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.
Clothes horse in front of the heater is preferred among them.
We also have a line under the shed which does well except when it's really cold and damp.
I also have a movable clothes rack which shirts on coathangers tend to get hung on in the spare room. If I want them to dry faster the coathangers get hung on the end of the clothes horse in front of the heater.
But we also have a clothes dryer - we do use it from time to time when things are banking up or we just CBF.
For the last 10 years my clothesline was in the verandah & I just left stuff on there for a couple of days if necessary. We moved in November & I was so excited to have a clothesline out in the sun. Its rained almpst every day for the last month - I have 3 airers full of washing & shirts on coathangers hanging off the bookcase & I chuck things in the drier after a day or two to finish off when I have the next load ready to hang.
On a clothes airer in the lounge if we have the heater on. When we turn the heater off to go to bed, we move it into our computer room and turn the fan on. Uses less energy & dries just as well that way instead of using the heater!
I've got 2 big clotheshorses and I also use all of my chairs including bar stools. I use the chairs mostly overnight though and the warmth from the heater gives them a good helping hand to dry. My favourite trick is to have the clotheshorse in from of a sunny Nth facing window to use free solar energy so it ends up in the boys bedrooms often!
I hang it out on clothesline if it's not raining and it will sit there for a couple of days if not needed. Otherwise I bring it in semi dry and put on clothes horse in front of heater to finish off, get dampness out.
When it's raining and damp my lounge / dining are lost under clothes horses and hanging stuff and when desperate or lazy they go in dryer.
Towels generally go for a finish in dryer to get them nice and fluffy.
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and when desperate or lazy they go in dryer.
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