Doing a fall cleaning of sorts today and took a break on my back patio, watching the guy who lives behind me hang his laundry on a clothesline. Watching his clothing gently swaying in the breeze, I thought about Ring's laundry hanging out and got to wondering why I don't get myself a clothesline. It's green, so it'd be the right thing to do. Plus there's nothing quite like the smell of sun-and-breeze dried fresh clothing.
I remember when I was a kid thinking it was the poor folks who couldn't afford the new dryer that hung out their laundry. It was considered an eyesore and frowned upon during the yuppie years. The only time I'd ever hung out laundry was when I had my first apartment and we had one outdoor coin washer and no dryer. If it rained I was screwed or had to bring my laundry to a laundromat.
Now I have an HE dryer and I can set it so that it doesn't overdry and destroy clothing as quickly, but why do we never hear about the comeback of clotheslines? Are we stuck in the stigma? Is it too time consuming?
So I'm going to look at just how complicated it would be to install a clothesline for myself. Save some bucks, fresh smelling clothes. I admit that I may not use it every time I do laundry. But when I'm home on a day off and the weather's just right, I can definitely do this.
Thoughts? Tips? Ideas?
I do have a tip, too. If you haven't discovered them, for your
dry clean only stuff, those dry cleaner sheets can definitely save you a lot of money. Ranging from $10 - $20, a box can dry clean at least 40 or so clothing items total. One sheet does 4 - 5 items in about 15 minutes.
