Keep Kitchen Towels Off The Floor With These 12 Hanging Solutions

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Keeping your kitchen towels away from your kitchen floor isn't just a clean habit to maintain, but also a crucial way to prevent your towels from coming in contact with germs and bacteria. While draping your kitchen towel on your oven's front handle is a go-to move for many, as it turns out, this may not be the safest option. The constant opening and closing of your oven can allow your towel to fall onto the floor, which kind of defeats the point.

Instead, there are a ton of other ways to safely hang your towels that don't turn into kitchen safety hazards. While you can certainly go out and purchase new accessories for your kitchen, a lot of these towel-hanging hacks do not require spending a ton of money or totally reorganizing your space. You can install a towel bar on your kitchen island, roll your towels and store them in a hanging basket, or even keep them hidden inside your cabinets. 

Do you have a few extra shower curtain rings sitting in your bathroom cabinet? You can use them on your cabinet handles to hang your towels. Maybe you have an old pastry cutter that's gathering rust and dust in your baking drawer — pull that tool out and use it as a makeshift hook. Overall, there are a ton of easy ways to hang and store your towels without compromising their cleanliness.

IKEA has an easy and affordable solution for keeping your kitchen towels organized without a problem: the PÅLYCKE clip-on hook rack. This multi-purpose tool can be used as a storage solution for tons of items throughout your kitchen, from utensils to kitchen towels. This handy device clips onto the bottom of your shelf or cabinet, giving you even more storage space to hang items underneath. It can even fit inside a cabinet without obstructing the door from closing.

Here's an easy Dollar Tree hack that is a game-changer when it comes to hanging towels. It's perfect if you already have a few extra shower curtain rings at home; otherwise, you can find them at your local Dollar Tree or Target, or order basic ones on Amazon. You can secure the curtain rings to a towel bar or the handle bar of your oven, then hang one towel per ring by pulling it through the ring. This will make it easier to snag when you need them and prevent them from sliding and falling.

One of the easiest and most affordable ways to hang your kitchen towels in your kitchen is with a few adhesive hooks. You can snag these at the usual stores like Target or online at Amazon, and secure them in any spot you desire, from your kitchen backsplash to the inside of your cabinets. The latter is an excellent option if you'd rather keep your towels hidden to keep the space looking tidy. These hooks are simple to install as well as remove without damaging the surface underneath, though you can also use permanent wall-mounted hooks.

If you don't have kitchen cabinets with bar handles, you can always add a towel bar to a wall in your kitchen, whether that be behind your sink or secured to your island. Towel bars are easy, accessible ways to store your towels right where you need them, and they're usually simple to install. In general, it's typically recommended to dry all types of towels using a bar instead of a hook, as they allow more surface area to dry. 

You may have seen towel ladders explode in popularity for hanging bathroom towels, but did you know you can utilize this trick in your kitchen as well? Pick up a small, decorative ladder at your local home improvement or secondhand store, or order one like the BESPORTBLE Mini Towel Ladder Rack from Amazon, and lean it against your kitchen wall for easy towel storage. Not only is it more effective to dry towels on bars rather than on hooks, but this gives you a way to show off your favorite towel designs. It's a total win-win. 

A pastry cutter is an unexpected item that can help you keep your towels off your kitchen floor. You may already have one somewhere deep in your kitchen drawers. It's time to drag it out of retirement, because this tool is an excellent towel-hanging device all on its own. Typically used to blend fat with flour to make dough, a pastry cutter's shape is ideal for hanging a towel. Simply secure the handle end to your wall or cabinet with a hook or nail, and string your towel through so it hangs down on either side.

While towel rings are typically utilized in the bathroom, who says you can't use them in your kitchen as well? These organizers can be chic options for dish towel storage, like the popular matte black one from SetSail on Amazon, or you can pick some design options up that match the rest of the hardware in your kitchen. If you don't want to install anything onto the wall, you can also find some options that hang over the top of your kitchen cabinets, no drilling required. 

If you want to install a row of hooks for your kitchen towel collection, but you want to be able to fit a bunch of towels into one space, a coat rack is an excellent option. Not only are these affordable, but they're easy to install, typically only requiring a drill and possibly drywall anchors if need be. If your towels are super lightweight, you could even get away with adhering the rack to the wall with adhesive tape.

Pegboards can be used for just about any type of organization in your home, from office supplies and beauty accessories to kitchen towels. Most pegboards come with a few options for storage, including bins and hooks, which you can use to easily store your towels. Once your pegboard is secured to your kitchen wall, you can store your neatly folded clean towels in one of the attachable bins, or hang them from the hook attachments on the pegboard.

You can hang your towels neatly behind closed doors with a hidden dish towel rack. These handy organizers are installed on the top inside corner of your kitchen cabinets and allow you to fully hang kitchen towels, or other tools like pot holders and oven mitts, inside without using a hook. One of the most popular brands carrying this type of item is Rev-A-Shelf, and you can find them at stores like Target and Home Depot, or on Amazon. Proper ones can be expensive and a little complicated, but buyers seem to love them.

If you're organizing on a budget or you want a space-saving way to hang your towels on a towel bar, clips are another great option. Not only are they affordable and available at any home improvement or dollar store, but they make it easy to hang your towels from just about anywhere, be it a pegboard or a towel bar. Adhesive clips can cling to the walls or regular clips can hang from nails; if one of your only available spaces is your fridge, you can even purchase magnetic clips to hold your towels on its front door. 

While not always thought of as an organizational choice for the kitchen, hanging baskets are excellent organizers for accessories like kitchen towels. You can find basket designs made of all types of material, from metal to plastic, that hook directly onto the tops of your kitchen cabinets. This is perfect for the cabinets directly in front of your kitchen sink, as the towels will be in arm's reach for when you're washing the dishes or cooking. Note that these baskets may affect how you open and close the cabinet doors, so keep that in mind.

This is one of the most creative options we've seen, and it's an incredibly easy DIY project to replicate. Whether you own a rolling pin that, frankly, doesn't see much action anymore, or you've scored a vintage one at a thrift store, you can use it as a way to not only dry but also display your favorite kitchen towels. The most difficult part of this DIY will be determining where to secure the rolling pin, but you can easily do so with hooks or screws directly underneath the handles. Simply drape your kitchen towel over the top.