Homemaking

The Carriage House Kitchen

The Carriage House Kitchen

When we began planning our Carriage House, I kept a large stack of tangible inspiration close to me. I called it my emotional support book stack. They were design books I had collected that now lived in a cozy pile near my bedside table. Dog-eared pages, tattered book covers and so much hope of what…

The Whitest White is actually Blue: A Victorian Laundry Secret

The Whitest White is actually Blue: A Victorian Laundry Secret

(affiliate disclosure) Many years ago, as I was enjoying The Victorian Farm, a documentary you must watch if you enjoy historical homemaking or farming, Ruth Goodman shared a fascinating tidbit about laundry bluing. She was demonstrating “wash day” from a “wash room”. She had a large vessel of water steaming in the background and was…