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Nifty Thrifty:  My dish drainer tray was just tooo big...soooo  |
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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 Posted - Feb 18 2010 : 08:22:35 AM
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so I got rid of the tray because the overhang was just awful. Got in the way of everything. I had been using kitchen/hand towels with little success. After a round of dishes, they were a soppy mess, and retained odors--and the counter kept getting "mildewy" even after a just a day.
So, last month, I ran across Violet's newborn organic cloth diapers that she's outgrown and thought, "what the heck!!", so I laid two down, seam to seam underneath the drainer,and they absorb and dry in no time. There is no musty odor and I simply pull them up every couple of days, replace them with two from the "fresh stash" and I'm well pleased!!!
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Karrieann
True Blue Farmgirl
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Karrieann
Northeast
Georgia
USA
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FebruaryViolet
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jonni
Elsmere
Kentucky
USA
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Posted - Feb 18 2010 : 08:34:48 AM
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Thanks, Karrieann! I actually thought, "wow! you're really a smartie!!!" for this! My husband laughed a little but he agrees it's a much better solution :)
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Lessie Louise
True Blue Farmgirl
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Carol
PECULIAR
MO
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 05:55:21 AM
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Good thinking! Jonni I remember putting diapers down to dry dishes years ago. I only had a few dish towels and they were dirty. Those diapers worked great, but at the time I was pretty young and fely silly about using diapers in the kitchen. But come to think of it, cloth diapers get used for a lot more than a baby's bottom. Those things are amazing!!
Forget buns of steel, I'd rather have buns of cinnamon!
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texdane
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Nicole
Sandy Hook
CT
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 2:59:05 PM
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What a great idea Jonni! I still use some of my old cloth diapers (they were used as burpcloths) for rags to clean my furniture. They never wear out, and are going on 8 years old! My dishdrainer gets so soggy and gross at the bottom, and I never thought of that. Great use!
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Sitnalta
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jessica
NJ
USA
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Posted - Feb 19 2010 : 3:25:30 PM
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What a wonderful idea. I am so going to have to give this a try. I have lots of those and they are just sitting around collecting dust. (too bad they aren't wiping up the real dust themselves.)
I am going to have to give this a try and hopefully, quit ruining my nice dishtowels! :)
thanks for sharing, Jonni! :D
hugs
Jess
"I have been driven many times to my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had no where else to go." ~Abraham Lincoln
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