Line Drying...inside? - Page 2

[amautik]

Ooh, I like your drying racks!  When DH and I were talking about getting one, he pictured one like the one I have, and I pictured one like yours!  Then I found ours at the yard sale, so his idea won out.

I like the one hanging on the wall too.  I have a lot of similar small items like yours, and it would be nice to have a designated spot for them.

[jimblejamble]

I'm in Utah where it's too cold to line dry from November to March-ish. I use a drying rack for towels and diapers. For clothes, I take a big stack of hangers with me to the laundry room and put everything on there then hang those up on the shower curtain rod in the bathroom. If I'm doing a couple of loads in a day and the first set of clothes isn't dry yet, I'll save any leftover small items from the first load (undies, socks) and dry those with the second load. So instead of having to run the dryer twice, I'm only running it once.

[Arianwen1174]

Originally Posted by amautik 

Ooh, I like your drying racks!  When DH and I were talking about getting one, he pictured one like the one I have, and I pictured one like yours!  Then I found ours at the yard sale, so his idea won out.

I like the one hanging on the wall too.  I have a lot of similar small items like yours, and it would be nice to have a designated spot for them.

Our apartment complex has a community building with a give-away table and we got both of our standing racks that way. The white one is metal with plastic over the bars and is super sturdy, I love it. The cost of the wall rack made up for the free ones (but totally worth it). LOL

[Brambleberry]

We always dry all of our small stuff (socks, undies, etc) inside rain or shine just because it's more convenient not to have to use clothes pins on all that little stuff.  Nothing ever drips on the floor unless I've hand washed it and then I hang it in the shower until it's done dripping.  We also dry our larger things outside in the winter with no problem.  Even if the clothes freeze they still dry through a phenomenon called sublimation.  Ever notice how a thin layer of snow will disappear even if it never gets above freezing? That's sublimation.  It does take a little longer, so if you don't want them out overnight hang them inside.  

One tip we've learned for drying thick fitted diapers faster inside is to put a fan on them on low.  It does take a little electricity, but WAY less than a dryer, and in damp or humid weather our thickest diapers would take almost 48 hours to dry without the fan.

[Paigekitten]

How does everyone dry sheets and blankets?  I used to hang them over the bedroom doors, but I would run out of doors, it dripped on my hardwood floors and I got tired of never being able to close the doors.

[Arianwen1174]

Originally Posted by Paigekitten 

How does everyone dry sheets and blankets?  I used to hang them over the bedroom doors, but I would run out of doors, it dripped on my hardwood floors and I got tired of never being able to close the doors.

A twin-size sheet will fit over one of our racks just right. I often fold a blanket in half so I can drape it over a rack. Throw sheet or blanket over the shower curtain rod (would work with a fixed shower enclosure as well). We definitely toss them over doors but they're two doors we don't close much. I've been known to drape bedding over the couch or such. Bedding is one thing we tend to finish in the dryer more than anything else but I try not to. The washers in our complex wring things out well enough that there are no drips.

[Mum2JocelynAngus]

Good timing on this post, I just sat down from hanging a load of washing! I line dry indoors all winter. I use one of those Ikea racks that someone posted a link to. One rack fits one machine load of laundry. The only thing about indoor drying is that I have room for only one rack, so I have to keep up with the laundry and do one load/day, otherwise we are overwhelmed with damp clothes. We have very dry air here, so things dry fast. 

[wp135]

Originally Posted by sandravb79 

I use something like this: http://www.ikea.com/be/nl/catalog/products/50095091/

When not in use to dry clothes it folds flat and is sometimes even used as "gate" to keep the dog out of certain areas, lol

I have this one and I love it. I can usually fit a whole load of laundry on it. In the summer I use it outside and lay my CDs on the top to sun bleach them.  We use it indoors over a hot air register and put the towels and sheets in the dryer for 10mins to soften up.  Dress shirts get put on hangars wet and hung up so we don't have to iron.

[Imakcerka]

I actually dry a lot of clothes in my Garage.  I have three lines in there.  We have a lot of nice days in the winter so I take advantage of a warm day and do all the sheets and such on those days they get hung up outside then. 

[ArtsyMomma]

I haven't been air drying laundry indoors this year. We just moved to a new house and we have humidity issues, but I line dried everything until about october. For socks and little things like undies I use something like this .... http://www.amazon.com/Honey-Can-Do-Clothes-Drying-Hanger-Chrome/dp/B002M3SP3W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1326330391&sr=8-1    Mine is plastic, but I love that thing. I usually match the socks when I'm hanging them too.