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That is, however, a very small drying rack. I have somethig similar to this, along with some clothespins to minimize hanging room and very rarely run out of space.

I agree, a bigger rack is in order. Also, some of my clothing can go straight onto hangers and hang on the shower rod to dry.

I made a rack for above my shower/tub. I made a rectangular frame from inexpensive 1x2's, drilled holes in the ends and ran clothesline through them. I spent $1.88 on the wood (Lowes) and $1.00 for the line (Dollar Store).

The frame just rests on top of the shower stall ledge.

It works for me because I live alone and don't have multiple people going in and out of the shower.

If I hang a load before I go to bed, the clothes are dry when I get up.

I have had two large wooden drying racks from Gaiam for years; I set them up inside my home (usually dry stuff overnight so that it isn't in the way). Not only am I saving energy and $$, my clothes and linens are faring much better than they would be having heat blown on them in the dryer. Even jeans and heavy towels are dry by morning. I'm also getting the benefit of some humidity inside my home (I live in a dry climate).

i'm a haphazard hanger, but i did make a purchase recently that helps greatly with the drying rack issue.

target has two versions of a dual shower rod/drying rod. here's the one i got: http://www.target.com/Polder-Duo-Shower-Curtain-Rod/dp/B000ICPH4O/sr=1-3/qid=1218594353/ref=sr_1_3/602-8850559-2256666?ie=UTF8&index=target&rh=k%3Ashower%20rod&page=1

I find it especially useful for hanging my sweaty running clothes every morning without having to get out a drying rack or letting them touch less smelly stuff in the condo.

I bought these little hooks from the grocery store that have a clothespin on the end, so I just hook a bunch of those over my shower curtain rod... perfect fit! Cost me a couple bucks for a pack of six. I saw my friend using clips like this in her tiny apartment in Japan and was happy to find them this side of the Pacific.

I own a drying rack but I frequently use a lot of plastic hangers in random places around the house. One of my cats thinks the drying rack is her personal jungle gym and pulls all the clothes off while she's playing. I suppose I could put it in the bathtub and make a moat around it, but that raises the humidity and drying time.

I use my standard shower rod plus two extra adjustable (tension type) shower rods in my bathroom to dry clothes overnight. For heavy items, I put in small fan on the vanity overnight to increase air circulation. When the clothes are dry, the shower rods store easily in the corner of the closet out of the way.

I have a drying rack from the Container Store that holds a lot of clothes, is reasonably priced, fits in the bathtub when opened (i.e., does not take up any extra space in the apartment), and folds flat behind the bathroom door. And it is not wood, so it does not leave marks on the clothes. Overflow can go on hangers and sheets get draped over the chairs, where they double as kitty tents. My laundry dries efficiently in my apartment.

ikea has a fantastic drying rack and although it's lugged here all the way from china, our last one lasted us 10years before breaking... which hopefully offsets the badness...

i second the recommendation for the ikea drying rack. it's *huge* and holds an unbelievable amount of clothing. when i had a smaller wooden drying rack, i used to have to hang clothes all over the house. now, everything fits on the one drying rack. also folds up a lot skinnier than the old wooden drying rack.

I hang most things from the moulding that trims out the doorways in my house. Also I open the glass shower doors and hang from that "doorway" too. Bras go on the closet door handles :).

I thought this ceiling solution looked like a good idea. Has anyone tried it?

http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/00119042

while not for items that require laying flat to dry, i bought this folding X-frame garment rack from the container store. it holds all my line drying (i use plastic hangers and pants hangers w/ plastic grips), which makes up the bulk of my wash. it's not terribly expensive, simple to assemble, and folds up and tucks away easily (in my case, it lives behind my bedroom door which is always in the open position).

We have this model from IKEA http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/10115963 it looked sturdier in the store than the other model at the store. Our toddler can push it but can't seem to topple it.

It holds a ton.

We have a dinky rack but I put all the shirts on hangers and then hang them on the rack. Seems to work well. Then - when it's time to put them away they're already hung up! Super easy.

Unfortunately I'm lazy enough that whatever doesn't get worn during the week is often still sitting on the drying rack when it's time to do laundry again.

I lived in Russia for a year, and my host family had a washer but no dryer at all. It was an older building, and the ceilings were quite high, though, so my host mother had run a clothesline down the hallway near the ceiling and an entire load could be hung without even causing us to duck. Not necessarily the most attractive of solutions, but it at least didn't take up floor space, and it could be taken down and put in a drawer when not in use.

My drying rack was always in my bathtub & supplemented by hanging items on plastic hangers from the shower bar - and using those funny spidery racks that radiate from a central bar for stockings. Once things are damp, you can hang them behind doors, etc.

I haven't tried the Ikea ceiling one, but lots of people in the UK have ceiling mounted drying racks - they're a good idea because hot air rises, so it's warmer up there.

We're about to put a permanent wall-mounted drying rack in the wall where our gas heater flue is - the wall is warm if we have the heater on, so in winter our clothes will dry much faster.

If your hot water heater is an indoor one, you can create a drying cupboard around it.

I've tried several over the years and the Ikea Frost is by far my favorite. Holds a ton and is very sturdy. Best $17.99 I ever spent.

I got a tension curtin rod and put up in the door way to the bath room ... works great...MAj

I can't believe no one else has posted about these.
http://www.alwaysbrilliant.com/aa/DT-01172009/aspx-products/PID-132/PD-51965/bb/Retractable Clothes Line.htm
I roomed with a couple girls from china at a computer graphics convention and they had a similar portable one that that they hung in the shower.
At a different convention I stayed in a hotel in JapanTown and they had the same things in their showers (but permanent). They worked great for drying my bathing suit. And were practically invisible when retracted. The only reason I don't have one because I don't have a washer either. :P
The girls from china did ALL of their laundry in the sink and had a separate little spinning mesh bag that would fling out all the excess water and they could leave their 'delicates' in to dry. It was like this, but theirs even had multiple layers.
http://www.amazon.com/Mesh-Hanging-Sweater-Dryer-diameter/dp/B0000TQEMO/ref=pd_sim_k_1

Lots of ideas and drying rack options on Project Laundry List. www.laundrylist.org