How to dry bedsheets quickly without using a tumble dryer
A bedding expert has shared a brilliant hack to help you dry your sheets without needing to use a tumble dryer. With energy bills soaring, many Brits are trying to avoid using big appliances if they don't need to.
Meanwhile, others don't have the benefit of a tumble dryer, so there are lots of people out there looking for cheaper ways to do their household chores.
When budgets are tight, freshly-laundered sheets can feel like a luxury. A cleaning guru recently recommended washing your bed sheets once a week - however the thought of having to get them dried in the colder months seems to put people off.
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A savvy method by Georgia Metcalfe, the founder of online bedroom retailer French Bedroom, encourages people to utilise surfaces around their home - including their hallway bannisters and doors - to tackle their bigger laundry items, reports the Mirror.
She explained: "Bedding needs a large surface area to dry quickly, so drape wet sheets around the bannister to maximise indoor space and allow the fabric to breathe.
"Many will use an airer, but these can be too small to work efficiently for large sheets. You could also create a beautiful scent by using lavender fabric softener in the washing machine as this will act as a diffuser whilst the sheets dry."
The expert also suggested using your doors to aid in drying your sheets - although you should never directly hang your laundry from your doors, as this could damage the fabric.
Home organisation expert Georgia has shared a clever tip for drying laundry indoors without taking up floor space. She suggests: "Place hooks on the backs of doors and even walls to create an internal washing line as this will provide an open space above the floor, then hang up washing to dry.
"This is best to do in spare or unused rooms as there is usually more space or it is easy to move furniture around to fit the line."
However, she warns against using doors directly for drying: "I strongly advise against anyone hanging their linen on doors directly, as often decorators can't reach the top of doors, which leaves the bare wood exposed and may mean that the wood 'bleeds' onto your washing as it dries. There's also a risk that splinters from raw wood could snag the linen."
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