12 Dollar Tree Items For Organizing And Displaying Kitchen Towels On A Budget

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Have you ever reached for a kitchen towel only to find that it's already fallen to the floor or become buried in a crumpled heap in a random drawer? Or worse, you discover the bulk of your kitchen towels are hiding somewhere in a mountain of dirty laundry? The right storage and organization methods can prevent this from happening, and luckily there are tons of affordable Dollar Tree solutions that can corral dish cloths at a fraction of the price of standard home retailers. This discount store has a plethora of bins, baskets, hanging organizers, storage solutions, and DIY-ready goods that can be used for tidying everything from rags to decorative tea towels.

To get started, consider where you typically store kitchen linens and where it makes the most sense to have them accessible. This will factor into what types of storage to look for at the dollar store. Simple examples include adding a $1.50 towel rack to a cabinet door or using a basket of the same price range to store cleaning cloths on a shelf. For more budget-friendly ideas, check out these 12 ways to utilize Dollar Tree products to organize and display your kitchen towels without spending a ton of money.

Place three separate bins under your kitchen sink, in your linen closet, or in a spacious kitchen drawer to organize and distinguish between standard dish towels, decorative tea towels, and microfiber cleaning cloths and rags. These $1.50 Rectangular Slotted Plastic Baskets come in sets of two and are almost 10 inches long and six inches wide — something to keep in mind when choosing storage for cabinets or shelves. If you don't have a lot of kitchen linens but still want to organize them, consider using a 3-Compartment Plastic Caddy and store towels in rolls for extra room.

Pair a Dollar Tree drawer organizer and a shelf riser to optimize storage space for kitchen cloths and other cleaning essentials in spacious cabinets or on closet shelves. The Slim Plastic Drawer Organization Basket is 4.5 inches wide, 10.5 inches long, and about 2.4 inches tall, meaning two of them can fit underneath an Essentials White Wire Cabinet Shelf. Apply the file fold method to organize dish towels in each basket and make them easier to retrieve. Store extra dish soap, sponges, and cleaning products on the riser above for a harmonious use of space.

Take the load off your oven door handle by investing in budget-friendly towel bars. These attach right onto cabinet doors, helping you maximize your dish cloth storage in mere seconds. For a more clutter-free look, you can position them on the inside of the door. This is also helpful if you want to hide kitchen towels that have seen better days or don't match your kitchen's color scheme. Dollar Tree's Essentials Adjustable Over-the-Counter Towel Bars are just $1.50 and have a width of 9.8 inches, so they should fit on most cabinet doors.

It's all too easy to put a used kitchen towel back in a drawer or on the oven handle — let's face it, it's practically muscle memory — but a simple Dollar Tree basket can remedy the situation. The Essentials Rectangular Plastic Basket comes in four colors, is the perfect size for cabinet or shelf storage, and — most importantly — it's $1.50. Place one under the sink to toss rags or cleaning cloths after you've finished wiping down the countertops. Once the basket is full, put the towels in the washer. Is your laundry room close by? Place a basket beside your hamper to ensure dish towels stay separated from dirty clothes and other linens.

Safety pins keep kitchen towels from falling off of the oven door handle after you wipe your hands, and they're super inexpensive. The $1.50 Crafters Square Safety Pin Kit comes with 100 safety pins of different sizes, which gives you more flexibility depending on the thickness of the dish cloths. To begin, fold the dish towel in half (length-wise) and place it on the oven door handle so that the ends line up. Insert the safety pin in the bottom left corner of fabric, guiding the pin through all four layers of cloth (from the front to the back). Once the pin is all the way through, secure it and adjust the towel to your liking. You can do the same to the bottom right side to make it even, but one safety pin does the job just fine.

Ensure excess kitchen cloths and holiday tea towels stay dry and dust-free with the help of stackable Dollar Tree bins. These can go inside of cabinets or linen closets and help separate dish cloths from bathroom washcloths and hand towels. The C.O.S. Stackable Container with Drawer is $6 — more affordable than stackable storage solutions at other retailers — and it comes in three different colors depending on your preference. To get the most out of this storage drawer, stack kitchen towels vertically (folded side up) instead of horizontally. This will make it easier to find and retrieve the one you want without digging around and messing up neat stacks.

Utilize bare wall or cabinet space near your kitchen sink with inexpensive wall hooks to hang your dish towels. Wall hooks ensure your towels stay tucked out of the way yet easily accessible when you need to dry your hands or a freshly washed glass. Not to mention, they can air-dry better while hanging than if they were immediately folded back up. Dollar Tree sells a Tool Bench Hardware Heavy Duty Hook that comes with screws and plastic anchors (if installed in a space without wall studs), but since you're using it to hang light kitchen towels, you shouldn't have to worry about it breaking off the wall. You may need a hammer and a Phillips screwdriver or a power drill for this DIY. Dollar Tree also sells a mini screwdriver set if you're in need.

Don your countertop with a woven basket filled with neatly folded or rolled dish cloths. This is a great workaround if you're tight on cabinet or drawer storage or want towels that are more easily accessible. The $1.25 Shore Living Woven Basket comes in three designs and would bring cozy textured appeal whether tucked in the corner or beside the kitchen sink. This kitchen tea towel storage solution is sure to look aesthetically pleasing while also being functional.

Pick up a few potholders from Dollar Tree to prevent dish towels from falling off a towel bar ever again. For this quick DIY project, you'll need the Home Collection Slate Blue Oven Mitt and Potholders (or any potholders that match your theme), a Dollar Tree kitchen towel, a travel sewing kit (or sewing machine), and a snap fastener-slash-closure kit, like this one from Amazon. Once you've added the snap buttons to the corners of the potholder and sewed the towel onto the potholder, you're in business. Secure it to your oven handle or a cabinet drawer pull to reap the benefits.

You could spend tens of dollars on a two-tiered mini shelf to store kitchen towels, or you could achieve the same effect for way less. The C.O.S Plastic Two-Stack Rack from Dollar Tree is the most expensive item on this list, and it's only $6. The total height is 14.8 inches, while each rack itself is 16.2 inches long and 7.5 inches wide. Due to its size, it can fit on a countertop or under the kitchen sink with ease. Try the file fold method to store and display towels in neat vertical rows alongside your go-to cleaning supplies.

There are so many Dollar Tree book bin hacks, and using them for kitchen towel storage is no exception. Load up book bins with folded dish towels and tuck them inside a cabinet or linen closet shelf for space-friendly organization. Dollar Tree's Teaching Tree Plastic Book Bin is only $1.25 and is available in multiple colors. It's so affordable you could use another specifically to store dirty kitchen cloths before you have a chance to wash them.

You can DIY a rustic kitchen towel ladder using Crafters Square Craft Wood Planks. For this project, you'll need three equal size planks of wood (or two wood planks plus a set of dowels if you go that route). First, cut one plank into three equal sections (these will be the ladder rungs). This woodworking saw is under $10 and can also be repurposed for cutting tree limbs or even PVC piping. Then, assemble the ladder and use a power drill and wood screws to secure the rungs in place. If you don't have a drill, you can also connect the pieces of wood with a hot glue gun or Dollar Tree super glue. Once put together, paint the ladder or display your tea towel on it as is.