Washday!

Deep in the throes of winter one day, I made a trip "to town" and stopped in at the local antique mall. I went in looking for a vintage postcard for a friend with a Valentine's Day birthday and I found what I was looking for: cute as a button and cheaper than a new card at Hallmark! I love that! She loved her little card, too--which makes me happy. I had wrapped some vintage linens for her so the card just made it all seem right somehow.

While walking through the maze-like aisles on my way out, what did I see? Oh...it was something I've been on the lookout for...for a long, long, time!

Double washtubs! In white! In great shape! Just the right size and just the right price...in fact, I couldn't even believe they were priced under thirty dollars! Now folks, I go to lots of garage sales and haven't seen one of these in the last five years at all.

It just so happened, I was driving the pickup, and it amazed me how lightweight they were, I didn't even need help getting them out and loaded.

Now they have a happy home, and these geraniums look just perfect, just like I had imagined it in my mind all this time I've wanted a set.


Oh, and that cute-as-pie sign there? It's done by Dee of Farmhouse Country Style...you can find her little mercantile here.


When it gets old as a porch decoration, it's coming inside and I'll have some plywood or a piece of barnwood cut to fit the top and it can be a table (with storage inside those tubs!).

I love the versatility and usefulness of vintage objects....they were made to last and that fact makes it possible to use them well past necessity and into just being plain fun!


The bonus? MADE IN THE USA!