I installed a hook in the ceiling near my woodstove, and then hung a lightweight chain with 1-inch links to hang wet clothes from. My chain is about 5 feet long, so it holds many hangers.
My sister calls it my “fire dryer.”
Darla Tillinghast
Riva, Maryland
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