Where do you hang your kitchen towel?
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Comments (18)In the past I always hung my towels on the oven or refrigerator door. In this house though, the fridge and the oven are both quite a few steps from the sink. Tired of dripping water on the floor, my husband asked me to place towels closer to the sink area. I have a corner sink with a raised triangular ledge right above it that is the perfect spot for a towel stand. Since I had already placed a decorative lamp there, I wanted a towel stand that was both attractive and shorter than the lamp. I went on amazon and found a copper finish metal fingertip towel rack that was just the right height. Also, since my decor is french country, it complemented some copper pieces that I already had. The link below is for a different sized rack, but you can get the idea... Here is a link that might be useful: copper finish fingertip towel stand...See MoreWhere do you hang your dish towels?
Comments (37)Mnerg, I hang towels on a simple long handle like Threebees, only it's a regular drawer handle that's even simpler and shorter (holds any kitchen towel folded in half lengthwise). It does NOT match my other, regular handles--but no one notices because of the towel hanging on it, and that's what I wanted to point out. The handle is the same metal as the others and has simple bent ends with no mass or detail to stick out and grab attention. BTW, I have two. One is also on my garbage pullout next to the sink. No matter how messy my hands are, it doesn't matter with a towel always there. But the other is on the inside of my island right where my hands get messy 95% of the time. When I think of the things I did right in this kitchen these little details always leap right out....See MoreWhere do you keep your kitchen towels, all ye in modern kitchens?
Comments (27)One towel (for drying hands) hangs on my sink front. Not visible from our family room, as the island hides it. The hanger is a self stick V-shaped "hook" (no hanging loop necessary). I didn't want to take the risk for the adhesive to mar the high gloss front over time, so I pressed a (non adhesive) removable vinyl piece on the front, and pressed the holder on that. My dish towels live in my Lazy Susan corner cab which is next to my sink cabinet. I chose the Ikea Lazy Susan over the corner pull-out specifically for the 5" of "wasted" space between the rotating shelf and the cab sides. So on the sink side I've installed a telescoping towel bar that holds 4 towels easily. I think the same bars that sjhockeyfan above installed in her dedicated towel cab. I'm really glad that for reaching the towels, we only need to open half of the double-hinged door. As opening and closing both of the hinged doors is a bit more awkward. But 90% of the time the door gets opened for access to the towels. So no problem. No problem with the towels staying wet either. Corner cabs are huge and Ikea cabs are not at airtight. The towels dry quickly. Peeps heere on GW typically don't like Lazy Susan cabs and recommend against them. I love mine. It's perfect for storing small appliances, and what other cab offers two 5"x 30" vertical storage spaces? On the other side of the Susan shelf we keep an oversized tray and a huge over-the-counter/sink cutting board. Plus I keep a foldable stepstool and some other odd stuff underneath the bottom rotating shelf. My Lazy Susan cab should be called "Efficient Susan". She works really hard for us :-)...See MoreWhere do you put your dry, dirty towels before you wash them?
Comments (12)With only two of us, it takes a while to get a load of towels and washcloths together. I picked up a smallish steel white enameled hamper/wastecan that has two rounded decorative rubber bands, one at the bottom, one at the top next to the rolled steel rim. It is rather old-fashioned looking, and you would expect it to say its purpose in fancy print on it, like, "Laundry" If the washcloth is still wet, I either hang it from a towel rack until it is dry, or hang it on the side of the can....See MoreRelated Professionals
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8 years agoI use an over the door towel holder but put on my pull out pantry which is right behind the sink. I put felt pads on the back where it rests on the front of the door because it was a bit too wide for the depth of the door, and to protect the front from scratches.
simplifyingmylife thanked crcollins1_gw- 8 years agolast modified: 8 years ago
I have on the wall next to the sink a stainless horizontal paper towel holder that is open on one end. I fold two dish towels over it and hang a dish scrub brush from it.
It's all color-coordinated. :-)
simplifyingmylife thanked Jane - 8 years ago
I love my dancing cows towel rack. It gets knocked over occasionally. One guy has lost a horn.
simplifyingmylife thanked Aliceinjersey 
8 years agolast modified: 8 years agosimplifyingmylife thanked raee_gw zone 5b-6a Ohio- 8 years ago
I love the towel cows! I'm picky about counters with stuff sitting on them so my towel hangs on the pull on my garbage pull out so it's accessible from both sinks (prep sink is just out of view here on the island), though I'm in the kitchen A LOT so mostly when I'm cooking the towel sits on the island counter corner shown in the photo so I don't have to go to the extra effort of reaching down so often for the towel. I rinse/wash my hands very often while cooking and prefer dry hands when working. If I'm cooking for big party, I tuck the towel in my apron ties.
When planning the kitchen, I expected to buy a large towel bar and install at the end of my island cross from the DW. (The DW has been replaced since.)
I couldn't find a towel bar that coordinated well enough with my RH pulls so I skipped the towel bar. If RH had a matching appliance pull, I would have bought it for this spot.
simplifyingmylife thanked breezygirl 
8 years agoI use this cheapey little plastic gizmo I've had for more than thirty years. My GCC was horrified when I put it on the side of the prep sink cabinet in my brand new kitchen, but I love it. It holds three towels out of the way and my husband doesn't have to fold them (he has better things to do than fold dish neatly, or so I have been informed).
I can't remember where I got it. I might have brought it home from Switzerland. Maybe Conran's decades ago in Philadelphia. I stuck it on with heavy duty double-sided tape this time.
I found some similar towel holders on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Master-Class-Professional-Stainless-Triple/dp/B0001IX1Z2
https://www.amazon.com/Tatkraft-Strong-Adhesive-Triple-Stainless/dp/B019WKREPC
simplifyingmylife thanked algeasea- 8 years ago
I bought this kind of towel rack from Amazon. I didn't want to hang anything over the wood finish of the cabinets, and hanging it from my dishwasher handle just didn't work--it would drag the floor when the dishwasher was opened. My sink is in my island, so no walls nearby. I knew I would never be good about hanging it under the sink, so this works for me. The brand I got is pretty "stiff", I have the two rings folded up all the way so my standard kitchen towels can hang without dragging on the counter.
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simplifyingmylife thanked ravencajun Zone 8b TX- 8 years ago
I have this towel "hook" that I bought at a local artisan's cooperative in the town where my daughter lives. I like having something close to the sink, but DH would rather drip across the aisle to use the towel at the end of the island that is hanging on a large pull.
simplifyingmylife thanked leela4 - 8 years agoThis is actually a toilet paper holder that I screwed into the bottom of the upper cabinet. It is next to the sink.
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