English Countryside · Storage Room: Laundry and Odds and Ends

A utility room in a cottage. The floor is brick, and the walls are whitewashed rough lime. A deep white ceramic sink is used for washing large items, above which is a wooden drying rack that can be raised and lowered from the ceiling, with a few sheets and shirts hanging on it. Along the wall are old, off-white painted wooden shelves, holding washing soaps, brushes, a zinc bucket, and a stack of folded cloths. In the corner is an old-fashioned roller wringer, an ironing board, and a basket of clothes to be mended. An apron hangs behind the door. The window is high and small, with light slanting in and illuminating the suspended white cloths. The entire space is in use.
Avoid: using modern washing machines and dryers, making the space neat and tidy, using plastic storage and modern shelving, making the drying clothes disappear.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

一間小屋的家事間。地是磚,牆是刷白的粗糙石灰。一個深的白陶槽用來洗大件的東西,上方是一根從天花吊下來可以升降的木製晾衣架,掛著幾件床單與襯衫。牆邊是漆成灰白的舊木層架,放著洗滌用的肥皂、刷子、鋅桶與一疊摺好的布。角落有一台老式的滾筒擰乾機、一個熨衣板與一籃待補的衣物。門後掛著圍裙。窗是高而小的,光斜射進來照在懸掛的白布上。整個空間是在使用中的。避免:使用現代的洗衣機與烘乾設備、把空間整理得整齊乾淨、使用塑膠收納與現代層架、讓晾曬的衣物消失。