On visiting the house of a gardening friend for the first time, I was ooh-ing and aah-ing over the planting around the terrace. I stopped in my tracks because there, looking like a small tree in a very bad disguise, was a laundry umbrella-thing, conveniently placed by the kitchen door.
But talking about the laundry tree later, I realized that people are generally “not bothered”–to coin a phrase–about something so trivial. But of course there are alternatives to be had, and even chores can follow form as well as function.
Photograph by Kendra Wilson.
A laundry airer made of wood and cable (plastic-coated for durability). I received one of these for a milestone birthday.
Mine is French; an almost identical Mama Clothes Dryer, a German version, is £220 at The Conran Shop.
Simple wooden clothes pegs. A pack of 50 Beech Dolly Pegs is 6.90€ from Manufactum.
I’ve never understood why a mousetrap-like contraption is needed when the plainest of wood will do.
Photograph via Thistlewood Farms.
A 5 Line Retractable Clothesline is $75 from Urban Clothesline.
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