A few weeks back Jordan made me this beautiful, sturdy clothesline. I was so excited to start using it! I’ve had little cords tied from porch post to porch post to dry clothes, so this is a colossal improvement in our laundry system.
The posts are from big cedar trees that Jordan logged and sawed last summer, set deep into the ground with concrete. It has six strands of wire – so plenty of room to hang out the entire laundry hamper!
Here it is in action. Notice the full sun?? So nice. My little porch clothesline was in shade almost all the day, so this is another wonderful improvement. I love how the sun fades away stains, and of course speeds up drying time.
This may seem like a simple thing – but it makes me really happy! Marian loves coming out to ‘help’ me hang clothes – she hands me clothespins and says ‘thank you!’ every time. (I suspect she thinks the pins are called ‘thank yous’!)
What things have been making you happy lately?
When our children were younger Mr. G would make another 6′ clothesline coming off the end of the big clothesline but low enough for the little ones to hang up clothes. Sometimes they’d hang up wet clothes that I had washed, other times they’d “wash” them by their self. I bet Marian would be proud to hang her own clothes up! Your clothesline looks wonderful, simple joys!
What a fabulous idea for the mini clothesline! Thanks for sharing!
Looks fantastic! I always dried in the shade to prevent fading I never really thought about using it to fade stains in a modern context. I do use it to bleach my reenacting whites though. Really lovely, I’m having a lot of fun keeping up with your progress.
It’s a lovely clothesline. I really like mine as well. It’s a five line retractable that is mounted to our deck and I attach to a post in the yard. Our yard is small so I didn’t have any other options for placement. Hanging out laundry is one of my most simple and enjoyable activities.