Sir Charlie Chaplin in a dumbwaiter.
Dumbwaiters, an incredible help and you can still get them installed in home today.I have played in them as a child, like Charlie Chaplin in the 1st picture.
Did you know that Thomas Jefferson is said to have invented the dumbwaiter. There are 2 forms of a dumbwaiter, one is a table with tiers. The other is the very small elevator type built into a homes wall that has a vertical shaft, the dumbwaiter is raised and lowered ( manually) by ropes and pulleys.
Did you know that Thomas Jefferson is said to have invented the dumbwaiter. There are 2 forms of a dumbwaiter, one is a table with tiers. The other is the very small elevator type built into a homes wall that has a vertical shaft, the dumbwaiter is raised and lowered ( manually) by ropes and pulleys. After 1920, motors were added.
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.
Thomas Jefferson's Monticello.
This is a wine dumbwaiter that was used to transport his wine from the cellar to the dining room at Thomas Jefferson's 'Monticello'.
More dumbwaiters.
This is a picture from ' The Octagon House'. ( see arrow)
I don't understand why with all these 'Mc Mansions' that have been built do not have dumbwaiters. They are certainly available.
Especially in homes with a long walk to the laundry room . If your laundry room is off your kitchen. this would be great, you could use it for food, laundry .........anything.
"When he had any persons dining with him, with whom he wished to enjoy a free and unrestricted flow of conversation, the number of persons at table never exceed four, and by each individual was placed a dumb-waiter, containing everything necessary for the progress of the dinner from beginning to end, so as to make the attendance of servants entirely unnecessary, believing as he did, that much of the domestic and even public discord was produced by the mutilated and misconstructed repetition of free conversation at dinner tables, by these mute but not inattentive listeners. "
More dumbwaiters.
This is a picture from ' The Octagon House'. ( see arrow)I don't understand why with all these 'Mc Mansions' that have been built do not have dumbwaiters. They are certainly available.
Especially in homes with a long walk to the laundry room . If your laundry room is off your kitchen. this would be great, you could use it for food, laundry .........anything.Heck, you could just ride in it . Just think of the possibilities !!!
Would you like your very own dumbwaiter ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbwaiter_(elevator)
http://my.execpc.com/~drer/octagon.htm
http://www.verticalvalet.com/
http://www.abbeyaccess.com/index.php?n=15&id=28
http://www.offthebeatenstage.com/AtmosphereActors.htm
Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her BLOG.....dumbwaiters, dumbwaiters,dumbwaiters
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dumbwaiter_(elevator)
http://my.execpc.com/~drer/octagon.htm
http://www.verticalvalet.com/
http://www.abbeyaccess.com/index.php?n=15&id=28
http://www.offthebeatenstage.com/AtmosphereActors.htm
Renee Finberg 'TELLS ALL' in her BLOG.....dumbwaiters, dumbwaiters,dumbwaiters
I loved this post, Renee! Before we bought WM, we looked at a big old house in the country that had a dumb waiter. I find them rather frightening. Who knows what might be lurking when you open the door! ;^)
ReplyDeleteyes......they can be spooky !!
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I like the name...dumbwaiter. We've had laundry "slots" before...where you throw it in the vent and it goes down to the laundry room...but never a true dumbwaiter.
ReplyDeleteAnd yes...That is my daughter riding...and standing.
linda,
ReplyDeleteyour daughter looks great ....
i remember that exercise !!
xx
Oh- I love the idea of one for the laundry. Now if I could figure out a way to have it all loaded so I would never have to go down to the basement.... I think I'm the 'dumb-waiter'...
ReplyDeleteI agree, they are great devices and have also heard that jefferson invented them. However, I think most homes don't need them anymore as the kitchen is always adjacent to dining rooms. Now that people don't have servants the use for them has diminished. At work here though we put in small sized elevators in most homes (which seems silly but they're useful!). Lately a lot of clients have been requesting laundry chutes too -i'm a big fan of the laundry chute!
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea, I am surprised that they haven't been incorporated more!
ReplyDeleteIn Colorado, with many homes having multi-level with the garage often on the lowest level, a dumbwaiter is quite handy for getting groceries from the car to the kitchen.
ReplyDeleteI have seen dumbwaiters that go from the kitchen area to the basement where the playroom and/or media room is located. An easy way to send pizza, popcorn, or other food and beverages from one level to another. Definitely helps to get dishes and glasses from the lower level to the kitchen after having friends over.
Oh yes, I would love one! But only if I could fit inside as I would have loved to have done as a child!! Oh and I could put Edward inside when he came in the house with muddy paws....just haul him up to the bath!!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE that little tidbit about Thomas Jefferson. Such a terrific piece of trivia!
ReplyDeleteso interesting. I love little nooks and cranny's ...especially sneaky ones.
ReplyDeleteWhat a fabulous post Renee! I love it :) I need one of those baby's for my laundry room!
ReplyDeletexoxo
Judith~
Great post,Renee! You have a very good point - why don't more people have these? Thanks for the sweet comment today.
ReplyDeleteFabulous post Renee! Although with our 5 sons, I'm sure a dumb waiter at our house would have been used more for 'transporting' brothers than food & wine!
ReplyDeleteMillie ^_^
Great post Miss R! Loved the picture of Monticello...gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteBlessings Girl...
OMG,
ReplyDeletethese are the most comments i have ever received.
i am feeling ' THE LOVE '.
NO !... it is I ,
who love YOU for commenting !!
thank you , thank you
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Love the dumbwaiters! Some people we know put them in their new home when they built it and an elevator too!
ReplyDeleteHow fun as a kid to play in them!
I think I am my very own dumb waiter (maybe waitress)! Have a wonderful weekend Renee, xv.
ReplyDeleteI think I am my very own dumb waiter (maybe waitress)! Have a wonderful weekend Renee, xv.
ReplyDeleteI think I am my very own dumb waiter (maybe waitress)! Have a wonderful weekend Renee, xv.
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