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[VAN DELL JORDAN <vdjor AT yahoo.com>]

-- On Mon, 1/12/09, EarthNSky <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net> wrote:

>   I was wondering if anyone here had any thoughts or
> suggestions of
> design for wooden, indoor, clothes drying racks.

We had a retractable close line to hang on one wall, pull the cord out and 
hook on other wall until done using.  depends on where you put it in what 
room, whether it was in the way.
 
My mother hung clothes outside all winter unless it was actually raining,  
then she hung them in my bedroom, a larger large room in the back of the 
house.  Either in or outdoors clothes would often "freeze dry"  you could 
pick up a towel by one corner and it would be stiff as cardboard until you 
folded it up.

I've wondered about a line on pulleys, one end in the laundry room and the 
other outside.  It would enter the house through a very narrow opening that 
could be shut once the clothes were outside on the line.  You could stand 
inside to pin the clothes on the line and roll them outside until all is hung 
up,  then close the shutter to the opening.  Taking the clothes off the line 
would be the reverse of that.
Van Dell