Comments on: Clothesline of my Dreams http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/ Sun, 14 Mar 2010 00:00:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: (not so) Urban Hennery » Blog Archive » OLS Week 7 and More http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-7665 (not so) Urban Hennery » Blog Archive » OLS Week 7 and More Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:06:14 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/#comment-7665 [...] There was no line when we moved in, and until 2 weeks ago the weather has NOT been very conducive to using one regularly. I was procrastinating putting one in because the best spot for it is in the middle of the back yard. Not really where I wanted it. But then, a few weeks back Charlotte wrote a post about her new (fancy) clothesline. I clicked through to see what else the website she used had and found the perfect solution. [...] [...] There was no line when we moved in, and until 2 weeks ago the weather has NOT been very conducive to using one regularly. I was procrastinating putting one in because the best spot for it is in the middle of the back yard. Not really where I wanted it. But then, a few weeks back Charlotte wrote a post about her new (fancy) clothesline. I clicked through to see what else the website she used had and found the perfect solution. [...]

]]> By: cmf http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-7374 cmf Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:20:03 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/#comment-7374 I'm really loving my line -- hanging clothes is one of those activities that makes you slow down a little in a nice way. And I'm hoping that what I save in electricity will help offset my summer water bill for the garden. But unlike our Meadowlark up there -- I don't have abandoned-laundry-syndrome! I’m really loving my line — hanging clothes is one of those activities that makes you slow down a little in a nice way. And I’m hoping that what I save in electricity will help offset my summer water bill for the garden. But unlike our Meadowlark up there — I don’t have abandoned-laundry-syndrome!

]]> By: Laura http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-7370 Laura Mon, 07 Jul 2008 23:51:58 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/#comment-7370 Thanks for the link! I've been meaning to get a line up ever since we moved in, but none of the hardware stores around here carry them. I just ordered the retractable 5 line one with the pole so that I can get it set up between the garage and the chicken shack. Can't wait! Thanks for the link! I’ve been meaning to get a line up ever since we moved in, but none of the hardware stores around here carry them. I just ordered the retractable 5 line one with the pole so that I can get it set up between the garage and the chicken shack. Can’t wait!

]]> By: Meadowlark http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-7151 Meadowlark Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:13:52 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/#comment-7151 CMF... I think it's a combination of things. Yes, I think he does see it as a bit of a 'white trash' thing. He also remembered the stiff clothes and sheets the last time I tried it (maybe 10 years ago?) and finally figures that it's a lot of work and won't get done. Now, before you guys talk about what a timesaver it really is, you have to know that I'm a bad, bad, bad person who takes stuff out of the dryer and puts them on the table in the basement. Where they SIT until I'm ready to wear them, and I either iron them or throw them in the "electric ironing machine" (aka: Dryer again with a spritz of water). So I waste TWICE the electricity and have a basement that is constantly in shambles. The point being that the "timesaving" tip doesn't really count for me ;) CMF… I think it’s a combination of things. Yes, I think he does see it as a bit of a ‘white trash’ thing. He also remembered the stiff clothes and sheets the last time I tried it (maybe 10 years ago?) and finally figures that it’s a lot of work and won’t get done. Now, before you guys talk about what a timesaver it really is, you have to know that I’m a bad, bad, bad person who takes stuff out of the dryer and puts them on the table in the basement. Where they SIT until I’m ready to wear them, and I either iron them or throw them in the “electric ironing machine” (aka: Dryer again with a spritz of water). So I waste TWICE the electricity and have a basement that is constantly in shambles. The point being that the “timesaving” tip doesn’t really count for me ;)

]]> By: Kristi http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-7141 Kristi Thu, 26 Jun 2008 19:41:04 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/#comment-7141 When I was a kid my Aunt Sonie had a cool clothesline that ran from her front porch out to a large tree across the yard. It was the kind that looped around a pully. On the Fourth of July she would fly a big flag on it. We have a clothes line and I do love to use it but have been very lazy about it this summer. My fibromyalgia is flaring up and making my knee and back iffy. The only problem I have yet to figure out how to overcome is the dog hair. Just can't keep the dog hair off. When I was a kid my Aunt Sonie had a cool clothesline that ran from her front porch out to a large tree across the yard. It was the kind that looped around a pully. On the Fourth of July she would fly a big flag on it.
We have a clothes line and I do love to use it but have been very lazy about it this summer. My fibromyalgia is flaring up and making my knee and back iffy.
The only problem I have yet to figure out how to overcome is the dog hair. Just can’t keep the dog hair off.

]]> By: cmf http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-7140 cmf Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:24:21 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/#comment-7140 Meadowlark -- what's your husband's objection to a clothesline? I'm always curious about these things ... is it the stiff clothes? or the perceived class issues? I have to say that after sleeping last night in my line-dried sheets, I may never go back to the dryer for sheets again (well, I guess I'll have to in winter, frozen sheets would suck). Meadowlark — what’s your husband’s objection to a clothesline? I’m always curious about these things … is it the stiff clothes? or the perceived class issues? I have to say that after sleeping last night in my line-dried sheets, I may never go back to the dryer for sheets again (well, I guess I’ll have to in winter, frozen sheets would suck).

]]> By: Ivy http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-7139 Ivy Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:06:47 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/#comment-7139 Thanks for the tip, C. We were just discussing rigging up some sort of line in our backyard, I just hate running the dryer! Of course there's a whole website dedicated to such endeavors, I should have known! Thanks for the tip, C. We were just discussing rigging up some sort of line in our backyard, I just hate running the dryer! Of course there’s a whole website dedicated to such endeavors, I should have known!

]]> By: Meadowlark http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-7137 Meadowlark Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:20:29 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/#comment-7137 Juniper pollen here. Which is a shame, since we're also in the "it's a dry heat" zone. I say that like the husband would even CONSIDER a clothes line. I have so much work ahead of me with him. sigh... :( Juniper pollen here. Which is a shame, since we’re also in the “it’s a dry heat” zone.

I say that like the husband would even CONSIDER a clothes line. I have so much work ahead of me with him. sigh… :(

]]> By: cmf http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-7136 cmf Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:44:38 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/#comment-7136 That pine pollen can really be a drag -- I also bought a little retractable clothesline for the basement for winter -- I haven't put it up yet, and I probably won't use it for everything, but it'll be nice to have the option. I have a little rack as well, but the dogs always seem to knock it over. That pine pollen can really be a drag — I also bought a little retractable clothesline for the basement for winter — I haven’t put it up yet, and I probably won’t use it for everything, but it’ll be nice to have the option. I have a little rack as well, but the dogs always seem to knock it over.

]]> By: Jennifer http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/comment-page-1/#comment-7135 Jennifer Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:13:34 +0000 http://livingsmallblog.com/2008/06/25/clothesline-of-my-dreams/#comment-7135 We recently moved into a new house, one of the prime virtues of which (for me) was its large backyard with some sun: I could have a clothesline! However it turns out that we have a great deal of ponderosa pollen which is making everyone in the family sneeze, and the clothesline as I've hung it holds only 1/2 a load of laundry, and finally the automatic sprinklers barrage it every-other-morning at 6am -- if I forget to take the clothes inside, I have to wash them all over again. So I haven't used the line but a few times. Instead I dry our clothes on a rack in the basement. Our basement has negative humidity, I think, so it works -- but I was really looking forward to a pretty, billowing clothesline! We recently moved into a new house, one of the prime virtues of which (for me) was its large backyard with some sun: I could have a clothesline! However it turns out that we have a great deal of ponderosa pollen which is making everyone in the family sneeze, and the clothesline as I’ve hung it holds only 1/2 a load of laundry, and finally the automatic sprinklers barrage it every-other-morning at 6am — if I forget to take the clothes inside, I have to wash them all over again.

So I haven’t used the line but a few times. Instead I dry our clothes on a rack in the basement. Our basement has negative humidity, I think, so it works — but I was really looking forward to a pretty, billowing clothesline!

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