I saw a wooden closet rod mounted to a long bare wall in a laundry room. They hung everything from tee shirts to jeans on that rod to dry. It looks like you might have a long bare wall that you could do the same with.

I was also thanking that long wall would be a great place, you could also put the folding drying racks there and a towel on the floor to catch the drips.

Something like this maybe?

https://www.amazon.com/Rev-Shelf-CPDR-2635-Adjustable-Pull-Down/dp/B002PEGPRQ?th=1

I used a drying rack from from Ballard Design. They don't seem to have the one I ordered any longer, which used to come in different sizes. This one is similar.

https://www.ballarddesigns.com/mae-drying-rack/furniture/home-organization/laundry-organization/650724?listIndex=2&uniqueId=650724&isNewProduct=false

I hang most of my clothes to air dry, so I removed a tall cabinet from the original laundry design and placed the rack in its place. I had the cabinet company frame the opening so I could install the rack inside of it. I also have a fridge in the laundry room and the drying rack is beyond the fridge, so from the hallway you can't see all the hanging clothes which keeps it looking neater.

The rack is 36" wide with tile flooring below. My clothes have usually been spun, so not dripping. If I had something wet and dripping I would just place a towel on the tile floor to absorb the water.

Here is the same rack style in my previous house, in a smaller laundry room. Shown empty and retracted. I placed it in the walkway. Yes it was a bit in the way when fully extended and visible from the hallway, but still worked great for air-drying all my clothes.

I designed my new laundry room to be larger than the old one!

Not sure why a huge need for drip dry and for sure not kids clothes . The newer dryers have a ton of choices for drying so how much space do you really need .IMO any drop down rack should work for those times you need drip dry.

Well, Patricia, I'm sure that when she treats the stains in her kids' clothes she wants to drip dry them to make sure the stain is gone, instead of machine drying it and setting in the stain if it's not entirely gone.

we also hang most everything to dry -so configured our long laundry room with washer/ dryer and sink/ folding counter on one side of room and two drop-down drying racks with rods for hangers( which never get folded up- we use them a lot) on our opposite long wall.

Do you all just drip dry onto tile floor? I guess there is no way to drip precisely into sink—even if rack is above it. Maybe keeping those upper cabinets above sink, putting rack on opposite wall and throwing a towel down is best option then.

My laundry room is super basic but I hang dry everything except undies/socks, towels, and sheets and no water gets on the floor (or in the litter box). Since this pic I’ve added a freestanding drying rack on the left for extra space.

oooh, that’s some major real estate for hanging laundry! Love it!!

I hang clothing to drip dry over my bathtub because there's plenty of room, but when taken out of the washing machine after the spin cycle there really aren’t any drips.

I have a metal closet rod (wide like a wooden one) over my top load washer and dryer. While it's not really "drip dry," I typically just dry shirts/tops for a just a few minutes, take them out and let them air dry on the rod while pants/other stuff continue to dry in the dryer. Bras get hung on a hanger straight out of lingerie bag used in the washer, but they aren't really drippy either.

Something that had a stain and that's been washed, I'll just let drip dry over the open lid of the washer so that I can see if the stain is gone once it's more air dried. I think a rod over your w/d space would suffice for all uses-if something was really dripping water a lot, then just fling a beach towel on the counter to absorb the drips.

Do your clothes come out of your relatively new-looking front load washer dripping wet? We air-dry most of our clothes, I never have anything that comes out of the washer dripping.

A bit off topic… I hang dry most of my clothes too, and I love this thingy from IKEA. I match socks coming out of the washer, underwear, bras, etc. Houzz won’t allow me to post picture.

https://www.ikea.com/us/en/p/pressa-hanging-dryer-with-16-clothes-clips-turquoise-10421217/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=surfaces&utm_campaign=shopping_feed&utm_content=free_google_shopping_clicks_Bathroom&gclid=EAIaIQobChMI1NPI-_qrgAMVpKRaBR32kwcGEAQYASABEgKuXfD_BwE

I've never had "drip" in drip dry, unless a heavy cotton sweater, insufficiently rolled in a towel following a hand wash.

I'd get a stack kit, use low open shelving, take the door off the linen ........you WON'T iron in there, no body does : ) and with so many wash options, easy care fabrics, there's little ironing today. I keep it in a bedroom closet for the rare ironing of clothes. Sheets now and then for fun only. I'd have the sink in front of the window if possible.....and I'd stack the w/d if front load.

Door OFF the linen. The entry door is going to hide the contents

Laundry won't drip if it comes out of a modern washer. For hand wash items, roll in a towel. If space is an issue, look into a retractable clothesline or a pulley drying rack that can be mounted on the ceiling.

OP, my laundry dimensions are similar to yours. Mine is 13x6. Here’s a pic of layout. Plenty of room to move around. Left open space beneath folding counter for large metal hampers. And I agree with other posters that unless you have a mechanical malfunction and your washing machine isn’t spinning properly there should be no dripping from clothes coming out of washing machine. Hanging them on opposite wall shouldn’t cause any water on the floor issues

upper cabinets over w/d all the way to ceiling, under sink cabinet and open storage for hampers or baskets

Drip-dry by definition is removing the item from the washer before spin occurs and hanging it dripping-wet.

Hang-dry means the item is spun to some extent so it isn't dripping and hung to dry (indoors or out) instead of tumble-drying in a machine.

Have you checked out Sheila maids? very cool, traditionally British/European. They’re on a pully system to raise and lower the clothes. I love mine! They vary in pricing (Devol makes a $$$ one), but I got mine on Etsy

we just put a shower curtain rod over the machines and a little higher than the doors of the cabinets over them. i toss all sorts of things to dry over the bar and hang clothes from the dry there as well. I also have a simple towel bar under the window.

I use the drying rack over the sink for small items I don’t want in the drier or items i don’t wish to dry all the way. We also have a closet across from the dryer for hanging athletic shirts and such that I don’t want in the dryer,

On a clothes line outdoors, of course.

I’m finalizing details for new laundry room—must order cabinetry ASAP. My kids stain Lots Of clothes. I’d like NO cabinets over the sink to drip dry lots of hanging stuff but not sure how to do this and make space looked balanced.

- It's a laundry room. Function /use matters 100% more than form /looks. If you really want that hanging space over the sink, order fewer cabinets. Bonus: it'll save money.

- If you go with your original idea, you can have a single open shelf "up high" and the hanging rack underneath ... thus not losing ALL the storage space above the sink.

- What I'd do personally: I'd go with a long hanging rod across the washer /dryer. Full room width. As someone else said, clothes don't come out of the dryer wet enough to actually "drip". I mean, you're not drip-drying jeans or towels.

- If you're concerned about clothing dripping a little onto your machines, consider going with a magnetic ironing blanket instead of that pull-down ironing board. It's a soft ironing board that "sticks" to your dryer /allows you to iron on top of your dryer. You can find them on Etsy, and it's sure to be cheaper than the pull-down ironing board.

Other thoughts & concerns about your laundry room:

- Placing a cabinet over your machines locks you into front-loading machines and makes it super-difficult to pull out your dryer /vaccum out the lint (especially with such a narrow walking aisle), which is necessary for fire safety. And what does the countertop give you? Looks. In a laundry room. You can fold just as easily on top of the machines.

- How much space do you have between the dryer and the cabinet? It looks like the door'll barely open. Consider that you'll almost certainly own a couple sets of machines over your lifetime, and they're are getting bigger -- I'd like to see a little more space here.

- Are you sure you want a sink in this space? New machines have a delicate cycle. How often do you actually hand wash items? I just think the space would be better used for storage.

- If you skip the sink, you could also skip the built-in cabinets /instead go with IKEA cabinets. It'll be cheaper, but -- more importantly -- it'll allow you to change your storage in this fairly small area over the years. You won't be locked into one configuration.

- Where will you place a trash can in this space?

- You have a whole empty wall ... you could add an up-high long shelf (like 6 1/2' high, so over everyone's head) for storage of rarely used things. And you could add hooks underneath it.

A bit off topic… I hang dry most of my clothes too, and I love this thingy from IKEA.

Love those, but only for socks and underwear type things. Most of what I hang is shirts.

Have you checked out Sheila maids? very cool, traditionally British/European. They’re on a pully system to raise and lower the clothes. I love mine! They vary in pricing (Devol makes a $$$ one), but I got mine on Etsy

Oh, that looks nice!

we have cabinets over washer/dryer and washer is top loading. We measured clearance we needed to open washer and hung cabinets up a bit higher to accommodate for it. Plenty of room to maneuver loads in and out of machines and clean lint trap.

I do a lot of hand laundry, and have a rod across my bathtub to accommodate all the drip-drying. I'd like to see a place for that incorporated into a modern laundry room. A floor drain is another thing I would like in my laundry room. I had a flood once when something broke on my washing machine and it just wouldn't stop filling up! Another thing I see in many new laundry rooms is a dog washing station, which I would prefer to be located in the back of the garage, because dogs like to shake when wet, even if you're quick with the towel.