How many have an indoor/outdoor laundry clothesline?

I am wondering if there is a way to have the laundry soft. Not necessarily "dryer" soft, but softer than stiff. *LOL*

When growing up my mom always hung the laundry. I have great memories of helping her. She had quite a little system. hehe
We had a nice outdoor clothesline and an indoor one in the basement laundryroom.

When I got a bit older, I loved the smell and the freshness, but hated the stiffness and then rarely hung my own laundry. :(

To me it's something I would like to "rethink". I would like to take a stronger "back to the basics" approach to things.

Sara

I find that if I hang things sort of in half-so the middle of a towel is where the line hits with either side of the towel on each side of the line, it seems to help, I guess because neither side is pulled so tight by the weight of wet fabric. I also don't use clothes pins on things I hang in the basement so I avoid the marks and it takes much less time--There I admitted it and now there are whole rows of old Polish women rolling in their graves, I'm so embarrassed!:)

I just read somewhere a woman wanted to save money on her electric. So she line dried her clothes and if things were too stiff she popped them in her dryer after they were dry for a few minutes to take the stiffness out. I dont mind the clothes being stiff. I hates the towels being stiff. So now I take the towels and fluff them a few minutes in the dryer before we use them. Now thats its cold my daughter also likes if I warm them up in the dryer too :)
~Michele~

I have a couple indoor clotheslines......i dislike stiff clothing too....so i also pop them in the dryer for a few minutes. My younger kids think it is fun to play between the dryer lines......especially if i hang sheets :) I started my indoor lines when the electricity rates went up in the town we live in. It saves us quite a bit now.


Tamara

I hang all but our unmentionables on an outside line weather permiting.
I have a garment rack in my laundry area that I hang things on to dry in nasty weather.
If you throw the clothes in the dryer for a few minutes after line drying it takes the stiffness out. Fabric softener is a must or use vinegar in your laundry rinse cycle. It will soften up clothes and towels just fine and for a fraction of the cost of fabic softener.

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