I too am glad you have power again. Just walking into that area would make me smile each day. Window, fabulous red pitchers, and a red table. Thankful you are back online. Blessings from Georgia.

Good for you! I had my treadle all ready, but hadn't thought as far as what to do about an iron!

oh boy! where there is a wil, there is a way.....................good for you and thanks for posting

Wow--you certainly made the best of Superstorm Sandy stand out in my mind! I love the Coleman stove for a hot breakfast! I need to get one of those old irons for times like these!

Glad you made it thru safely. Lucky you to have something to do while waiting for the power to come back on. Just goes to show the oldies are still goodies. Great job.

How ingenious,

Goes to show you "Where there's a will, there's a way".

It's so awesome that you are so self sufficient! Love the crab block. Glad you are ok after Sandy! :)

I'm glad you're safe and back online. I also love your charming dinning/sewing area. The red goes straight to my heart. We have everything except the iron and I can see I need to do something about that. We don't have huricanes, but we do have storms that occasionally knocks the power out for days. Thanks for showing us how you made the best of a trying situation.

I am with Dunster, needing my treadle closer to a good window. I hadn't really thought about the iron, but have one my ancestors used - its a big deep one that you put coal or wood embers in to keep the iron hot! I think I could manage it somehow, right now it is a door stop and has been for about 75 years. I lived in Alaska in the "bush" in the 70's without electricity, so I have some skills, but we are really spoiled with our conveniences!