What do you do with all your wet clothes?

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We have our on a clothes horse in the living room and it looks awful. No room for a tumble dryer and the landing isn't big enough to put it there. No window in the bathroom so not a great option either.

Downstairs is all open plan so the whole of the downstairs looks awful!
Does anyone have any great ideas?

Get a condenser washing machine/tumble dryer.

What about a ceiling rack?

On radiators and a Lakeland heated dryer upstairs. My bedroom looks like a laundrette!

In a bedroom? And get a dehumidifier or heated airer so it dries quicker. Or you could get a screen to put it behind in your open plan downstairs if that would look ok with your decor? You know, like Victorians got dressed behind.

Mine goes on an airer in the kitchen. I don't really have space anywhere else. When it's good dry weather, I put the airer out on the patio.

Any chance you could put up some cupboards anywhere in the living room to hide a condenser dryer?
Or room in the bathroom for a condenser?

I do sympathise, we had a clothes horse in the living room, but then we had a spare room built and I can move it all in there - I appreciate that's an extreme solution.

Sorry I just realised you are all open plan. I'm afraid I don't have any suggestions!

Clothes horse I the bathroom. Door shut and extractor fan on.

I've got an old-fashioned ceiling rack and can honestly say it's changed my life [saddo]

It probably does work best with a fairly high ceiling though. I'm lucky and have a Victorian conversion with a very high ceiling in the upstairs landing.

Or could you get something like a Japanese-style screen to screen off a part of your downstairs?

We have an airer that moves between the kitchen and an upstairs bedroom/office or even bathroom depending what’s going on.

Clothes in my bedroom on airer next to radiator (means I can't walk around that side of the bed).

Bedding and towels are dried in tumble dryer in the garage.

Can I ask why people are saying “get a condenser dryer” when op said no room for a dryer? Are they much smaller or something?

We have no room for dividers etc, it is pretty small.

We considered a small extension but that is an expensive solution.

I could look into ceiling racks but I am very short which may be an issue.

museumum it’s a washing machine and dryer in one. If you have room for a washing machine you have room for a condenser washer/dryer

My friend has a ceiling rack over her (very high) staircase. It can be moved up and down with a cord. She thinks it's fab as she also has no space for a drier or similar.

Ours is on an airer in the kitchen and on all radiators

@TooMinty Ooh I am definitely pinching that idea just googled and there's some fab ones.

Roomba, I have just searched for that and it looks pretty good. Pricey but much cheaper than an extension!

We have no room for dividers etc, it is pretty small. Does this mean you wouldn't have room to e.g. sit and eat or watch telly if you had a divider? If so, fair enough but if not, I'm not sure how much the size matters. Sorry if I've misunderstood.

I could look into ceiling racks but I am very short which may be an issue. They come with a pulley system so you heave them up and down and secure them with a hook on the wall. I like to pretend I'm rigging a ship Here's where I got mine www.pulleymaid.com

Condenser drier.
Hot air dryer so they’re not out too long. My children had these at university.
Send a couple of loads for a service wash - bedding, towels etc.
Drier in a shed/outhouse.

I have 2 radiator airers on the rad in the kitchen. This is used for tea towels & kitchen cloths. In the bathroom I can fit 2 large tall clothes airers in one corner. I can get 3 or 4 loads of washing on these. My bed sheets & bath towels go over the bannisters & over the bedroom doors upstairs. My house is very warm especially upstairs so clothes will be bone dry overnight. I haven’t had a drier for over 15 years & ive never missed it.
During the summer I use the outside line as much as possible.

DarlingNikita, we literally have the kitchen, a table, the settee and then the patio doors.
Absolutely no room to divide up without blocking off the TV from the settee.

I am looking at those ceiling pulleys. They look like the best option but would have to lower quite a lot as the only place it could go is the stairwell.

I love my pulley! I have mine in my utility room up above everything. Perfect!

Although I also do still have clothes horse, tumble dryer and sock and pants over radiators... constant washings in this house!

I see, OP. Pulley is probably a better option then. You get used to the pulling it up and down.

I have a pulley over the stairs... it’s great. Lowers right down to waist level when standing on landing. From Lakeland.