Setting up a clothesline is simple. All you need to do is take a piece of line and attach it tightly between two stationary objects. Then simply hang each garmentfrom one end to the other. Everyone has seen this in the movies, right? If your homeowners association will not allow clotheslines, or you live in an apartment, you can still hang dry your clothes with a single drying rackand a clothes rod. Drying racks are found at discount or hardware stores. Position the clothes hangerrod over the washing machine or somewhere in the laundryroom. Two loads of laundrycan be dried on one drying rack and one two-foot section of clothes rod.
The clothes rod is used to hang clothes that can be dried on traditional clothes hangers. Plastic hangers are the usually the best option. Dress shirts, blouses, dresses, slacks and anything else that is usually stored on a hangershould be neatly positioned on a clothes hanger and then hung on the clothes rod. The same is true for drying t-shirts, pajamas, bed linens, towels, etc. The garments on the clothes rod need to be evenly spaced or else they will not be able to dry.
A drying rack is designed to hang all of those things that can't be hung on a hanger. Start at the bottom of the rack and hang socks, underwear, wash rags, and/or baby clothes. The middle usually carries hand towels and smaller garments, and the top rack is great for blue jeans, sweaters, sweats, pajama bottoms, etc. Any open space on the rack can be filled in with whatever is left over. Maybe there is some space between a sweater and some jeans and then a sock or two might hang there. The drying rack itself is mobile, so on those sunny days it can be hung outside, while in the cold winter months it hangs neatly in the laundry room.
Electric dryers are one of the modern conveniences that Americanshave built their lives around, corresponding to the need for speed in our busy lives. It seems that most people do not want to line dry their clothes because they think it will take to long and is inconvenient. In some cases, they just don't know how to line dry clothing because they have never seen it done. With a few tips, anyone can hang dry clothes and enjoy long lasting, great smelling clothes.
