Customers Are Loving This IKEA Dish Rack For Its Compact Size And Versatility

Dish racks aren't typically cool. Whether you use them to dry plates after doing the dishes or if you slide them into a cabinet to help organize your kitchen, they're not the star of the show. But some homeowners looking to sneak fun and color into the smallest corners of their kitchens are raving about IKEA's yellow RINNIG plate holder ($5.99). This dish rack is simple by design, but its unique color turns it into a modern and sleek piece of interior design. It's compact, versatile, and users are raving about it.

This is, in terms of shape, a basic dish rack. It's entirely made of metal, with a base and simple upwards prongs. The rack has nine angled slits where you can fit plates, lids, or baking dishes after doing the dishes. It's small and light, so you can easily fit it onto a plastic dish drainer, a dish dryer mat, or by the side of the sink. However, it's worth noting that this rack is much smaller and lighter than some other dish drying racks. It's a great option for anyone who has a dishwasher and needs to hand-wash a few things on the side, or for a single person who does dishes for one.

But the real advantage of this rack is its versatility. This rack is perfect to help organize plates, flat baking dishes, or lids in cabinets. Because it's aesthetically pleasing, it can be used to display plates on a shelf, too. For example, use it to showcase the valuable vintage dishware you found at the thrift store and only rarely use. Users have found many other ways to adapt this dish rack, using it to organize mail, records, and makeup palettes. 

Users say the design is perfect for items that they need to hand wash, like container lids: "I've been using it for our pyrex snapware lids since we hand wash those and it's been so helpful. Due to the angled nature of the prongs, the lids are able to fully dry off since all the water just runs right off," one customer wrote. But that's not all, users are also finding unique ways to use this rack in the kitchen. One person said they use it to dry off parts of their coffee makers: "I place the lid of the water tank, the removable plastic filter and the lid of the glass jug vertically between the coated metal rods for draining. Nothing scratches and no mold formation in the machine. Great!" 

And while this find is perfect for drying dishes, it can do much more. Customers praised its versatility, saying that they used it outside of the kitchen to store flat items, too. One person said they use it to store their makeup palette, and even paired it with the SKADIS pegboard, one of IKEA's most highly-rated best selling products. It's not clear how the user attached the dish rack to the pegboard, though you'd be able to use hot glue, Command strips, or pegboard hooks to do it. Another person wrote a review for the product saying they use the rack to organize their records. Online, others have used this rack as an organizer for mail and letters, which you can place on a counter or table. All in all, this review for the rack sums it up: "Versatile and very affordable."