It's already around 50 degrees here and mostly cloudy most days so I don't think hanging them outside is really an option. I'm thinking of doing the clothesline thing to save on our electric bil. How well does hanging them inside work? I figure I could hang them in the laundry room and on the shower curtain rods?

Yeah, we hang ours inside in the cold months. We do ours in the laundry room. We have a rod in there that they get hung on and it works out well. We also do ours in the bathroom on a shower curtain rod- just don't over do it or the rod will fall.

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I have clothes lines in my laundry area. I hang them inside all year because of allergy issues. They are always dry the next day (I don't have heat in the laundry area). I have an option to have the dryer vent inside in the winter time. My husband cut the duct work and placed a vent next to the dryer. It has a screen that I regularly clean with a little door that flips down when I don't want to use it.

I don't really have room in the laundry area to hang clothes, so i put them on hangers and hang them in the doorways. It isn't very appealing to look at, but it does cut down on costs. I usually do this first thing in the morning and take them down before dh gets home from work.

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I was hanging them in the living room on the curtain rods & on my china hutch knobs & some cabinets knobs. My house looked like it had been through a clothing tornado & I couldn't take it anymore. Then a lightbulb went off----nobody goes into our bedrooms during the day, so I hang them in the room they belong on the curtain rod. When they are dry, i don't have very far to hang them (they are already on hangers of course)

Haven't figured out how to dry towels & jeans during the cold weather yet so they go in the dryer.

For those of you who dry in the house - do you use fabric softener? Mine seem so hard that way....

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I will dry things that take a long time to dry in the dryer by hanging inside or outside and then after they are mostly dry put them in the dryer with a dryer sheet for a few minutes to soften them and make them smell great. I also use liquid fabric softener already in all of my washes. I think it's a huge energy saver!

[quote=Gav05Ally06]It's already around 50 degrees here and mostly cloudy most days so I don't think hanging them outside is really an option.


well where i live it is bout 35 degrees and all my amish neighbors have there clothes hanging outside on there clothes line!!!!! its not for me but it must somehow work, cause all year long blizzards freezing cold temps , there laundry hangs outside every single day!!!!

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I have a big drying rack that holds about a load of laundry that I dry our clothes on. Most things dry over night, the jeans and towels take longer. Right now we are having to use a coin operated washer in the basement so even though it doesn't look appealing to have laundry hung around the house it saves me $1.25 each load. I have heard that it is better for your clothes too.

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I hang outside and inside all year long. If it's sunny (even when it's cold), your clothes will dry outside. heavy items (like jeans) may take all day, but everything smell great when you bring them in! I love to hang my sheets outside ... such a relaxing scent when you can finally fall into them at night!

My laundry area is in my basement, which is large and fairly dry. So in rainly or snowy weather, I have enough clotheslines and clothesbars to hang about 4 loads of laundry at a time. They are usually dry by the next day ... sometimes faster if I run a dehumidifier in the same area.

Clothesbars can be used in any room of the house and store easily when not in use. They are great for kids clothes and small items. Some are large enough to hold adult clothing, too! many people in my area make large and heavy duty wooden ones.

I used to hang all of the little things (socks, underwear, washcloths), but I run out of room inside, so I usually save them all up for one load together in the dryer, and then only on low heat or air dry.

I've never figured out how much I save, but I know it's worth it! So if you don't need dry clothes right away, give it a try!