Stop Kitchen Towels From Falling With A Safety Pin Hack

Kitchen towels are a staple that adds style and function to any cooking space. Not only does it save your precious countertops and appliances from spills and splashes, the best kitchen towels are made with fabrics that conveniently turn them into practical decor. However, when we simply fold and hang them over an oven bar, for example, they tend to slip off the handles. They can end up collecting dirt on the floor and might leave your handles prone to bumps and scratches. While minimizing kitchen clutter is one way to achieve a more functional workflow in your next meal prep session, tiny inconveniences from this single household essential can lead to total frustration in the kitchen over time.

If you're sick and tired of picking up fallen kitchen towels again and again, we found a simple and easy safety pin hack to keep them securely in place. Here's how it works: First, make sure your kitchen towel is neatly folded. Next, lift the first layer of the folded towel, grab the inner ends, and then secure them with a safety pin. This easy hack conceals the pin while securing the kitchen towel in place, keeping it clean and preventing it from slipping off onto the floor. You no longer have to worry about slippery towels or anybody pulling it down by accident. Fewer kitchen-related inconveniences can definitely lead to better, smoother meal prep.

This safety pin hack is easy and effective for most as it only requires a common household item to keep the kitchen towel in place. While this hack works for decorative towels, it might not work for those that use them often. If you're the type to keep your kitchen towel on hand, over your shoulder, or just by your side the entire time you're cooking or cleaning, you may find it tedious to fold the towel over the bar and insert the safety pin only to remove it as soon as you need to use it again.

Styling kitchen towels can go both ways. Whether you want them to be functional or solely decorative, there's no need to worry if you don't have safety pins at your disposal. Another DIY solution to keep your kitchen towels from falling is to simply tie them over the handle bar. Fold it crosswise in half, drape the middle part behind the oven bar, and then thread the ends to form an elegant knot. If you want to add a little more personality or sophistication to your display, you can use another cleverly folded kitchen towel to create an adorable bow that can hang snug on your appliance bar. For a more practical and convenient solution, try applying Velcro or snap buttons to the towels' inner ends for a quick and easily detachable grip.