We're loving this Eat At Home dishtowel! It's been appearing here and there in shops around the web, and we like its vintage forthrightness. It should be right there with the "Wash the Dishes" towel on our wall. More

A faded old bedspread will certainly do just fine for a meal outdoors. But if you're having a garden party or want a special set of linens just for picnicking adventures, check out these lovely picnic blankets! More

Here in Boston, the first crocuses are starting to bloom and we're starting to feel confident that spring might actually be here to stay! Want to bring a little spring into your kitchen? Check out these lovely dish towels being sold on Etsy... More

We like this simple storage idea from a recent house tour: store your tea towels out in the kitchen, rolled up in a wire basket. We love pretty, colorful tea towels, but since we can't have them all out at once, they are tucked away in a drawer. Putting them out on display keeps their color in the kitchen all the time. Read on for another photo of this bright kitchen and teatowels. More

Last week, Faith asked where you hang your kitchen towels. The answers ranged from "over the edge of the sink" to "on the oven handle," typical places I've hung my towels, too. But inspired by the post—and a fancy hook I hadn't found a use for yet—I hung a hook the other day. Seems like a pretty small thing, right? Let me tell you, it has made a huge difference. More

One of our favorite online shops is Toast, an apparel and home goods shop in the UK. International shipping is a doozy, so we look and don't buy, for now, but we do find their kitchen things very inspiring. Here are a few favorites from their current catalog. Taken all together, they inspire us to sit down this afternoon and have a proper tea. More

We are fans of BUILT NY's bright, stretchy, and well-made wine totes and lunch bags. We've mentioned their cute lunchbox and their picnic duffel too. Now they're expanding into kitchen tools as well: they want to help you make your lunch, not just carry it. More

On cold mornings we like to sit down in front of the computer with an entire pot of tea. Our little teapot doesn't do such a good job of keeping our tea warm, and we've often thought about getting a tea cozy to keep our pot hot all morning. But most tea cozies we've seen just aren't to our taste: too gaudy, too much crochet, a little too country-kitchen. Then we saw this one from Inklore. More

We love this apron idea from the US-based company Just Perfect, which adds a zip-off towel along the bottom of a regular apron bib. What do you think? More

We've been noticing a lot of fresh, pretty tea towels by independent designers. They're an inexpensive and often colorful way to spruce up your kitchen. We have started thinking of them as calling cards or entry points for good designers; if you can't afford a pair of pillows or a full-on art print, you can probably still get a tea towel! You can use them to decorate, even in a rented kitchen; or do as we do and cover your television with that great "Do the Dishes" towel from Showpony.

Here's a gallery of ten favorite tea towels for decorating, gifting, or spreading across your holiday tea tray. More