Hot or Not: Blomus Obar Kitchen Multi Storage
Do you use plastic wrap and aluminum foil in your kitchen? We are trying cut down on our use of plastic wrap, but we still keep it around, and we do use foil frequently. (It's recyclable!) So we're cu...
Posts tagged “Kitchen Cleanup”
Kitchen Cleanup: Mini Robo Vacuum
Now for something completely different. We saw this Mini Robo Vacuum at Fred Flare and couldn't resist. This little droid is a mini-vacuum for your tabletop and kitchen counters, zooming around to pic...
No More Plastic Bags: The Trashcan Liner Conundrum
For years, we've been using our plastic grocery bags to line all our trashcans (including the one in our kitchen). Now that we've been packing groceries in our own cloth bags, we're running out of pla...
Hot or Not: Simplehuman's U-Frame Dish Rack
Counter space around the sink is always at a premium in small and busy kitchens. We never seem to have enough room to let our dishes dry - and we also don't know where to let our wineglasses dry safel...
Cook's Confession: What's Your Messiest Ingredient?
Okay, so it's impossible to cook without making some kind of a mess. (If you disagree, just humor us!) But there are always those certain annoying ingredients that make a mess no matter how carefully ...
Hot or Not? Potato Gloves from Contor Design
We spotted these potato gloves a few days ago and were stopped in our tracks. Gloves? Just for washing potatoes?...
Hot or Not? Oven Liners
Earlier today we talked about cleaning your oven, but now we're wondering - how many of you cut down on cleanup by just using a liner in your oven (or toaster oven)? Do you think oven liners are worth...
Give It A Rest Bamboo Spoons
We've mentioned how much we love our wooden spoons - sometimes the simplest kitchen utensils are the best. Here's a slight riff on the basic wooden spoon, with one potentially helpful modification......
Good Product: Wine Glass Cleaning Brushes
Cleaning the inside bottom of a wine glass isn't easy. And unless you have tiny hands that can wiggle inside, you may want one of these brushes... ...
Fighting Odors: Do You Keep Baking Soda in Your Refrigerator?
This is one of those things we do because our mom did, and we have no idea if it's actually doing anything. Our guess is no, but we still do it — and we found funny little product devoted to the pra...
Faucet Fountain from Tiny Living
It seems like we go through glass after glass during the summer, trying to get our full 8 servings of water a day. Even though we try to use just one throughout the day, it seems like we're always run...
Good Question: Looking For Wall-Mounted Dish Rack
Reader Ann writes: Williams Sonoma has sold all its wooden, wall-mounted, folding dish racks. No more are on order. They would not give me the manufacturer's name. I've searched the internet, but h...
Good Product: Easy Drain Produce Cleaning Net
Take a look at this "floating net" - a very practical small-space solution. It takes up way less room than a colander, but it gives you plenty of space still to rinse all your fresh produce from the f...
Beautiful Kitchen Tools from Labour and Wait
Kristin's post below about the windowbox herb garden in Notting Hill has us thinking about England and all the old-fashioned kitchen tools you can find through a few good companies there. One of our f...
Good Question: Looking for Bright and Colorful Tea Towels
Here's another colorful kitchen question to go along with this morning's paint color advice. This one is from reader Marina, and she's looking for some colorful kitchen tea towels. My teensy kitchen...
Good Question: How to Clean Rusty Dansk Cookware
I have a full set of the Dansk (DANSK IHC KOBENWARE on bottoms) Kobenstyle cookware in navy blue and white that has served me well, but the bottoms of all of the pots and pans have rusted and leave ru...
Good Question: Earth Friendly Kitchen Trash Bags?
I was wondering what you recommend as a good kitchen trash bag. Right now I use grocery store bags. I like to bring my own earth friendly bag shopping with me, but then I am out of trash bags! What...
Good Product: Cast Heavy-duty Aluminum Scoops from Garrett Wade
Garrett Wade is a small company that sells things for shop work - woodworking, tools, camping equipment. They also have a small, well-curated selection of heavy-duty kitchen tools, including these s...
Vote! More 2008 Candidate Aprons
We already covered the Democratic front runners below - want a Barack or Hillary apron to carry you through tonight's Super Tuesday festivities? Now for the other half. Is Mitt Romney your homeboy? ...
Good Product: Coffee Grinder Brush
We've given you tips on how to clean a coffee grinder, but another really useful tool specifically for this purpose is the coffee grinder brush. ...
Bee's Oil and Martha Stewart's China
Kitchen-related design from our network
Here are a few delicious tidbits from around our network of Apartment Therapy home sites. Our cutting boards are not pampered as they should be (they do so much work in our kitchen!) and we're think...
Julia Child Apron
How would you like to have the kitchen goddess Julia Child watching over your cakes and tortes? Check out this limited edition Julia Child Apron. It's a full bib apron with two pockets, and it's han...
Smeg Horizontal Dishwasher for Small Kitchens
How we wanted a dishwasher in our old and tiny galley kitchen; everyday cooking and washing up weren't bad, but when we had a dinner party dishes really stacked up on our limited counter space. This...
Reader Tip: Get Dishes Sparkling with Vinegar
Full homes and big parties mean extra dishes to wash. Reader Rebekah sent in this good tip for getting your dishes extra clean and sparkly. She says: Pour distilled vinegar in your rinse cycle spot ...
Rustic Wire Dish Rack
Do you keep your dish rack out all the time? We do, and that standard white plastic isn't the most attractive part of our kitchen. We just spotted this Wire Dish Rack, on sale at Smith & Hawken ...
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