How to dry your laundry indoors in even the tiniest of houses

Home of the Year winner Jennifer Sheahan shares her many tried-and-tested tricks for drying clothes when space is tight 

Brabantia's retractible clothes line, available from The Organised Store in Dundrum.

As the owner of a small home, one of the things I honestly did not plan well enough for is laundry space — specifically for drying clothes. Back in the heyday of low energy prices, I bought an A-rated washer-dryer and considered the job done. 

While this appliance fits neatly in my kitchen and actually does a great job of tumble drying clothes — the first washer-dryer I’ve ever come across that does so (Hoover for anyone interested) — the energy cost and impact of tumble dryers is just too high.