Of course, some of us have grown and moved out since then, but none of us thought there was anything strange about having one or two racks of clothes drying in our bedroom. She insists on spreading clothes and towels out to dry, so every towel went over two dowels on a rack, or a pair of jeans went over two dowels – this helps the air circulate better and probably prevented any sort of mildew smell.

The great benefit in the winter is that this was a free humidifer. And in the summer, we didn’t have AC, so the clothes would dry pretty quickly in the heat. I don’t think that the extra humidity in the summer was noticeable.

A regular chore for the older children was hanging acres of cloth diapers to dry outside – which we complained about, but really wasn’t a hard task at all.

I guess my point is that, unless you expect your bedrooms to look like they belong in a home decor magazine, there’s usually some real estate that can be put to use for drying purposes.

Some people would probably complain that air-dried towels can be a bit scratchy, but you can’t beat them for absorption rates! You could dry off with one of those scratchy things in about 10 seconds. We all got used to them.

I now live in a tiny studio apartment and – go figure – part of my precious floor space is usually taken up by a drying rack.

Thanks Sayward.

PS-New reader saying hello. :)

@ Margaretha – Thanks deary, and good luck with your move!

@ Ian Tearle – They are kind of lovely aren’t they? =D

Good idea though, my wife brought something similar, a hook with two plastic squares with plastic clips on, £3.99 from Sainsbury’s (UK).

Its still definitely art…

I love your hanging racks though- and such a great idea for limited space!