There are some areas of your home that are high traffic but seldom get the TLC they deserve. The utility room is one of those rooms. Today it is entering the spotlight when we delve into the ten things to declutter from your utility room.
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It sounds like clothespins.
It seems they are indeed Marion. Thank you for letting us know. Ingrid
Lesley, one of the reasons I love listening to your podcasts is your lovely Yorkshire accent. "Scullery" pronounced in Yorkshire is a divine word 🙂
Aah that's so kind, thank you. I'm actually Lancashire just over the Pennines but I'd almost impossible to tell sometimes. Scullery is indeed a fab word. Thanks for listening Liz x
I think you’re talking about “clothespins.”
Thanks for letting us know.
In America, we call pegs clothes pins. 🙂
Thank you Amanda.
Clothes pins in America
Thanks Paula for letting us know.
Clothes Line and Clothes Pins
Thank you for letting us know.
We call them clothespins in the US. 🙂 Not a lot of people hang clothes outside to dry where I live in Montana. I use them outdoors on a line in the summer months, but hang clothes to dry inside using hangers on a wooden dowel above my washing machine the rest of the year. I use clothespins as “chip clips” to seal packaged food more often than I use them for clothes.
Hi Amber, thanks for letting us know! I use pegs as well to seal packaged food, unless my kids have eaten all the biscuits and there is nothing left!
Hi Lesley & Ingrid,
It's a clothespin in USA. I lived there too and was the only person with my washing on a line.
My Grandma used wooden dollypegs and I used to paint faces on them. I still have some. Grandma also told me never leave pegs on the washing line as that is lazy and they will rot but if they were spring pegs the metal piece goes rusty and leave marks. So I always keep mine in a fabric shoulder bag ( actually one a friend brought me from Cyprus with Greek design. ) which is easy to reach into and it lives on a hook on the inside of my back door. Especially if there is a sudden downpour and I have to run out and gather my wash off the line. Not uncommon here in the UK. As you said at the beginning, not all homes have a utility room or area.
Ann 🏃🏼♀️🌧
Hi Ann, yes I agree about the pegs rusting, so that was very sensible advice from your grandma. I love that you used to paint faces on them as well. How cute!