Are you without a clothes horse? Discover many alternative methods to air-dry your washing!

Not everyone in the house has a clothes dryer, and it can also happen that you find yourself with a broken clothesline or clothes horse, or maybe you still have to equip your new house with these things - or perhaps you even find yourself staying only for a few days in a house that you are renting and it is devoid of these things.

So where can you hang out your laundry to dry then? In reality, it is just a question of doing a little bit of work and taking advantage of all the support spots that can be found in a home. And by doing so, you can remedy a temporary lack without having to hurry out to buy a new clothesline. We describe some of these ideas below:

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• Hangers: Gather all the hangers you can and find places around the house where you can hang them up. They can be hung on rails, coat hooks and even placed on the top edge of a door. Use the larger ones, avoiding perhaps the thin, iron ones that could leave a rust mark on the fabric (which is difficult to remove).
• Backs of chairs: these are also more useful for light clothes than for sheets or large and heavy garments, but especially if the backrests have horizontal slats, you can use them a bit like a clothes horse to keep the different garments separated more easily.
• The classic washing line: grandma's remedies are always the most useful. On the balcony, or even in a less busy room, you can put up any type of line to hang things on, even a short one will be useful. The important thing is that it is at a comfortable height to reach easily and that it does let make the clothes touch the ground. Also remember to pull the line taut, since with the weight of the clothes you place on it, it will tend to droop and all the clothes will bunch up, take longer to dry and will leave them with many more wrinkles.
• Stair railings or balcony railings: make sure you clean them well first, and if you hang them outside, do it only when there is no strong wind (or find some objects that help you to secure the clothes you are drying, like pegs).
• Hand rails and towel rails: if you have any free hand rails or towel rails in the bathroom you can hang your wet clothes on these. Keep the bathroom door, and maybe even the window, open to prevent moisture accumulation and leave your clothes there to dry.

These are intuitive remedies, but they can be really useful in an emergency!