Cheap But Pretty Idea: Use IKEA Dish Towels As Napkins!

Cambria Bold
Cambria Bold
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published Mar 6, 2013
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Looking for a cheap yet pretty way to style your dinner table? Think like a restaurant, and use dish towels as napkins!

While Faith first shared this tip a few years ago, the folks at Turntable Kitchen reminded us of it again in a recent post. The TEKLA dish towels from IKEA are super inexpensive ($0.49 a towel) so you can buy a few dozen at a time. Roll ’em up and tie with a leather string, like Turntable Kitchen did in the photo above, or a piece of twine. It’s a little French country for your table.

Related: The IKEA Kitchen: TEKLA Towels (and Napkins)