
Now how to do it all!
November 9, 2013
Moving Books
"By Trudy Connor"
I sell books on line and have over 2,000 books at the moment. Each book is cataloged and item location is noted. My mind is good but not always good enough to remember where all the books are.
How do I...
Each of the 12 stacks have between 6 -12 shelves. I have begun at the top keeping the books in order filling a box and placing the box on the shelf the books were on. Items are still actively for sale and I plan to keep them up for sale except for 3 days of actual relocation. Preparation is the key! Now I have 10 of the stacks boxed up and plan to finish by tomorrow the last stacks.
Two of the bookcases are 8 foot tall and 10 feet long, 4 stacks each.
I sell books on line and have over 2,000 books at the moment. Each book is cataloged and item location is noted. My mind is good but not always good enough to remember where all the books are.
How do I...
- Relocate them without jumbling them to much?
- Move them without getting hurt?
First I have collected wine boxes yes the boxes have come from Costco and do not have lids. I will be moving my entire inventory myself. The last move I discovered if I used larger boxes I hurt myself. The smaller the box the more trips, but also less risk of injury.
Each of the 12 stacks have between 6 -12 shelves. I have begun at the top keeping the books in order filling a box and placing the box on the shelf the books were on. Items are still actively for sale and I plan to keep them up for sale except for 3 days of actual relocation. Preparation is the key! Now I have 10 of the stacks boxed up and plan to finish by tomorrow the last stacks.
The actual move will entail loading the car and carrying them to our new home. boxes will be lined up in order I hope. Then the big job will come of disassembling the bookshelves and moving them.
Two of the bookcases are 8 foot tall and 10 feet long, 4 stacks each.
November 8, 2013
To Choose a blue or is it green
"By Trudy Connor"
To Choose a blue or is it green?
Oh these drapes might work well in the adjoining bedroom!
The bathroom project is an interior space receiving no natural light. I want a color with some life to it, but I do not want it jumping at me. My husband is leaning more to the blue grey colors. Until we close on our new home I cannot paint sample swatches. But I am collecting paint swatches to check during the home inspection. A drive to the paint store is in order. Finding colors on line is great, but I know there are subtle differences in each computer.
November 5, 2013
New wall colors
"By Trudy Connor"
A change in setting.
A change in life.
A new abode.
Changes to be made.
Handicap alterations needed.
Shower no Tub
Grab Rails
higher toilet.
Storage higher up.
A few of the colors considered.
Hopefully, only 6 weeks to begin the work.
I want to save the floor, a no lip shower in place of the tub. Large medicine cabinet to add storage. Drawers below would help.
October 25, 2013
Cinderella's White Mouse and Pumpkin Smiley Jack O' Lantern Halloween Decor
"By Trudy Connor"
A spooky evening is coming up! Halloween is a favorite of adults and children.
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Cinderella's White MouseSmiley Jack O' LanternHalloween Decor |
A spooky evening is coming up! Halloween is a favorite of adults and children.
While a scary decor can be fun sometimes it is just as fun to
add a touch of whimsy.
Why is
this called a Cinderella's White Mouse Jack O' Lantern you ask? A
young girl saw this pumpkin from the back and insisted this was Cinderella's
pumpkin. The white mouse turns into a horse that pulls the pumpkin carriage
after the pumpkin turns into the carriage. The mouse is just waiting on the
magic to appear! When I turned it around she laughed and said they were dressed
for Halloween.
As the years have passed I have pictured the young girls face
many times. Perhaps this will bring the magic to your home!
October 24, 2013
Blog Revival
"By Trudy Connor"
I want to thank David Kutcher and his Google+ post. A trigger I need to begin blogging again.
In May I opened an WhatnotGems on Esty shop, slowly building the inventory to 280 listings. Sales have been slow and varied. Several Vintage Patterns, A vintage Movie Projector, some felt, a table cloth, and one of my favorite cordial glasses have found new homes.
Visitors to my shop have been low, but not missing. The key is patience. Many of the items I have for sale are unique.
I want to thank David Kutcher and his Google+ post. A trigger I need to begin blogging again.
In May I opened an WhatnotGems on Esty shop, slowly building the inventory to 280 listings. Sales have been slow and varied. Several Vintage Patterns, A vintage Movie Projector, some felt, a table cloth, and one of my favorite cordial glasses have found new homes.
Visitors to my shop have been low, but not missing. The key is patience. Many of the items I have for sale are unique.
How many know to search for a Vintage Smoking Head Ashtray? This Porcelain Whimsy has Wanna See Smoke Come Out My Ears on the base.
"A single wink and a cigarette resting in my mouth, will produce smoke coming out my ears!"
Do you collect Ashtrays or other tobacciana also known as tobacco artifacts.
Purchased in Japan by a Navy Officer this ashtray was carried by aircraft carrier to the United States. I remained in his collection, until I listed it for sale. The crack in the glazing is original according the the GI.
You can find my Smoking Head listing at WhatnotGem on Etsy.
Thus I have began again, can I maintain this blog is the question!
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