Our clothesline is finished, and already sporting a load of whites.
I love that I can put the unmentionables on the middle two lines, and shirts and socks on the outer lines to hide them a bit. I don’t love that the posts lean, but that’s to be expected — they sit in metal squares that are anchored in the ground via long spikes — not the same as burying the posts themselves in the ground.
The posts are 4×4s — Mark used a circular saw to make lots of cuts halfway through each piece (two posts, two crossbeams), then a chisel to break off and smooth the pieces between the cuts. This created two notches so the post and crossbeam fit snugly together. Screws hold them in place. We turned the posts so that the crossbeam is pulled by the lines against the posts.
The lines each go through a little clamp, through an eyelet screw in the crossbeam, and back through the clamp, which tightens with screws.
The little dress that holds the clothes pins - isn’t that the one you bought in Wilber, NE or someone in the Prochaska family gave you?
Comment by Grandma Pro — April 21, 2008 @ 1:18 pm
Yup — unfortunately, I don’t remember who gave it to us.
Comment by Marcy — April 21, 2008 @ 3:22 pm
OOOOOHHHH! Purty! LOVE IT! (((((HUGS))))) sandi
Comment by titus2woman — April 23, 2008 @ 4:05 pm