Simple Farmhouse-Inspired DIY Clothesline

I’ve been dreaming of a simple DIY clothesline for a while now. Today I am sharing ours and the tutorials we followed to build it!

When I think of farm living two things immediately come to mind…roosters and clotheslines. They’re iconic. I’ve got my fair share of roosters around here, but a clothesline was just a dream. My husband surprised me last weekend, and had this whole DIY clothesline project done before I really knew what he was getting into. We followed a couple of very simple tutorials that I’ll link, and I’ll also share exactly what he used to make this dream of mine a reality.

Materials we used:

3 4″x4″x8′ posts – Someone gave us these posts. They were part of a shipping crate and were going to be tossed out! Thankfully they were salvaged, and given to us. To me one of the best gifts is free lumber. 🙂
cotton clothesline
line tensioners
eye hooks
screws and bolts (honestly, I didn’t pay a whole lot of attention to what he used as far as this is concerned. I do know he followed the tutorial fairly closely)
white exterior paint in satin

Tutorials we followed:

Like any DIY project we didn’t follow either of those tutorials exactly. We mixed and matched the parts that worked best for us. For instance, when it came to deciding the height someone told me to be sure I could stand comfortably with my arms at a 45 degree angle and reach the line. Since I’m not quite 5’4″ our posts were slightly shorter than someone who is 5’8″ would need.

I washed my living room curtains the other day and got to test out the clothesline. OH. MY. GOODNESS. They were perfectly warmed by the sun, and made the entire living room smell SO fresh and clean. It made my simple loving heart oh so happy.