I also have two drying racks that I place on my deck or in my playroom (lots of sun from the deck) to dry things I want to spread instead of hang or to dry socks, DS's little clothes, etc - it maximizes the clothesline for bigger items.   My playroom between the sun and the ceiling fan is an optimum place for stuff to dry inside.

Another way to hang clothing inside would be to get those expanding bars used in showers or windows and put them inside the door jams. The former owner of our old house had them installed because she hung curtains in her doorways.

I had a clothesline in my backyard, but our overgrown puppy yanked it down.  We now have a portable, expandable clothesline that I've only used twice.  The wind has knocked it over quite a few times, and since I've went back to work (& it's really to large to have inside), the only time I'm comfortable having it out is on the weekends.  It's been raining almost every weekend....

Toni B.:

Another way to hang clothing inside would be to get those expanding bars used in showers or windows and put them inside the door jams

 

I have hung clothes on wire hangers, then put them on the upper door frames. I twisted the top "hanger" part to keep it there. 

Pat:

have hung clothes on wire hangers, then put them on the upper door frames. I twisted the top "hanger" part to keep it there

i have done that so many times ,  just anywhere you could get a hanger to hang is where the clothes went. 

karen kay:

ust anywhere you could get a hanger to hang is where the clothes went. 

Yep, door knobs, window sills, bookshelves... hey, it works.

If you don't have floor space for a clothes rack or can't hang clothes outside (rain or foolish homeowners association), use the airspace in your home instead. The most reliable indoor passive dryer is to buy an additional adjustable shower curtain rod ($6-$11 at Walmart) to span the inside center of your shower(s) or tub(s) parallel to your regular shower curtain rod only do it around 6" from your ceiling so it's out of your way. Hang wet clothes on clothes hangers, than hang half on the new rod, half on your regular shower curtain rod. This is good for items that are sopping wet. As no part of our bathroom exceeds the maximum 7' rod length, we have three extras set up ... one in the tub, one above the toilet, and one in the part of the bathroom that houses just a sink.

If you have a room with a high or cathedral ceiling, I saw this trick in Amish country. Suspended 8' hardwood clothes hanger dowels (the kind in your closet) from big eyelet screws in the ceiling with rope. Drill a hole in each end, string with a sturdy rope (preferably the same color as your ceiling), screw heavy duty eye screws into your ceiling 8' apart (make sure you screw them into a wood rafter or it will just rip out), then run the rope down your ceiling to another eyelet screw, then down further to a drapery or boat hook. It takes two people to raise and lower the drying racks, although I saw one contraption that used pulleys so one person could do it (though the rope on the self-lowering contraption was less than attractive). If you paint everything the same color as your ceiling, your racks will disappear when you're not using them. These devices work great in rooms with cathedral ceilings, especially if you have a wood stove.

WalMart has retractable clotheslines that will span a 9-foot space for around $10. It's like a tape measure, only it's a nylon clothesline you can stretch across a room to a little hook on the other side to hang clothes, than retract later. You can't hang an entire load on it, but it's good to hang a few items that you might not want to have a fold-crease from a rack.