Thanks for that awesome reply! As the rain sets in again as Fall comes here in Oregon, I’ll be referring back to your advice for indoor drying. That was really helpful with lots of useful advice. Thank you!

I hang my clothes on an indoor rack because I don’t like the “fresh” smell of line-dried laundry (it smells like dogs who’ve been playing outside to me).

I can answer some of the questions you had for Beth.

What to hang the laundry on – I have two clothes racks (I dry about a load per day). I recommend the ones with painted or plastic-coated bars because the plain wood ones can get a little mildewy. I have one of each, and they have both lasted over a decade.

I’ve also heard of people hanging things on hangers and then hanging them on the bathtub rod. I’ve also heard of people suspending an additional rod over the center of their bathtub.

Where to get drying racks – You can get these at normal housewares stores like Target and Walmart. They look sort of like giant wine racks that collapse down into a simple-to-carry shape.

Any issues like excessive humidity drying indoors? – Two issues. First, if you keep the rack too close to a wall (like 3 inches away), you might start growing mildew on the wall.

Second, it can take a really long time for clothes to dry in the winter. But you can drastically reduce the drying time if you put the rack under a ceiling fan set on high. (I assume that using a box fan would also work.) You can also reduce drying time somewhat by flipping the clothes over when the tops are dry to expose the still-damp side. If you do both these things, then even on a cold damp day, even towels can be dry in 24 hours.

On the other hand, if you hang things on an outdoor line on a sunny, breezy day, your clothes can dry just as fast as they do in the dryer (or maybe two dryer loads if you have jeans and towels).

Other hints: smooth out your clothes before hanging them and they’ll dry with fewer wrinkles.

And the crunchiness seems icky when you first touch something, but once you put it on, it feels fine. It’s not like wearing an overly starched shirt or anything.

And I find that anything with elastic or spandex (swim suites, undies) lasts a lot longer than it used to, probably because heat breaks down those fibers.

Also, there’s no chance of forgetting not to put something in the dryer and having it shrink.

What I hate is how some of my clothes attract lint from the other clothes. That’s the thing that would tempt me to stick my clothes in a dryer for a few minutes at the end, but I don’t have a dryer.