Clothes drying rack

[redfox]

http://www.bestdryingrack.com/

I saw this at a fair when I was in Missouri last fall. Just ordered it! I have been through too many flimsy, funky clothes racks, and with fall & winter coming, I wanted one that I could place in front of the woodstove that won't fall over! Even though it's a tad over $50 with shipping, I'm glad I finally ordered it. And it's nice to order from a family business in the US!

[Tussiemussies]

This rack is fantastic and I could definitely see how workable it would be in front of a wood stove. Do also like the huge outdoor one they have too.

[IshbelRobertson]

http://www.pulleymaid.com/Classic_Clothes_Airer

In the summer, weather permitting, I dry washing outdoors. But on wet days and in the winter, I use my traditional kitchen pulleys. Yes, plural, I have two!

I grew up with this style of clothes pulley and confess that one of the reasons I bought this house was because of this revival of a childhood memory.

[CathyA]

redfox...........what a great drying rack! I wonder why no one thought of this style sooner!
Let us know how it works for you.

[Tussiemussies]

http://www.pulleymaid.com/Classic_Clothes_Airer

In the summer, weather permitting, I dry washing outdoors. But on wet days and in the winter, I use my traditional kitchen pulleys. Yes, plural, I have two!

I grew up with this style of clothes pulley and confess that one of the reasons I bought this house was because of this revival of a childhood memory.

Hi Ishbel, for some reason the link you provided isn't working...would like to see it. Thanks,

[IshbelRobertson]

Hmmm... I'm not very good on this iPad! Try keying in www.pulleymaid.com. Mine look like their Edwardian style design.

[Tussiemussies]

Hmmm... I'm not very good on this iPad! Try keying in www.pulleymaid.com. Mine look like their Edwardian style design.

I like that Ishbel, can you make the clothesline as long as you want?

[greenmimama]

That is really cool, My mom had an antique drying rack in her bathroom and it looked just like half of that, hung on the wall.

[IshbelRobertson]

You hang the clothes over the wooden poles. My ceilings are quite high (house nearly 200 years old) so the ropes are already quite long to allow me to hoist the pulley well over head height.

[RoseFI]

This is great! And I got caught up in the excitement of the clothes pin challenge! :D Maybe I'll post it out to our community, which is always looking for a way to start some small scale, eco-local manufacturing. We still have a fair amount of logging and clearing, where all the limbs just get burned which always seems to me like such an incredible waste.

I've been trying to find a good strong city-type rotating clothes line to string between the house and shed (about 40 feet.) The laundry machine is upstairs, so that way I could just hang it out from the second floor window. Anyone have any suggestions?

[Tussiemussies]

This is great! And I got caught up in the excitement of the clothes pin challenge! :D Maybe I'll post it out to our community, which is always looking for a way to start some small scale, eco-local manufacturing. We still have a fair amount of logging and clearing, where all the limbs just get burned which always seems to me like such an incredible waste.

I've been trying to find a good strong city-type rotating clothes line to string between the house and shed (about 40 feet.) The laundry machine is upstairs, so that way I could just hang it out from the second floor window. Anyone have any suggestions?

I would put up a regular T clothesline with the one side as high as your window. The Amish do this too. I would put a pulley line on each side of the T. Had that once and having two lines were great...

[early morning]

redfox...........what a great drying rack! I wonder why no one thought of this style sooner!
Let us know how it works for you. I have two old metal ones from the 1940s that are pretty much the same idea. If I can figure out how, I'll post a pic. (Don't hold your breath,lol). The body is a metal tube, and the arms pull out from the inside through the cap, which is bakelite. The feet fold up also - it's quite small when folded. I'm sure they're not as sturdy, but they have dried two kids worth of diapers, and currently one dries all of DD's lingerie. Ishbel, I am SOOOO jealous of your pulley maid! My ceilings are high enough, but the price and shipping to the US are just too daunting. I wonder if I could just buy the metal ends and pulleys? Hmmm......

[Tussiemussies]

Hi again Rosie, did a search on Amish clotheslines and there was a variety of ways they set up their systems, there was no " one way" so I guess maybe if you went to a hardware store they would be able to give you suggestions on how to make that work.

I did used to live in a community where back porches were on the second story and the all hung their laundry from there with a big long pole standing up in the back of the yard and then I believe it was hooked to the house. So it most definitely can be done....:)

Here is a link as to how the Amish dry their clothes, just scroll down on the page...

http://amishamerica.com/how-do-amish-women-wash-clothes/

[RoseFI]

The body is a metal tube, and the arms pull out from the inside through the cap, which is bakelite.

Bakelite? Sounds like a classic! Hold on to that, early morning -- it will give something for your kids to fight over after your gone (whether they want it, or want to sell it for big inheritance $ on ebay!)

[RoseFI]

I had to forward this on to the members of my women's circle, as we had a long kvetch/strategy session re: getting spouses/partners to do laundry correctly (or do it at all.) Imagine if we had to teach them how to do Amish laundry? :laff:

[Tussiemussies]

I had to forward this on to the members of my women's circle, as we had a long kvetch/strategy session re: getting spouses/partners to do laundry correctly (or do it at all.) Imagine if we had to teach them how to do Amish laundry? :laff:

:treadmill: :)

[Mrs-M]

Neat design. Clothes drying racks IMO are a must have item for any serious homemaker.