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Cleaning Up:  Vintage-like "telephone pole" clothesline  |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
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Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
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 Posted - Mar 09 2012 : 05:04:06 AM
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We finished up my new clothesline this last weekend. It turned out exactly how I imagined it would look. I can't wait to hang my sheets out on the line. I still need to mow a little buffer zone around it.
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Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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musicmommy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Wendy
Oregon
USA
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Simple Living
True Blue Farmgirl
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Joan
Staten Island
NY
USA
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Posted - Mar 09 2012 : 08:41:07 AM
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hysterical!
Happy Trails
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traildancer
True Blue Farmgirl
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Loyce
Glide
OR
USA
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Posted - Mar 09 2012 : 10:03:33 AM
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I really like that! What a neat idea.
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Mar 09 2012 : 2:16:48 PM
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OMG! I love it! You did an excellant job, looks just like a phone pole! I too want to put up a clothes line but never, ever, ever thought of this idea! You are one cleaver person!
Audrey
.jpg) Good boy Hobbs! I love and miss you. |
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Mar 09 2012 : 2:19:22 PM
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| How cool! Will the clotheslines go over the glass things (can't remember the word right now--resistors?) |
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Nanniekim
True Blue Farmgirl
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Kim
Arizona
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Posted - Mar 09 2012 : 3:33:29 PM
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That is the cutest thing I have ever seen!
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Nana Shirl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Shirley
Kit Carson
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Mar 09 2012 : 4:00:31 PM
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Great job!! you go farm girl!
You can't get a cup of tea big enough or a book long enough to suit me. ~C.S. Lewis |
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Fiddlehead Farm
True Blue Farmgirl
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Diane
Waupaca
WI
USA
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Posted - Mar 10 2012 : 05:17:42 AM
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That is the most awesome clothesline I have ever seen!
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farmgirl sister #922
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I get up every morning determined to both change the world and have one hell of a good time. Sometimes this makes planning my day difficult.
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Bonnie Ellis
True Blue Farmgirl
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Bonnie
Minneapolis
Minnesota
USA
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Posted - Mar 10 2012 : 09:37:20 AM
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They look just like the lines we had when I was a girl. Way to go!
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osbornefarms
True Blue Farmgirl
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Leslea
tn
USA
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Posted - Mar 10 2012 : 5:04:49 PM
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| That is awesome I love it! |
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Bear5
True Blue Farmgirl
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Louisiana/Texas
USA
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Posted - Mar 10 2012 : 9:12:57 PM
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Very cool looking Paula!!!!!!!! I like it. I'd like to see the hanging clothes on it when all is finished. Please, put us a picture. Thanks for sharing.
Marly
"It's only when we truly know and understand that we have a limited time on earth- and that we have no way of knowing when our time is up- that we will begin to live each day to the fullest, as if it was the only one we had." Elisabeth Kurler-Ross |
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Roe
True Blue Farmgirl
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Rosemarie
Tavares
Florida
USA
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Posted - Mar 11 2012 : 01:20:48 AM
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Wow,
That's just so smart wow how wonderful is your new clothes line. Its going to look great with the sheets hanging in the sun. Enjoy |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
1044 Posts |
Posted - Mar 11 2012 : 08:53:23 AM
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I got to try it out yesterday. It was great! I should have taken some photos, but I was a little distracted by other things yesterday, and was sort of just going through the motions. By the time I got one load washed the load I had hung on the lines was already dry with the wind we had. We slept on outdoor fresh dried sheets last night...pretty nice!
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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SylviaE
True Blue Farmgirl
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Sylvia
Wichita
KS
USA
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Posted - Mar 11 2012 : 10:16:26 PM
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Those are insulators.
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ceejay48
Farmgirl Legend/Schoolmarm/Sharpshooter
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CeeJay (CJ)
Dolores
Colorado
USA
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craftingram
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karin
Nashville
In
USA
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Posted - Mar 12 2012 : 06:50:26 AM
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Love it! I want to have a clothesline at the house we're moving to in Indiana, but seeing as there is basically 13 acres of hills I'm not sure if it's going to happen.
Karin
Farmgirl Sister #2708
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Amie C.
True Blue Farmgirl
2099 Posts
Finger Lakes Region
NY
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Posted - Mar 12 2012 : 07:48:03 AM
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Insulators! Thanks, Sylvia.
My husband has a little collection of them...maybe I could talk him into using them for a project like this. So cool. |
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FARMALLChick
True Blue Farmgirl
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Lora
Alexandria
IN
USA
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crafter
True Blue Farmgirl
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lori
Fort Atkinson
Wisconsin
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2012 : 11:20:36 AM
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| That is so awesome!! I love it!! Puts my plain ol'clothesline to shame! |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2012 : 1:50:32 PM
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I got those insulators for less than a dollar each from Etsy. I intentionally ordered a mix of sizes and colors to add interest. This is not my idea originally. In fact, I got the idea from an old, old thread on this forum about clotheslines!!
Here is a photo of it in action. (Yes I still need to mow the prairie grass around it.)
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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acairnsmom
True Blue Farmgirl
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audrey
cheyenne
wy
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Posted - Mar 13 2012 : 4:08:01 PM
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I've been after DH to make me a clothes line for some time now. I just showed him the picture of yours and he said he'd be happy to make me one if he could make one that looked like that! High praise indeed!
Audrey
Good boy Hobbs! I love and miss you. |
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StrawHouseRanch
True Blue Farmgirl
1044 Posts
Paula
Holt
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Mar 13 2012 : 7:04:51 PM
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Audrey, that is so cool! Let me know if you need any specifics on materials and measurements. Since I'm only 5 foot tall, the "telegraph lines" were made a bit lower to the ground than most folks would manage. Nothing at our place is level, so the further away post is actually about a foot taller than the one closer, in order for it to appear somewhat level. That required some of my husband's mysterious engineering magic and plumb lines. The cross pieces are 6 foot long 4 X 4's, and the lines are 1 foot apart from each other on each side of the post. I think I measured about 5 inches from either side of the the outer edge of the middle post to drill the first hole for the lag screw that the insulator and clothesline are attached to. Then every lag screw was 1 foot from the last one. The posts are 12 ft 4 X 6's that were cut so that they were 1 ft above the cross piece. I dug the holes 2 ft deep and we filled quick-crete in around the posts, just like fenceposts.
Paula
Farmgirl Sister #3090
Yesterday is History, Tomorrow is a Mystery, and Today is a Gift.
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BusyBeeMary
True Blue Farmgirl
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Mary
Nampa
Idaho
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Posted - Mar 13 2012 : 7:31:06 PM
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I just showed my husband. I told him I want one too. Moving to the country very soon with 2 acres.. and one of the first things on my list is a cloths line.... oh, and a chicken coop,among other things. I love the look of this cloths line. Thank you for sharing.
To Live a Full life one must LOVE MANY THINGS- Vincent Van Gogh
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Mar 14 2012 : 07:47:46 AM
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that is very cool
the learn as we go silk purse farm
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arabianhorselover
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jennifer
Bedias
TX
USA
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Cleaning Up: Vintage-like "telephone pole" clothesline |
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Vintage-like "telephone pole" clothesline
