And yet another with same problem. I do have a towel bar on the side of my little kitchen island. The WRONG side. You can see it in this photo. But where I need a dishtowel is over by the sink, of course. I don't really want a hook there by the sink, even though I guess you could put one on the right cabinet side by the sink. And under my sink, we installed a paper towel bar on the cabinet door. That's not the Best spot for paper towels either, but you can see that I have the tiniest little bit of counter space and don't want to give it up for a free-standing towel holder. Please don't roll your eyes at me............but........I just put my folded dish towel on the counter. Yes, it's true. Right there to the left of the sink, I usually lay a dish towel. Not when I'm having company of course. With company I have a pretty one hanging on the bar on the island. But if I'm cooking for my company and they are there, sitting in the bar chairs, or sitting in the chair by the window, ...then, I have so much stuff out on my meager counterspace anyway, pots on the stove, and salad being fixed on the island, that one little crumpled dishtowel thrown onto a corner of the counter doesn't even make a blip on the radar. Nothing like about 6-10 people draped all over a dinky kitchen space to help obscure a little faux pas like that! Next kitchen will have a hook. I promise. But for now, just pity me. At least I have a deep drawer by the sink for my stack of ready to use dish towels. Red

Paper Towels: On a vertical stand next to my sink. I like having them handy. It is an inexpensive one from Target. In the past, I had them hanging under the upper cabinets. After we remodeled, I needed a new solution. I didn't think the countertop one would be stable, but it is and I really like it. I enjoying being able to grab the whole roll and take it to another room if I need to. Wet dish towels: I have a Rev-a-shelf hanging rod thing on the inside of one of my cabinet doors under the sink. I only use it occasionally though. Usually I have a dishtowel folded in half laying/hanging right on the counter where I stand at the sink. I use it for drying my hands, fruit, dishes, etc. throughout the day. It dries quickly. I have a dish drainer on one side of my double sink, so anything I hand wash usually just dries in there. If I've entertained and have extra hand washing with more dishes on a towel on the counter, then those go on the racks under the sink until they dry. Sometimes if I have one that is really wet and yucky, I just throw it on the tile floor in my laundry room (closet). It is the only tile I have in the whole house (I like to take advantage of it.) :) Cutting boards: In a vertically divided cabinet in one of my lowers. Plastic bags: I donate them to a food bank, so I throw them in the trunk of my car until I see my friend who takes them for me. :)

For thirty years, when I had one too many wet dishtowels, I threw one over the top of the door to the hall, a veneered hollow core oak door that stands open most of the time. If anyone reading this is also a practitioner of this trick, be ready to see the veneer de-laminate right at the top middle of the door on both sides, unless you urethane the heck out of it. But it's handy!

Am bumping this forward. Do you have a magnetic towel bar in use? Any opinions on it? Is it "classy" enough to go with the rest of your kitchen? I would attach one to the refrigerator on its open side and one on my dishwasher, if workable. I literally have no other space along the runs of cupboards wider than 9 inches and am reluctant to mount over-the-cupboard-door ones which would position towels at my waist to knee level when I'm working at sink.