Kitchen Towels

Jules

Jules

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Do you hang them on oven door handle?

Do you have a dish towel and a hand towel?

Are they decorative?

I have both and they are black or dark grey so they blend with the black oven. I saw a fancy towel in an HGTV house and thought I’d hate to mess it up by using it.
 

I hang mine on the oven-door handle... always have.

Usually change them out for fresh 2-3 times a week.

I have an array of tea towels. I have some old waffle-knits (pale pastel yellow gingham, and pale pastel blue gingham), some terries (mix of festive/Christmas scenes/theme), and a few linens (flowery patterns).

I have a few that I've never used, because they're so nice, I just don't have the heart to put them into service.
 
hollydolly said:
mine are regular tea-towels that match with the kitchen.... I hang them over the radiator....

I have kitchen towels and kitchen paper.. I don't use hand towels in the kitchen :giggle:
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Ours are colour coordinated and hang on a rail at the end of the island unit. The reason we have a hand towel Holly is to dry our hands after washing up, I wouldn't wash my hands in the kitchen sink. We have all of life's creature comforts but I adamantly refuse to buy a dish washer. There's only the two of us, so washing up isn't so much of a chore and we have two sinks, one we use to wash the soiled pots and plates, the second is to rinse and sterilise them.
 
I keep both a hand towel (terry) and a dish towel hanging from oven door and put out fresh ones as needed. How often depends how much each has been used. They are 100% cotton but not particularly decorative, just clean and stain free.
 
horseless carriage said:
Ours are colour coordinated and hang on a rail at the end of the island unit. The reason we have a hand towel Holly is to dry our hands after washing up, I wouldn't wash my hands in the kitchen sink. We have all of life's creature comforts but I adamantly refuse to buy a dish washer. There's only the two of us, so washing up isn't so much of a chore and we have two sinks, one we use to wash the soiled pots and plates, the second is to rinse and sterilise them.
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I dry my hands using kitchen paper.... :giggle:
 
The hand towel hangs from the refrigerator door handle.

The dishtowel dries over the radiator on an old tension shower rod that just fits the nook where the radiator is located.

I have an assortment of kitchen towels but most of the time I use these inexpensive blue stripe bar mops.

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The kitchen towels also fill in as potholders and gigantic napkins/bibs for messy meals.
 
Aunt Bea said:
The hand towel hangs from the refrigerator door handle.

The dishtowel dries over the radiator on an old tension shower rod that just fits the nook where the radiator is located.

I have an assortment of kitchen towels but most of the time I use these inexpensive blue stripe bar mops.

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The kitchen towels also fill in as potholders and gigantic napkins/bibs for messy meals.
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It never even occurred to me to use them as giant napkins... 🤦‍♀️
 
I installed a towel rack, or whatever it is called, on the cabinet in front of the sink. Hang my towels, dish towels and dish rag there. Never hung towels on the oven door, it was anathema at Mom's place. I am a product of my upbringing, so if she would have hung them from the ceiling I'd probably have them hanging there.
 
My grandmother had a rack similar to this over the kitchen sink.

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Nothing matches in my kitchen! I like bright colors and patterns for dish towels.

They don't get a lot of use though, because all my dishes drip dry in the dish rack, and I use paper towels quite a bit.

I hang them over the back of a chair.
 
Some of mine are original from the 30's. Some are copycat decorative towels from 30's prints.
My whole kitchen is tins and original ad signs from that era, aprons, antiques and towels from that era, I even painted my cupboards with cherry and poka dot borders. Corny, i know, but I adore kitchens from the 1930's!
 
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Your kitchen would be fun! Not in the least bit corny. The ones from the 30s must be 100% cotton.
 
Gaer said:
Some of mine are original from the 30's. Some are copycat decorative towels from 30's prints.
My whole kitchen is tins and original sad signs from that era, aprons and towels from that era, I even painted my cupboards with cherry and poka dot borders. Corny, i know, but I adore kitchens from the 1930's!
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Gosh, Gaer, you've got me beat with your 1930's collection.

I thought I was doing well with tea towels from the 70's.
 
When I was a kid the family would make a trip to the USA to buy cotton tea towels and sheets. Not that I was around in the 30s.
 
Gaer said:
Hi Marg! I was just going to message you! Didn't see you around today!
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Awww... what a sweetie, Gaer.

I dropped in this morning, then got busy with a little of this and a little of that, and here I am back again stirring it up. :giggle:

Hope you're doing well and staying safe and healthy and all that fun stuff. 🤗
 
Love the vintage also.

I tend to use the smaller bar towels. I may go through up to 3 a day depending on what I'm doing in the kitchen. I also have some flour sack towels. Also some I knit.
 
I get a kick out of those of you who do not use the nice ones. Yesterday I put out two very nice clean ones and there was a moment I was thinking they were to nice to use. But I got through it and used them anyway. I still do not use the embroidered one hanging by the bathroom sink though.
 

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