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I am a huge advocate of using cloth dish towels as much as possible. Paper towels are wasteful, expensive, and terrible for our environment. Paper is however VERY convenient. We do have a roll of paper towels in our kitchen but we go through about 1 roll every 2 months, maybe less. How does this happen with 3 small boys? CLOTH DISH TOWELS!!! I store them in the cabinet right next to the sink in a basket. This way I always have one on hand. I use about 3 a day when all is said and done. Then in the evening after I have cleaned up the kitchen I just throw them into the laundry.
20 Clean Dish Towels: Can you spot them?
Do you need a closer look? Did you find them?
Tada! Clean Dish Towels!
The other thing I LOVE about this system is I don’t have to spend much time folding or arranging the towels so that they look nice. PERFECT for a busy household! All of my requirements are met. Its organized, easy on the environment, and easy on me!
If you use a lot of paper towels try the recycled brands! Seventh Generation is great and available at most grocery stores and Amazon.
Wow. So I already use a cute basket like that inside a cabinet in the kitchen for our dog’s medications and grooming tools, but I was having a hard time deciding where to put all my clean dish towels! Unbelievable. So simple! This post definitely was a palm-to-face moment for me. Thank you for making me see the light!
I had the problem of my kitchen towels always ending up laying on the counter or even the floor, most likely placed there by one of my 4 children or husband
So being the seamstress that I am, I made Hanging Towels, and then will never again be shamed to the floor 
Check them out on my website!
What a great idea! I do use towels more than paper towel but I will definitely implement the cute, out of sight, basket!! Thanks!
I throw those all tiny, cute, “have-to-have” baby wash rags in a drawer in my kitchen (with my cloth bibs) so they are right there to wipe my messy tot down after he eats. I also use them to wipe the table and counter now, too. I find they are even MORE economical because they are smaller than dishrags so you can use several in a day for the same “space” in your laundry as ONE regular dishrag.
I stopped using paper towels for almost everything a couple of years ago. I wish I had cabinet space to put mine to the right of the sink. Mine are underneath our sink in a plastic drawer, so not the easiest to get out. I might need to switch to a big basket under the sink.