mamapjama Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Our front entry has a shoe rack and a small coat rack for the boys, but nothing really to hang wet items on. Our back door is a laundry room but we rarely use it. The other day I tried standing an acordian style drying rack over the laundry sink but it isn't the right size so it is very precariously perched. What do you do with your wet mitts and snowpants to allow them to dry but not drip over everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KatieJ Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 When my kiddoes were small, they were instructed to go directly down to the utility room and removed their wet stuff there. I had a wooden clothes rack I left set up during the winter months and they were to put their wet stuff there to dry. Could you place a drying rack over your utility tub?? There are some flat ones for drying sweaters that might work. OUr neighbors put a tension rod across the whole bathroom (they are narrow rooms) and can hang up their clothes there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFSinIL Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Hang stuff in the bathroom - also string a cord in the bathroom or front hall with lotsa clothespins for mittens,etc. We cover the front hall with those dark mats anyway so stuff can drip away. it isn't pretty, but neither is winter with six sets of wet gear needing to dry out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Drape it all over the various radiators of the first floor. Even though there are drips the hot radiator causes the water to evaporate quickly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janet in Toronto Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 We use one of these over our warm air vents for mitts and boot liners (for Sorel-style boots). Snow pants and jackets get hung in the laundry room (AKA the furnace room), or over the rod in a bathroom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaof2andtwins Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 In this house, the kids take their stuff off in the garage and carry them directly to the basement. I hang everything on a line down there. In our first house, with no basement, I hung them in the bathroom over the tub. Jennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LauraGB Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Am I the only one who makes sure they get directly to the dryer, boot liners and all?:confused: I know they'll need them again sooner than later and they won't be dry if we hang them (and I, personally, remember the nasty feeling of cold, damp mittens!), so out of my sight and into the dryer for 20 min they go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hsmom Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 All of ours go to the dryer when they get in, because mine are usually ready to go back out in 20 - 30 min. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cindy in the NH Woods Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 for mittens and hats. http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=3868465 It's made for shoes, but mostly we use it for the wet mittens or boot liners. We put it by the wood stove. ;) Cindy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in Neverland Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Am I the only one who makes sure they get directly to the dryer, boot liners and all?:confused: I know they'll need them again sooner than later and they won't be dry if we hang them (and I, personally, remember the nasty feeling of cold, damp mittens!), so out of my sight and into the dryer for 20 min they go. Me too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garga Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 If they don't go in the dryer, then tension rods in the bathtubs. They have tension rods that are small enough for a shower stall and also tension rods big enough for a regular sized bath. I have tension rods in my shower stall and tub and they come in very handy! They're cheap--like under $10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tree House Academy Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I keep a laundry basket by the door when my kids go outside to play in the snow. When they come in, they strip the top layer off and put all clothes in the laundry basket...that I take pretty quickly on over to the washer. Coats and such we hang on a coat hanger and hang over the bath tub. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ria Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I throw it all in the dryer. Ria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyWImom Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 We have a small laundry/mudroom also, but I had dh put a bunch of hooks on the wall, and that's where they go. And if the hooks get full, they get hung on the doornobs in the laundryroom! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Desert Rat Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I'm sorry I can't resist....what are those? :) We live in the desert and only have to deal with tracked in sand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornblower Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 dryer! We don't get snow much but it rains a lot & I find if I don't dry things thoroughly pretty much every time, things start getting musty & stinky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamaof2andtwins Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Am I the only one who makes sure they get directly to the dryer, boot liners and all?:confused: I know they'll need them again sooner than later and they won't be dry if we hang them (and I, personally, remember the nasty feeling of cold, damp mittens!), so out of my sight and into the dryer for 20 min they go. I don't put mine in the dryer because I would rather not bake the mud into them. Once it has completely frozen it might be okay, but there is a lot of mud mixed into these early snows. Jennie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mamapjama Posted December 4, 2008 Author Share Posted December 4, 2008 Oh I love those drying racks for mitts and the standing one too. I'm going in to the city today so now I know what to look for thanks! We wear wool mitts and hats here so I can't put them in the dryer. I'll start doing that with jackets though. Thanks for all of your ideas! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizzie in Ma Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 And put it up in the basement near the woodstove. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharon H in IL Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Onto the dry rack set up in the dining room, old towels handy for wiping up drips. Doesn't everyone have a dry rack in the dining room? :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texascamps Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 Am I the only one who makes sure they get directly to the dryer, boot liners and all?:confused: quote] Unless they are going right back out, they go right into the dryer, then when dry shoved back into the closet. I did see a neat plastic tray in which you place your snow boots in the house, I guess by the door, that has a lip to keep the melted snow from getting on the floor. I'm really, really tempted to get this so that I'm not so anal about moisture on my wood floors. But I like to attack every situation with the quickest resolution. The dryer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tammyla Posted December 4, 2008 Share Posted December 4, 2008 I detest them! :lol: I never even thought of the dryer and I'm having one of those light-bulb moments here.;) I have a rack and let them drip dry, but we have lots of winter wear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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