We have a camping clothes line (looks lik a normal clothes line but smaller & folds up) I hang everything on that & put it in the spare room if we have the ducted heating on or the dining room if its not on. If we need something urgently I stick it in the dryer but I try not to use it if I dont have to
i use a combo of the dryer and a clothes horse - depends on how quickly i need the clothes! - We have ducted heating so i usually put the clothes horse in our spare room and close the door and open the vent on the ducted heating
A clothes airer/clothes horse. And the 6' long baby gate. And the backs of chairs. Shirts and blouses are put on hangers and hung from the archway between the sitting room and the kitchen. When we were in a tiny studio flat, the airer and the bath were used.
I also put emergency clothes over radiators just so they get that little bit more heat. But if it's dry and windy, so long as it's above freezing the washing goes out. Gives it that little bit more help.
I have two clothes horses, it takes at least a day and a half (or it did in our old house) for things to dry on them. In our new place we have a wood fire so I'm hoping that will dry them faster as I average 2-3 loads every couple of days, that's nappies and clothes, so not including towels/sheets etc.
I'm thinking we might need a dryer this winter because of the sheer volume of washing I'm doing now, but will wait and see how things go before we purchase a money muncher like that!
Unless it is raining I hang out what I can so it can get mostly dry. If it is needed then it goes in the dryer on a low setting to finish off. Otherwise it goes on a clothes horse next to the heater. DH hates the clothes being inside, but he had realised that cost wise we can't throw it all through the dryer.
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