You're making a great effort, and don't let anything I say discourage you because I'm a firm believer in using the line when possible. That said, I love my dryer too. For casual, professional wear, I'm way too lazy to iron (and with 3 little ones, you're most likely way too busy to iron unless it's the way you get your relaxation or something), so those clothes go in the dryer. For clothes where wrinkles matter a bit less (like your kids' everyday clothes), there are a few tricks to hanging clothes to decrease or avoid the issues you mention. Someone above mentioned shaking the clothes before hanging them. I would agree but not describe it that way. It's more of a shake-snap. (Sorta like the thing a big brother does with a dish towel to hit someone with it.) Use two hands and lift it up and whip it down so that it makes a snap sorta sound. (Maybe you can find a video on You Tube??) As for marks, I usually put things on the line (rather than hangers). Where you put the clothespins should be chosen rather strategically. I tend to hang shirts upside-down and pinch them at the side seams. My husband learned (yes! and yes!) to hang them right-side-up and pinch them on the armhole seams. Some things I do use hangers and I often use two hangers and pull them about an inch apart to distribute the weight better. Anything that has a "poor stretchy to heavy" ratio should be laid out flat. Most of the drying racks mentioned above probably have an area where multiple "spindles" are close enough together to use for this. (Sweaters fall into this category and usually tell you to dry flat; jeans are heavy but not stretchy so they do great on the line.) Oh, and socks and underwear (and other little stuff)...I usually use what I call "pinch racks." They have a hook at the top like a coathanger and multiple "arms" (that usually fold up for storage) with permanently attached clothespins. It's much easier to me to hang it near the washer and load it there even if I plan to take it out to the line (which I may or may not do depending on weather, my energy, the phase of the moon;-) etc). Hope that is helpful.

Yes -- another vote for staining within the structure! GREAT design! -- and for fun -- you (and the family and friends) could paint some basic painters' drop cloths with great splashes of bright colors for creating even more "forts" throughout the structure. Jan at Rosemary Cottage Here is a link that might be useful: cabot stain -- just for checking colors

Hi Julie from Denver, I just went running on the trail here as the health club is shut down because of the Corona Virus. So I go out there and this old man told me I had better stop the jogging and this women put her hand on her hip and told me I am just showing off. Thank you for your kind post. It's overwhelming to pay all this money for a house and realize early on I have to move, sell the house, pay the big realtor fees, pay movers. But, I made a mistake and no one knows these things until they live in these places. Yes, Devorah could not attack me fast enough. She can't do the math of how old my parents would be and goes on to say my mother must have been raped at 13 and then says I am an ageist, right after I said she would blame me for what she is doing. This is the thing too, like if they hit your car, you are the bad guy somehow. If you jog, you are the bad guy. If they attack you for no reason, no matter how vile and you can see they are lying, they blame you. I think these older people in the sheltered communities where everyone is old and everyone is white, they have no ability to take responsibility for their actions. I think it is because they have been here for 20 years, they know everyone so they can simply gossip about the newcomer and control the situation. The HOA becomes a weapon people can use to mess with you. I bet I will be hearing from the HOA that it is not okay to run on the "walking" trails soon enough. Yes, I am glad I figured this out early on and I am happy to be leaving. I'm moving to an apartment in Midtown Sacramento May 5th. I'm happy to get out of here but obviously not happy to have to put the home on the market and deal with realtors and movers and all. Are you moving out of the senior community you are living in?

Grandma Jan we do have building codes that I met or surpased. The wood burning stove is double walled itself but I still put it just over 3 foot from the wall plus and now I have used brick (from an old wood mill) going up the wall behind it even though no heat seems to radiate to the wall. It was by accident that I realized what a great drying area that was - because like you - I would have never put cloth anything BEHIND the wood stove. I had our butler and secretary make one of the first trips with me in the very early spring, after I had got word that the lease was finally mine. While I was busy scrubbing walls down and ceilings - John was chopping wood and getting snowed on. When he came in - he hung his wraps on old wooden pegs that were behind the stove. His wraps dried overnight without feeling hot or giving off a wet smell while drying. Marian started hanging the rags and dish towels out to dry there also as we scrubbed and cleaned. I came to the conclusion that it was safe and very useful. Anjabee - I love the idea of the old utensils and will be eyeballing such items for the use. Chucker 30 I would LOVE to find some unusal or fancy turned pegs and will think about how to make some. China cat - a forked branch would be perfect and SO available. I might be able to find some REALLY interesting forked branches. All your ideas are great: shaker style pegs, forged iron hooks and the rest. supply house. I will go look. I have been thinking about the rust/stain you mentioned Red Confetti and would paint the item to LOOK aged/rusted or aged so that it would actually be very clean. Thank you everyone! You have all given me lots of ideas to check out. I will attach a picture when I finally solve my challenge.