I'm always championing hanging your clothes to dry, but if your clothesline doesn't look as picturesque as this, I don't blame you for avoiding it. Enter the HERO-365 DR-1 Drying Rack (inquire for price). Its lightweight, powder-coated aluminum, white and yellow frame has an adorable, retro, cutout trellis pattern. Each of its bars rotate outwards, allowing you to hang as many wet items as you Read more

If the Spring weather has you using your clothesline again, try this quick trick for making your job faster. Take a few seconds to clothespin your socks together in pairs. This way, when you take your clothes off the line, you can immediately roll them into pairs, cutting down on the amount of time you spend folding and organizing your fresh, sunshine-dried laundry. Read more

Spring breezes, combined with Spring cleaning, are perfect excuses for abandoning your dryer for a clothesline, don't you think? The windy weather provides quick drying, and clearing out closets while Spring cleaning has probably yielded an old dress and a few wire hangers. Don't toss or donate them quite yet. Save a hanger and a dress to make this cute clothespin bag. It's super easy to whip up Read more

French photographer JR is known for his political art installations, but that doesn't mean every picture he captures is rife with controversial content. Sometimes, the message is more subtle. While JR may simply be showing us the gorgeous colors and patterns of the clothing on this line in Monrovia, Liberia, I, of course, will use the image to urge you to create your own fabric art installation Read more

People across the world are again drying their clothes on clothes lines, as a way to cut energy costs and contribute to conservation. According to the New York Times, some of these savvy washers are finding themselves on the wrong side of the law. Places like Ontario, Canada, still ban clotheslines, which can be an eyesore in affluent communities. When families purchase their homes, the Read more

Did you know that you can reduce your energy bill by an average of $75 to $100 a year by switching to line drying? That's right: Electric clothes dryers are huge energy users, and you can save money as well as energy and reduce your carbon profile by hanging clothes on the line to dry. And now that it's Spring, your clothes will smell superfresh as well. Source Read more