OK, I have to admit, I am not the greatest housekeeper.

Our house is tidy most of the time, but it’s not always especially clean.  I’m just not a big fan of cleaning.  I’m also not a huge fan of cooking, or doing laundry.

But I am a fan of vintage housekeeping items, and we have some fun ones for our upcoming Carriage House Sale.

Maybe cleaning would be more enjoyable if I had a cool box to keep my supplies handy.

LOL, well, probably not, but those cleaning supplies would look snazzy in my pantry.

Remember my large non-collection of whisk brooms?  After realizing that I’m probably never going to get around to making a whisk broom wreath, I priced them up for the sale.  Ironically, Sue also brought over a bunch of them.

So, yeah, we have a large supply of vintage whisk brooms available.  If they don’t sell I may have to revisit that wreath idea.  That bucket is for sale as well.  I added a segment from the I.O.D. Label Ephemera transfer to it.

We also have a small sampling of enamelware for sale.

You may remember that pot in the middle that I added an I.O.D. transfer to.

I purchased the pot at an estate sale earlier this year, and I really intended to keep it for myself.  But as it turned out, I couldn’t find a good spot to display it in my house so I decided to part with it.

We have a fun selection of vintage linens at the sale as well.

Sue has quite a few pairs of embroidered pillowcases.

As well as this charming foldable laundry bin.

We also have a couple of quilts, and some lovely vintage tablecloths.

I also created an ironing board laundry sign.

My neighbor nnK found this ironing board free at the curb for me.

It was a bit worse for the wear with a couple of serious burn marks.  In addition, the metal legs that held it up were no longer stable.  So with my handyman Ken’s help, I removed the legs completely.  Then I added a couple of coats of Dixie Belle’s Drop Cloth paint.  Next up I added a floral section from the I.O.D. Lattice Rose paint inlay, and then the wording from the Laundry transfer from re.design with prima.

I followed it all up with a couple of coats of matte spray sealer.

I’ve added some D rings on the back so you could hang this sign on the wall, but you could also just lean it against the wall if you don’t have quite that much wall space in your laundry area.

So, how about you?  Are you a fan of housekeeping?  Or maybe just a fan of vintage housekeeping supplies?  Leave a comment and let me know.

And for those of you who are local, I hope you’ll be able to swing by this week!

I will be posting my address and other details about the sale on Wednesday morning, so be sure to stay tuned.