yep, one of the things I got most excited about when I moved in here was that it has a nice long line across my big yard..

I love the time outside, checking the weather, the clouds, the wind.. and what the birds are up to. I find I am much more in touch with nature, and can predict the weather quite well now just by checking the sky..
(not bad for a townie with two nature-phobic parents!).

although, with small children and being a single parent, I succumbed to getting a dryer too,- for those never stops raining weeks..
but actually for a single wash there is room in the loft (or do you say attic?) to hang clothes.. and as long as it isnt raining/snowing I can hang clothes out even in very cold Swiss temperatures.

and dont forget to give the dryer lint into your compost if you do use one,- its full of lovely microbes.. ;-))

I haven't made this switch yet, but I try to take stuff out of the dryer when they are actually dry, not letting the full 60 min cycle run. I find that I never need to use the "cotton" (hottest) setting. I barely have time to do laundry in the first place, let alone extra time for setting up a drying rack in my little apartment.

Ah, the proverbial kick in the pants I needed. My gear ie: plasticized wire, pulleys and hooks are now sitting on top of my dishwasher (another unit I'd like to use less, alas, a herd of 3 voracious teens foraging constantly wonts for such a thing). I'm planning to get the thing up from the door we put into the bathroom (see my photos) across to a soon-to-be installed post on the coral. It's all a work in progress.

The other pretty cool thing I've seen is a long laundry room with lines strung right across the machines. Here, we don't need a dehumidifyer, as the winters are very dry and cold. Hanging laundry actually increases the warmth, since humidity carries the warmth better than dry air.

Jana, we have those table top ones, but also ones that are free standing, about 4' high. They come in wood or plastic coated wire. I find the latter a bit annoying, bc they are flimsey and come apart easily, when bumped. If I got another one, it'd be wooden. The rods on them are better for not leaving marks on the clothes.

There are neat little spring loaded dealies, like the ones in hotels that you can put across the tub, or anywhere, for that matter. My mother has one outside that tucks away nicely when she doesn't use it.

Thanks for this post.

oh, and sunshine dried clothes smell like sunshine. Ever notice that?