I Love My Laundry Rack

After hand washing my clothes, I wring them out well by hand and then hang them on my laundry rack in my kitchen. I have located this in front of a sunny window. On nice days I open the window and the breeze helps dry everything faster.

The rack is also over a heating vent, so if the furnace or air conditioning is on, that also helps the clothes dry more quickly. One more help is that the laundry rack is located near the ceiling fan, so there is plenty of ventilation and air circulation.

When the items are dry, I fold them as I remove them from the rack, stack them on the table and then put them away. This has become a very efficient sytem of processing laundry, which works well for my small, two-person household.

Quite a lot of laundry can fit on a drying rack. I use the bottom rungs for children's underwear and socks, upper rungs for larger items. If I only have a few things I spread items out as much as I can, because the more the air circulates, the faster everything dries. I usually hook bras or children's panties to the corners. Socks go over the side rails on the top.

If I have a lot of items, I will fold things in half and then turn them over after some time has passed. As items dry, I remove them and rearrange the remaining garments for better air flow.

Generally speaking, the clothes hanging on the top, front rung will dry the fastest. Small items dangling from the corners also tend to dry quickly. The garments in the lower rungs, in the back near the wall usually take the longest, so I try to avoid hanging anything heavy like jeans back there. If things take too long to dry they can develop a musty odor

Another indoor location that works well for a laundry rack is the bathroom. The laundry rack fits inside a standard bathtub or shower. An advantage of this is that any drips go right down the drain. A disadvantage is that bathrooms tend not to have the best air circulation, especially inside a shower stall. Help this by opening any available window and turning on the exhaust fan. You could also hook up a small electric fan or space heater to boost ventilation and speed drying time.

On a pretty day, I move my laundry rack outdoors. If there is rain in the forecast, I might set the laundry rack up on the carport. Even if the day is humid, the air circulating through the wet garments dries them quickly.

If the day is sunny, then you might find my laundry rack set up on the patio. On a sunny, breezy day, most items will be dry in about an hour, about the same amount of time it takes to dry them in a machine, but without the costs!

I sure do love my laundry rack!