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Post# 66102   5/9/2005 at 19:09 (6,919 days old) by drmitch ()        

Laundry room of the day!




Post# 66107 , Reply# 1   5/9/2005 at 19:12 (6,919 days old) by drmitch ()        

Another, I like the idea of the office chair sitting while iorning, unloading the dryer, and folding clothes.

Post# 66108 , Reply# 2   5/9/2005 at 19:18 (6,919 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)        
Those colours are authentic to the period,


However, they give me a headache!

(No, more like extreme nausea).


The dryer in the first picture is a fine example of a gas Maytag with pilot access.


Thanks, Don, for finding and posting.


Lawrence/Maytagbear


Post# 66109 , Reply# 3   5/9/2005 at 19:21 (6,919 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

My mom used an office type chair while she was ironing.-She also used it in her sewing room.My dad built a lower height ironig board for her to use.Come to think of it-she still has that chair.Uses it in her sewing-hobby room.She also has a sewing supplies cabinet that can serve as a seat while sitting at the sewing machine.My dad made the cabinet long ago on his Shopsmith.She still uses the cabinet-but not as a seat.It has spools of thread and parts for her sewing machines.The office chair she has is VERY comfortable.It was not that expensive-its got to be about 40 years old.Its survived many moves and use.Don't know what brand it is.the pictures of the laundry rooms is pretty neat-like those hangers that look like people-hanger-people-pretty neat.Clever idea.-Would be a good scrollsaw or bandsaw project.

Post# 66112 , Reply# 4   5/9/2005 at 19:26 (6,919 days old) by drmitch ()        

Oh Lawrence,Its only color. How about blue!

Post# 66113 , Reply# 5   5/9/2005 at 19:28 (6,919 days old) by bosch2460 (Harrisonburg, VA)        

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God do I love that specific Maytag set. My grandmother had one...and just got rid of it last year. It was never repaired or gave her a minutes problem. She was a clean laundry fanatic....I only remember her using warm water washes like 2 times in my life...never cold. That washer stayed on HOT 95% of the time. And her hot water measured up there about 160-170 degrees. Not to mention the scoop and half of Tide w/ Bleach in her chemically softened water.....and about 2 caps of Downy in the one and only rinse. Its a wonder the clothes didnt make her scratch her ass off. Just thought I would share, ya'll.

Post# 66114 , Reply# 6   5/9/2005 at 19:28 (6,919 days old) by drmitch ()        
Or,

a little YELLOW!

Post# 66115 , Reply# 7   5/9/2005 at 19:29 (6,919 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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The picture with the office chair, the washer & dryer are the 1964 Norge DispensoMat washer & dryer my parents had. The dryer is in stop'n'dry mode and the washer cycle button I believe pushed is #3, which was white cottons, but with a cold rinse.

Post# 66116 , Reply# 8   5/9/2005 at 19:29 (6,919 days old) by drmitch ()        

To whom it may concern: These are all vintage washers!

Post# 66117 , Reply# 9   5/9/2005 at 19:30 (6,919 days old) by drmitch ()        

some RED!

Post# 66119 , Reply# 10   5/9/2005 at 19:32 (6,919 days old) by tolivac (greenville nc)        

Love that deep blue WD cabinet colors in drmith's picture-any appliance companies use that color-or were they repainted by the owner?Its a pretty color.

Post# 66121 , Reply# 11   5/9/2005 at 19:36 (6,919 days old) by drmitch ()        

Thanks for the ID Bob! I only know the book is copywrite 1963. Rex I was wondering about the blue ones also, they really look cool!

Post# 66122 , Reply# 12   5/9/2005 at 19:43 (6,919 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
Granny's Maytags

"God do I love that specific Maytag set. My grandmother had one...and just got rid of it last year. It was never repaired or gave her a minutes problem."

So why did she end up getting rid of them? Just because they were "old"? Or did she move to a smaller place or something like that?


Post# 66124 , Reply# 13   5/9/2005 at 19:53 (6,919 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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You're welcome. The washer arrived in our laundry room 12/23/1963. The dryer, 02/19/64.

Post# 66126 , Reply# 14   5/9/2005 at 19:54 (6,919 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Lawrence, all these colors were quite avante gard and ... for the time(s). We got GE combo, Frigidaire, Norge (I believe twice), Maytag, and Whirlpool

Post# 66133 , Reply# 15   5/9/2005 at 20:16 (6,919 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        
dr Mitch

this was the highlight of my day. thanks Arthur.. at least Monday is OVER... :-)

Post# 66134 , Reply# 16   5/9/2005 at 20:16 (6,919 days old) by retromom ()        
Loud n Lovely Laundry Rooms

Geez...remember when laundry rooms used to be fun? What's happened to us? We're so white on white and predictable.

Had to laugh Don...When you were talking about the "office chair", I thought you were referring to the white one in the green and orange set up! Guess that would be convenient too! LOL

Thanks for the great pics! Too much fun!


Post# 66135 , Reply# 17   5/9/2005 at 20:20 (6,919 days old) by agiflow ()        

"I only know the book is copywrite 1963."
Those WP machines are from about 67 though.


Post# 66136 , Reply# 18   5/9/2005 at 20:21 (6,919 days old) by arrrooohhh (Sydney Australia)        

Are they norges in some of those pictures? They are gorgeous!

Post# 66140 , Reply# 19   5/9/2005 at 20:31 (6,919 days old) by bosch2460 (Harrisonburg, VA)        
Re Grandmother's Maytag

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She replaced it because she was told it was not repairable. I have no idea what year she bought it. But it surely was a worker. I wish i would have known, or I would have kept it for myself. :)

Post# 66142 , Reply# 20   5/9/2005 at 20:32 (6,919 days old) by david (CA)        
67 whilpools

Agiflow-they are 67's, possibly the book didn't get an update copywright for some reason. The beautiful Maytag set is at least a 66. But thanks Don for all of these good pictures. You done good, man

Post# 66145 , Reply# 21   5/9/2005 at 20:48 (6,919 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)        
I know those are period colours!

psychedelic period, at that.

Please don't think that years of rental living (flat white latex) has warped me totally.

I like to mix a saturated colour, a related pastel, and white.


Lawrence/Maytagbear


Post# 66146 , Reply# 22   5/9/2005 at 20:51 (6,919 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Harry, the Norges are in the 2nd and 6th pictures.

Post# 66158 , Reply# 23   5/9/2005 at 21:30 (6,918 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
Grandmother's Maytag

"She replaced it because she was told it was not repairable. I have no idea what year she bought it. But it surely was a worker. I wish i would have known, or I would have kept it for myself. :)"

Oh, so I guess it finally DID give her a "minute's worth of trouble" :-)

How much do you want to bet that it WAS repairable and she just got a lazy repairman?


Post# 66177 , Reply# 24   5/9/2005 at 22:59 (6,918 days old) by PeterH770 (Marietta, GA)        

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I loves me some Norge -- with wallpaper on the ceiling!!!

Thanks for these pics!!!


Post# 66190 , Reply# 25   5/10/2005 at 01:37 (6,918 days old) by fixerman ()        
Repairable

Repairable is a decision the customer makes based on the cost of the repair. Most everything can be repaired but at what cost. The repairman, at least this repairman, gives the customer an estimate to repair the machine with, possibly, a recommendation. Ultimately it is the customers choice weather it is repairable or not. A "lazy" repairman won't be around long since his job depends on making money, thus repairs. Repairman who only make a service call charge on every call would not be too successful. If the customer feels the cost of the repair is too high, one can look for alternatives. Buy new, look for another repairman who may charge less, fix it themself, etc.

Post# 66222 , Reply# 26   5/10/2005 at 08:22 (6,918 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)        
How about this one?

'69 or '70 Hotpoint Lady Executives (I Think)

Post# 66223 , Reply# 27   5/10/2005 at 08:25 (6,918 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)        
These are the dreams

of the everyday housewife...

Post# 66224 , Reply# 28   5/10/2005 at 08:26 (6,918 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)        
Save the best for last

Come home to Kenmore

Post# 66228 , Reply# 29   5/10/2005 at 08:55 (6,918 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)        
Thanks drmitch & jasonl

Fab LOD pics!!

Post# 66229 , Reply# 30   5/10/2005 at 08:56 (6,918 days old) by JerseyMike ()        

Wow, awesome Norges and Maytags. (Remember the days when you could tell the name of the washer and/or dryer from its control panel?) Love the colors of those Whirlpools.

If I ever have a laundry room (I live in an apartment), I'm going to introduce some color to it. I recently washed and dried my queen size comforter at a new laundromat / cafe that just opened near me. (It's actually an interesting concept, you can have lunch/coffee/or the spirit of choice (they have a liquor license) while doing your laundry, but I digress.) They have a laundry themed wallpaper border around the perimeter of the main room. So, at a minimum, I would have a laundry themed wall paper border in a laundry room of my own.

BTW, here's a link to a newspaper article of the laundromat cafe:


CLICK HERE TO GO TO JerseyMike's LINK


Post# 66230 , Reply# 31   5/10/2005 at 08:59 (6,918 days old) by pulsator-power (connecticut)        

They're all really cool, and color IS coming back!
I love the blue Whirlpool!
Jerry


Post# 66236 , Reply# 32   5/10/2005 at 10:14 (6,918 days old) by designgeek ()        

I think the reason everything went to plain white-on-white also includes the fact that many people think of house as "investment" rather than as "home," so anything that's too personalized is seen as "hurting resale value." And the result is homogenized dullness.

The other thing about those laundry rooms: all that space! Holy cow! Especially the one where the kids are playing on the floor, but also the green room and the magenta room.


Post# 66237 , Reply# 33   5/10/2005 at 10:19 (6,918 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)        
How about

A laundry room with a window?

That's me and Tcox619 before the LG's moved in.


Post# 66248 , Reply# 34   5/10/2005 at 10:54 (6,918 days old) by retromom ()        
GIMME, GIMME, GIMME!

Hate to sound like a spoiled child, but...Say yes to all of the above! Jason, I don't know where that laundry room pic with the Hotpoint Lady Executives is supposed to be, but they sure didn't put anything like that in our old 1967 brick rancher! I'll take mine with a window please.

BTW: Jason and Todd; you are both looking most dapper in that laundry room pic! ;-)

Venus


Post# 66255 , Reply# 35   5/10/2005 at 11:21 (6,918 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
Yellow laundry room

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Personally I'd rip out that GE combo and move it to a better location.

I would then proceed to fill the empty space with a dishwasher or a refrigerator, or an ice-maker and VOILA intstant wet bar!.. LOL


Post# 66257 , Reply# 36   5/10/2005 at 11:24 (6,918 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
what is that?

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'69 or '70 Hotpoint Lady Executives (I Think)


What is that underounter appliance with a black toe-kick that is undercounter next to the dryer

Electric cabinet-style water heater?

Mini -fridge?

Mini bar (stress-relef) for the woman in that houswife hell? LOL?



Post# 66261 , Reply# 37   5/10/2005 at 11:51 (6,918 days old) by drmitch ()        

I`ll take the Lady Kenmores on the Sears easy payment plan!

Post# 66273 , Reply# 38   5/10/2005 at 15:11 (6,918 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
Keep it in the closet...

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But you might want to leave that door open when that dryer in the top pic is running...

Post# 66288 , Reply# 39   5/10/2005 at 18:06 (6,918 days old) by bosch2460 (Harrisonburg, VA)        

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There is that Maytag again......LOVE IT!! Although I am not a big fan of that calf shit yellow. LOL. But hey I know that some of ya'll just love it. :)

Post# 66307 , Reply# 40   5/10/2005 at 20:58 (6,917 days old) by jasonl (Cookeville, TN)        
Housewife heaven

What's so hellish about it? She's got a husband that takes care of her and two beautiful kids. She looks like suffering in that pic, drinking coffee and smiling while waiting for the laundry to finish. At least she's not a single mom juggling two jobs and those kids with no daddy. Yeah, that's liberation.

Yay for tradition.

By the way, I know you were LOL'ing but I had to rant, sorry :-)


Post# 66310 , Reply# 41   5/10/2005 at 21:34 (6,917 days old) by Mayken4now (Panama City, Florida)        
The Maytag's are Out of This World!

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Gald I have mine still. They are so wonderful and full of life and Durability!

Steve


Post# 66414 , Reply# 42   5/11/2005 at 17:22 (6,917 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
Housewife heaven

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Hi JasonL!

Rant away!!, It's good therapy.
Good point, though, I did not notice or assume "daddy"

NOW TAKE THIS ALL IN HUMOR, pls.

I just thought it was funny that "Lady Executives"
is here shown as a muti-tasking dress-clad coffee drinking slave.. er. mom. she is actually shown ENJOYING (perhaps different than today's stereotype of an "ideal" mom)

1) Sewing with her singer drop-in bobbin sewing machine
2) Ironing to the degree/quantity that there is a built-in
board
3) Has a sink, maybe to scrub vegetable for dinner?
4) Has a Corning-ware electric coffee pot in there perhaps implying spending LOTSA time.
5) Washing and drying
6) Entertaining/babysitting her brood.

I still say the mysery appliance has potential as a mini-bar.
LOL!!!! Please just an observation. No offense to anyone!!!!

regards,
Steve






Post# 66419 , Reply# 43   5/11/2005 at 17:56 (6,917 days old) by alr2903 (TN)        
Toggle :-)

Looks like her ironing is done, I bet when the school bus passes and takes those children to school, she will snatch that corning ware percolator up and go visit with the ladies across the street. Probably will play a few games of pinnacle. I bet the lady across the street has a bundt cake about to finish up in her FLAIR... ahhh those were the days. alr2903.

Post# 66423 , Reply# 44   5/11/2005 at 18:12 (6,917 days old) by bosch2460 (Harrisonburg, VA)        
Question

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Hey guys....How old are the Maytags in the pics on here? How long did they keep the full lighted consoles? Never could quite pin-point when my grandmother got hers. Thanks guys.


Post# 66424 , Reply# 45   5/11/2005 at 18:13 (6,917 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
She'd gonna do WHAT to that coffee pot?

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ROFL. Once I stopped laughing...I had the following flash-back


In My Big-Fat Greek Wedding...

Scene: front lawn. Bunt moves from WASP to GREEK.
Mother of bride-- perplexed. Trying to pronounce "bunt"
She's scared of what that sounds like to her untrained ear, especially in light of the shape of it.

Aunt says in Greek "KEIK EINAI MORI" It's a cake.. the next word roughly translates as "yo" or "woman" or the "B" word for "female dog."

*SIGH* I do entertain myself so....LOL


Post# 66428 , Reply# 46   5/11/2005 at 18:27 (6,917 days old) by SactoTeddyBear ()        
Re: gansky1 Kenmore Set Photo in above Thread Posting:

Do you or anyone else have a better Photo of both the Lady-K Washer and Dryer, in the above Thread Posting? I have a 1965 Lady-K Combo and it has the basic exact same Push-Button Controls as this Top-Load Lady-K has. I would really appreciate it if someone does have the Photo available and would either E-Mail it to me, or Post on this Thread.

Peace and Happy "Lady-K" Laundry Days, Steve
SactoTeddyBear@aol.com


Post# 66446 , Reply# 47   5/11/2005 at 20:41 (6,917 days old) by appnut (TX)        
Housewife heaven

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I've always had the impression she's just out ofher mind on vallium and deliriously giggly cuz of it in dealing with the kids.

Post# 66485 , Reply# 48   5/12/2005 at 04:14 (6,916 days old) by kenmore1978 ()        
unknown appliance

"What is that undercounter appliance with a black toe-kick that is undercounter next to the dryer

Electric cabinet-style water heater? "

I think it's a cabinet-style, also known as a "table-top" style electric water heater. My maternal Grandmother was partial to these and had two of them in her lifetime.

sewing machine and coffeemaker identified, anybody know what brand of iron?


Post# 66506 , Reply# 49   5/12/2005 at 10:15 (6,916 days old) by veg-o-matic (Baltimore, Hon!)        

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Reasonably sure it's a Presto.

Post# 66530 , Reply# 50   5/12/2005 at 15:43 (6,916 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
Chemical warfare

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Valium? Where can I get me some?

My own mother used to swallow that stuff like Pez.



Post# 66531 , Reply# 51   5/12/2005 at 15:45 (6,916 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
Chemical warfare

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Valium? Where can I get me some?

My own mother used to swallow that stuff like Pez.



Post# 66536 , Reply# 52   5/12/2005 at 17:21 (6,916 days old) by foraloysius (Leeuwarden, Friesland, the Netherlands)        
Hmmm....

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Steve,

I sure hope you weren't the cause of that! Otherwise I might order some from my doctor before meeting you in NYC!! LOL

Louis


Post# 66630 , Reply# 53   5/13/2005 at 11:18 (6,915 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
pure innocent little ole' me?

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Actually it was said to be father's "fault". Compared to the monster I have become, I was a pure innocent little angel! LOL

....Other than taking apart every major and minor appliance in sight.

Listen... my mom saw me go into her gas stove with a DRILL and did not clear the room. LOL. So she must have at least trusted my judgement.!! LOL

PS no explosion and it DID work better after that.





Post# 66666 , Reply# 54   5/13/2005 at 18:47 (6,915 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Well, that explains why you're such a gas LOL.

Post# 66705 , Reply# 55   5/14/2005 at 06:17 (6,914 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        
The devil made me do it...

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LOL

Have you noticed that my post above is numbered 666-30 and yours is 666-66?

(says I'm only 30% evil.... LOL LOL LOL)

Maybe we should warn the others that a couple of vials of Holy Water may be needed, should we both walk into the same room at the same time.

Hey Greg- Gasky1- you may have to put a few drops in the coffee urn! Techncally one drop "charges" the whole batch. Anyone askes why the coffee burns as if there is Louisiana Hot Sauce in it, RUN for the hills!!!

LOL ROLF LMAO.








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