Nature's Dryer

by Deidre Woollard (RSS feed)
Feb 28th 2008 at 10:02AM

Sunny spring days are coming and there is nothing like drying your clothing outside. But clotheslines aren't exactly aesthetically pleasing. The new Nature's Dryer design improves on nature by creating a piece of metal landscape art that looks like a leafless tree but can accommodate a load of laundry. The tree is made of steel tubes surrounding a PVC cylinder to create the dryer trunk. There are two levels of branches that have galvanized wire wrapped and twisted around them as tendrils. It is anchored in the ground by using a stabilizing pole. T-shirts and blouses can be hung on hangers and then placed on the branches and towels and sheets can be draped over the branches while smaller items can be woven through the wire tendrils. It sells for $670.

[via Design Spotter]

Tags: design, dryer, green, tree

Filed under: Decor, Green

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jxg Feb 29th 2008 1:03PM

Okay, this is just stupid. Market the tree as art, not a clothes dryer--who would want the pull marks from hangers on the shoulders of their shirt, or the fold mark? And sheets would have such pull marks also. silly.

Andi Feb 29th 2008 2:32PM

I line dry stuff all the time during the summer. I never use hangers but fold stuff over the bars on my air-dryer and rarely do fold marks bother me, especially when it saves me money on laundry.

christifranceday Mar 8th 2008 7:37AM

I will never forget when I did all my laundry at my parents house and someone came and stole all my cloths along with our tent off the line. I still feel it is a smart way to go. Just beware of line theives. I hope those in town can dry their underwear the dryer.

Dee Mar 30th 2008 2:26AM

Can you try to get a few newscaster to follow this trend? I'd like to see this on the news.

I hang clothes on hangers, place along the shower curtain bar in the evening and they are usually dry by morning. Straight to a closet they go. I add humidity to the house (and can lower the temperature 2 degrees) and save the power of the electic dryer.