Keep Kitchen Towels Neat And At The Ready With This Smart Hardware Solution

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There are so many ways you could hang up your kitchen towels. Stash 'em on a wall hook. Stuff one end of them into a drawer and close it. Or drape the towels over the oven handle. All those solutions work when you're in a rush, but if you want a more permanent solution to help you style your kitchen towels, then take a hint from the last suggestion, and consider using appliance pulls.

One option is to use those appliance handles you already have –- on the oven, for example. As the handle is in the horizontal position, it makes it easier to hang kitchen towels on it. It also makes this hack to add more storage to your kitchen, a no-brainer because you don't have to spend any money on it.

But, this isn't to say that you can't expand on this. You can. Nowadays, some appliance handles aren't just the screw-on kind. There are also adhesive and magnetized handles, like the self-stick adhesive cabinet handles from the Young Dance Store, or the magnetic door handles from LEVOSHUA, respectively. The adhesive-based handles will stick directly onto a cabinet or your pantry door. As for the magnetized handles, you can easily adhere them to the front of the fridge horizontally. Or, they can be hooked onto your cabinets, the pantry door, or drawers with a little help from some magnetic tape squares from the Niuknow Store.

Lack of storage counts among the most prevalent problems in kitchen design. If you're a homeowner and have the budget for a refurb, then more storage options are available to you. If you're a renter or you just don't have the budget for a revamp, then you have to find other options to help you solve your towel storage dilemma. Using hardware, like your oven handle, gives you more options. However, the single oven handle you have may not be enough. That's why the appliance handles that are either stick-on or magnetized, offer more options.

Aside from being inexpensive –- they'll set you back just $10 to $15 — they're also not permanent. So, if you're renting, it'll probably take you less than 15 or 20 minutes to pull the appliance handles off the cabinets, pantry door, or fridge before you leave your rental. This option allows you to create rental-friendly storage options that won't mar the cupboards or appliances and prevent you from getting your full deposit back.

Finally, these kitchen storage options can also be part of a kitchen makeover. For example, a polished stainless steel handle would reinforce an industrial design decor when it's hung on a pantry door that's made of repurposed wood or that has been painted with black chalkboard paint. Or, if you have no pantry door, make it a key feature of a message wall you've painted with chalkboard paint. And since appliance handles are usually longer than drawer pulls, you'll have enough room to hang two or three towels in your revamped kitchen area.