exposed on the counter or hidden.. where to put the paper towels
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allison0704
11 years agoI bought a handmade ceramic paper towel jar from The Workshop of David T Smith. Sometimes they have sales. The price has gone up a tiny bit since I purchased. Sometimes their inventory is zilch. I'd love to get a second one for my laundry room.
Here is a link that might be useful: Creative Paper Towel Holders
cat_mom
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Comments (14)essdana, I put some olive oil on a paper towel last night and dabbed it on a couple of cornes of the sink cutout I experiment on. It didn't soak in, just sort of sat there. I let it sit there over night and this morning, I wiped it up. Because it didn't soak in, I ended up just sort of smearing it over about half of the top. Then that half actually looked better! Kind of like when I put the wood polish on only half the dining room table, the second half looks sort of "dry," if you know what I mean. This morning, I wiped down the whole surface when I did some leftover dishes-- knives and utensils with wooden handles that don't go in the D/W. It looks pretty much the same now. If you want to do your own experiments, you can get one of those small black cutting boards made by Epicurean. They are literally the same material-- the thinner thickness, I think they are scraps from the Skatelite product they make skateboard ramps from, but the same material. That way, you could test with products more likely to be abused in a bathroom, esp. of a B&B....See MoreCompost bin: on counter or below counter?
Comments (34)Ahhh... wow. Never know what you'll find when you google. There was a thread - many threads no doubt, on this subject but at least one to which I contributed a couple years back. I googled and found this on pinterest, which I've never even visited; it's my kitchen!: http://www.pinterest.com/pin/44543483788641019/ Let me report that a couple years forward I consider my long-standing compost issue a complete non-issue now. All those years buying expensive compost buckets that break, being given wacky devices with filters and odor soakers and the rest .... all nonsense. For me, the solution was simple in the end. I have two sinks. Next to one is built in an open shelf, into which I set a plastic square food-service type bin. They're cheap, about $5 for the container and the same for the cover. They are, therefore, easy to replace for little money, but being plastic and a heavy duty good quality plastic at that, just don't need replacing. I think I have replaced them once in a couple years? Or maybe I just thought about it ... I do find that the opaque and not clear bins are better. Having an open shelf for the bucket makes it easy to just stuff the container in there off the counter when I am overtaken with a rare fit of cleanliness. I usually grab it back out within 5 minutes, but it's easy when the shelf is open like that. I have three bins total, a 4qt one and 2 2qt ones. The 2 qt ones fit, end to end, in the space as pictured on pinterest. It's the top of a totally groovy, very expensive rev-a-shelf double bin trash pullout. The cans are stainless steel and hence worth their weight in gold, evidently. The small sizes work great for me, I think the small container is 10L and the larger is 20L. Here's the piece. On top of that plastic shelf you can make out above the section the bins pull out of, is where I set the two smaller food service bins. Wow, Look at all the products this company has. The bins are called Camsquares, but any food service store will carry them for cheap. My cabinet is taller than the pull out bins need so as to leave space up top on that plastic shelves to set the compost. Those go at the food cleanup sink, the larger bucket at the prep sink. I prefer smaller bins for all of the above and just to take it out more often. Smell is *never* a problem unless I forget that third container back there! Which is just as well, how else would you know there had been an oversight? Do search the archives on GW on this topic. The subject has been explored for years. Some folks have some pretty imaginative solutions, with drawers that have overlids, and inset circles into the counters, etc. For the long haul, I recommend simple=good. Grunge happens and builds up and I think it's better to have cheap, easy, replaceable with time. I scrub my bins every time they come back from a compost dump but still, eventually they get a little grubby. I have nothing invested in plastic tubs, so that's easy to just change out....See MoreWhere to put the roll of paper towels? etc.
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oldbat2be
11 years agoI use paper towels more in my prep areas than in my cleanup area. There are lots of threads on the subject so you may find the solution you want by searching.
Google this: Site:ths.gardenweb.com paper towels
Here's what we did. Prep area (shallow, tiled open cabinet, where we keep the cutting boards):
Baking zone:
Good luck!
Here is a link that might be useful: Link to earlier thread
allison0704
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11 years agoI can tell you what doesn't work for me. I am still looking for what will.
I am cooking more and find I am no longer satisfied with my under-sink paper towel storage. Here is a pic of the one under the prep sink.
It really is easy to just take it out and leave it on the counter while I am working. But a bit awkward to try to tear towels off an unmounted roll.
I considered under cabinet mounts, but I don't like the protrusion, even though part of it would be hidden behind the light rail. I couldn't afford to sacrifice a whole drawer's worth of storage to paper towels, so that wasn't a consideration.
But now, ooooh, I want Cat mom's botanical towel holder. It BELONGS in my kitchen. I am in terminal, grab-the-credit-card lust!
I hope you will let us know what you decide to do.
five4me
11 years ago
Is this 2littlefishies? What is that mechanism she has on the side..
I struggle with having the paper towels in one location. I think about prep space and any other spot.. The moving holders are a great idea but will I be looking around the kitchen for where I left it last? Or DH..
ginny20
11 years agoYes, this is a better picture. The whole top shelf slides out separately from the garbage below. It appears she bought a paper towel holder and attached it on the side.
suzanne_sl
11 years agoWe have a holder much like the Simple Human one from Amazon, maybe just an older model.
This nice thing about this holder is that the tension arm holds the roll well enough that when you pull off a sheet, the rest of the roll stays put, meaning that 5 sheets don't fly off when you just want one. The tension feature works all the way to the end of the roll. I also like the handle on the top for easy easy moving with wet hands.
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11 years agoMaire Cate - what size is the drawer that you keep the paper towels in?
Cat mom - I can go through a roll in what seems like a day. They seem to fly off the roll with reckless abandonment.
That could have something to do with the fact that we do not buy paper napkins and I am grossed out by sponges and 2nd use dish rags. Especially when I can not remember what the first use was. OCD.
My kitchen is very small 12 x 12 and while it pains me to give up the top drawer to paper towels I am all over fishies' garbage paper towel contraption.
I was thinking of putting it to the right of the sink. But then I still need to address the other area. DH is more of a sponge dish rag user so if I put a towel rack near him he should be fine. That spot is really only for veggies.
gwlolo
11 years ago2LittleFishies
11 years agoWe originally had a dowel in my pull out cubby that is pictured above but switched to that perfect tear holder from amazon. (We have used a vertical one like that for years and it works great!) With the dowel the towels came out too fast.
Some mentioned they might be too messy to use a towel holder like mine, but my hands are often messy and you're just grabbing the towel. No need to touch the cabinetry really. To change a towel, yes- but in any case to change the towels you have to touch things to get the new towels, etc.
I LOVE it so far- especially now with the perfect tear system. BTW, our cab guy had to take apart the Amazon holder and attach it. Mostly so that it was at the right height in the space.
Here's a thread on paper towel cubbies I started.
Here is a link that might be useful: My Towel Thread
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11 years agoMy paper towel holder on the side of my island so it uses very little space and doesn't impinge on the cabinets behind much.
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