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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Ciéra Cree

How to make the most out of the space on your outdoor clothesline – 6 simple tips

Washing on line.

Summer is here, and what better season to switch off the dryer and let the fresh air dry your clothing! It’s a picturesque kind of scene – fresh bowls of fruit lining your kitchen counters, sitting on an outdoor bench reading a good book, fresh linens fluttering in the slight breeze. Who wouldn’t want to put their laundry out on a clothesline, saving themselves time and energy better spent enjoying the day? Moreover, if you're at a loss as to how to dry clothes in a small space, drying them outside is a no-brainer!

If you’re anything like myself or millions of people across the world, though, when exploring how to do laundry, you won't really have a battle plan for storing three loads of laundry outside. So, how does so much laundry actually fit on a washing line? If it’s a straight-across sort of line, are any clothing items able to overlap? And if it has many sections, are certain items designed for certain parts of the space?

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