Deb recently went to the storage unit and grabbed my set of dishes that I love and missed so much.  While there, she text me when she came across some of my labeled boxes asking me if I wanted them at the cottage.  One of her text was about my antique celluloid hand mirror collection.  Deb isn’t particularly fond of this collection.  She thinks they are ugly.  ????  I happen to love them.  I bought my very first one at the thrift store for $5.  I loved it.  After that first purchase, I kept running into them everywhere we went.  Every time found them for $5 or less, I grabbed them.  And now I have a collection.

Another collection that she asked about while deep in the storage unit was my antique chamber pot collection.  I know it’s probably another weird collection but I love those, too. ????  Anyway… I put both collections in the laundry area here at the cottage and realized, I have never shown you this area yet. 

Laundry Area and Celluloid Hand Mirror Collection

We hung this antique cabinet top above the washer and dryer a few months ago.  Do you remember where we had this previously in the old house?  It was in the master bedroom.  We found it for $15 at a garage sale and painted it white.   A few antique odds and ends pieces fill up this cabinet and thought I would add the chamber pots to the top.  I think I’m slowly trying to get all of my goodies here in the cottage.  ????  Actually, I want to get the entire storage unit cleaned out but that will be way later in time.

I used one of my old chamber pots to display my celluloid hand mirror collection.   They all have a beveled edge and I love the details of them.  One of them has the letter D carved in the back.  Someone told me they used to do that in the 20s and 30s for new brides… or someone who was turning 16 or 18 years old.

I absolutely cannot wait to build the actual house.  I will have so much more room for all of my fun collections.  This area will actually be fall-ified shortly.  So you may see this laundry area again soon.  I did hang this neutral pumpkin picture here for now.  And, I see it’s out of stock but linked it here just in case it comes back in.  I cut it down to the correct size for this antique frame, which is something I do quite frequently with my antique frames.

So..there you have it.  It’s our laundry room in the cottage… which is actually our bathroom.  Which I don’t think I have ever shown you either.  So, stay tuned for that post.

All of the sources I could link:  baskets / tree / pumpkin poster / square soaps 

I also linked a bunch of celluloid hand mirrors here if you want to browse.  They are always fun to look at.