Note: The Ref Door Project update will be delayed to Wednesday. Eek! Sorry. Meanwhile, let me update you on another part of my kitchen — the kitchen sink!
My kitchen is waaaay cramped. I hardly have space to dance in! Tsk, tsk. While we can do without dancing in the kitchen, we cannot do without drying our plates! There’s a tiny space beside my sink, but it already holds a tiny cabinet which holds my plates and silverware. So how do I dry everything? With this trusty hanging dish dryer wire rack! (Sorry, I don’t know what it’s officially called.)
How do you use it? Well, just go wash your dishes. C’mon, go. Wash, wash, splash a bit of soap on your shirt — dammit!, sing a song while your sponge goes round and round those plates (in this case, microwavable plastics), wash behind those ears now, oh I meant in between those fork thingies, rinse. Arrange the flatware on the wire rack, and let the rack hang nicely over your sink.
There is a 1-2″ between the rack and the sink bottom so the stuff can literally drip dry. Now go watch TV, clean the house, curl your hair. When you get back after your chores, the plates are already dry. You can opt to wipe ’em before popping them into their cabinets just to make sure.
If you have a teensy weensy kitchen like mine, I highly recommend this trusty hanging dish dryer wire rack. I got mine at Robinson’s Mr. Handyman hardware store, but I’ve seen these in SM and True Value too.
So I guess it all evens out. While I can’t get to dance in the kitchen, at least I still get to dry my dishes! Of course! That is of utmost importance. We don’t want to eat with wet plates now do we? Anyway I can always sing in the kitchen. Now that we can never do without!
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
and I've been blogging at
at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
annabanana
May 1, 2006 at 6:13 pm (18 years ago)tones,
i have the same problem, my kitchen is way too small for me! nakakainis ano? i have a small rack beside the sink…taking up much needed counter space, maybe ill get a hanging rack (the kind that hangs from a cupboard) and free my counter for a mini oven…hmmm, gastos na naman! 😀
mare
May 1, 2006 at 10:08 pm (18 years ago)Cute – eliminates hand drying altogether!
pinayhekmi
May 1, 2006 at 10:16 pm (18 years ago)You’re definitely more dilligent than I am with the kitchen. There are days I just let ’em pile up! I use the dryer on my dishwasher
ate sienna
May 1, 2006 at 10:30 pm (18 years ago)hay naku..ako minsan naiiwan sa sink ang mga pinggan. mga after a day pa ako naghuhugas. ang paminggalan ko??? yung dishwasher namin. (pareho kami ni tintin) hehehehe
vina
May 2, 2006 at 1:30 pm (18 years ago)toni! habol ako sa ref door project ha! i posted it na!
watson
May 2, 2006 at 5:57 pm (18 years ago)Mukha ngang mas hygienic yan Toni kesa sa ginagawa ko ngayon na nilalagay ko sa maliit na planggana yung nahugasan na to drip-dry. Kasi naiiwan yung tubig sa planggana! Makahanap nga rin nyan.
sachiko
May 2, 2006 at 6:49 pm (18 years ago)whew..super mega nice pics you have on this page toni..couldn’t help but scroll down and admire your sense..i love father of the bride too..saw it juz recently and even blog about it..hehe..sentimental me.
i’m using one that is similar to this handy kitchen thing too..dries naturally.
Joey
May 2, 2006 at 8:39 pm (18 years ago)Yes, music in the kitchen is indispensable! And you can always shake your head and tap your toes while singing!
jojo
May 2, 2006 at 9:08 pm (18 years ago)i love the way you make the simplest things fun and appealing!
it took a while before I finally got my dish dryer, but thanks to mother Tin’s ikea card, i got a nice goodsized one at a discount 😉
kat
May 2, 2006 at 9:30 pm (18 years ago)hi toni! i finally posted a pic of my fridge. what a neat project you started here! oh, and great dishrack. i have very little counter-space as well, so this may work in my kitchen. right now, i have 2 dish racks –one for our dishes, and one for baby’s stuff. i wish i had a dishwasher!
Monina
May 4, 2006 at 9:56 pm (18 years ago)So innovative! The only reason we have storage space in our kitchen is because we use the dishwasher to store plates and silverware that we use daily.:)
Denise
May 11, 2006 at 7:19 am (18 years ago)Hi Toni:
Another tiny kitchen must have — The Tiny Kitchen Cookbook series:
The Tiny Kitchen Cooking & Entertaining and The Bachelor’s Tiny Kitchen
More titles to come in 2007! Check it out — http://www.thetinykitchen.com