Hi all, two things have led me to this post. The first being that I am having an argument with my husband at the moment if to keep my old hills hoist clothes line that is heavy, steel and still functional (my choice) or to replace it with a new design that is light, colapseable and removeable (his choice). I love the looks of old clotheslines, but he wants one that you can wip out and use the backyard without it, what do you think?
I would love to hear if there is a cool clothes line design around.
Secondly I have been reading a lot of articles lately about America (im australian) and your adversion to clothes lines and that they are actually banned in some states. Is this true, or just something that the Australian media is running with at the moment?
I have included two web links. Neither are mine but the new is what he wants and the old is very much like what we already have.
Clothes lines are not
banned by any state laws. You are probably thinking of articles that referred to the banning of clothes lines by "Homeowners Associations" generally in condominium communities or gated housing developments. They have all come about based on reasons of aesthetics. Quite ridiculous agreed. These would be some of the same communities that have mandatory watering schedules and only green grass lawns rather then zero-scape and native, drought tolerant yard design.
I suspect though that lack of imagination and being unenlightened are maladies that occur the world over.
sorry for the misunderstanding I should have done a thorough read....
but what do people use as clothes lines? For me a normal clothes line is one that I have placed in my original post - I am interested what is normal for everyone else? They do take up a large part of the back yard and I would love a clothes line that I could look at and say 'wow, that's a great clothes line'. I know, it sounds pathetic! Surely someone could design one that has beautiful lines!!! (sorry about the pun)
BigTM gave a well spoken...
BigTM gave a well spoken response.
A great dryer is in your photo post. A classic.
Every house has a different need depending on climate and sun exposure.
A quick Google search shows an endless array of choices...
NYC has a bounty of laundry lines from grannies to 20yr olds.
I've line dried for 30 years because i like the crisp feeling. and free.
Some neighborhood that denies line drying is against a basic principle of
human existence; Choice. Chemical lawns, water hogging plants...Mini McMansions.
Now that is offensive.
I think it is frustrating for any culture seeing a ritual as simple as drying clothes
to be thought of as lower class.
The only slick and less yard hogging is a pulley system like i have. Not entirely invisible,
but does take up less space overall.
badd ass dryer
there is one that can only use microfiber clothes, but emits such a high lumin output that it burns dirt off, and it saves space, and looks neat-0. I can't find a link, but you could easily fit it atop stacking washers. Some Brixton company makes it, dunno which, it was almost market-ready probably a year ago. Looks like one of those ergonomic ball desk chairs.
Why hasn't anyone
come up with an outside clothes line like the ones found in many a hotel room bathtub or shower stall. A line encased in a retracting reel that one could pull out, affix to a hook opposite, hang the laundry and when dry, retract the line back into it's housing. Dry clothes one day a week and when done, no more line to look at the other six days.
Stick with what you have ,thurrball...
Time honored, functional and actually a pleasant visual aesthetic. I've got the same basic thing. And I fought my homeowner's accociation covenant for my right to use it. These covenant are actually not defensible in court. My situation never got that far, but my right to the American "Pursuit of Happiness" protect my right to save money and live responsibly. I'm imagining that these stupid 'rules' of aesthetics will go away in the next few years as energy prices and climate awareness increase.
Under eaves
I don't know what your home looks like so I don't know if this will work.
A friend of mine mounted hooks under the eaves of his house and then passed a rope through it. When they dry the clothes, they only skip the rope in front of the doors? so they can go in and out of the house. The laundry is right in front of the windows, but who cares. When not in use, the rope and the hooks just look like part of the eaves.
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