Say Goodbye To Kitchen Towels Falling With One Simple And Stylish DIY Solution

When you hang your kitchen towels on your oven, you expect them to stay put and look pretty. They should be ready to dry your hands the second you step away from the sink, and also stay in place to show off the pattern or design that made you fall in love with them in the first place. But the sad truth is that kitchen towels constantly fall off the oven, or get pulled down by kids, leaving you with two options: keep picking them up and rehanging them, or toss them on the countertop where they're less likely to slip. It's a vicious cycle that never seems to end, until you try this simple and stylish DIY solution that only requires a bit of handiwork.

Start by folding your kitchen towel in half – but keep it loose, not perfectly flat. Drape the middle part behind the oven bar so the two ends hang down in front. Then, pull the middle section behind the bar down just enough so you can thread the two hanging ends through the loop that's created. Pull both ends through and tighten to form a knot around the bar. Loosen it a bit for style, and you're left with a kitchen towel that actually stays off the floor and on display without constantly falling or being pulled off. And if you're worried your little ones might tug at the towels with this new and improved way of hanging them, you can always engage the oven's lock feature to keep them from opening it.

You can achieve the same knot-like look that keeps your kitchen towels from falling just by twisting them a little differently. Fold your towel evenly over the oven bar with one piece draping in the front and the other in the back. Start tying the knot by bringing the back piece around the front to form a loose loop, but before you pull it all the way through, stop and keep it within the knot formed around the oven bar. Then, pull down on the front piece that's still hanging to tighten the knot. This way, the back piece you looped through isn't showing. Finally, push the loop snugly around the oven bar and stretch out the bottom piece of the towel so it looks neat. Same look, just a different bit of handwork.

While this hack might not work as well with towels that have large holiday or seasonal graphics that need to be fully stretched out to see, you can still use it for your festive ones. Just choose towels with scattered designs, like fall leaves, pumpkins, or Christmas trees, so the pattern is still visible even when the towel is tied up.