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Unpaper towel users....

laineybixlaineybix
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Just curious as to what you use? Are you using birdseye towels from an Esty seller or fancy snapping ones or just washcloths? Where do you keep them - under the sink, in a basket, in a fancy Etsy holder?

Hubby and I seem to be on the same page about moving forward with this little project...just wanted to see what the consensus is on what works. 

Thanks!

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  • triumphantreturnofplanningbugtriumphantreturnofplanningbug

    We're very basic about it. We use cut up old t-shirts, towels, etc. The clean ones live in one basket, and the dirty ones live in a second basket.

    Unless you're MH, and then sometimes dirty ones just get piled up between the sink and the dirty basket, because it's just too much effort to actually put them 3" to the right.

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  • Wifey2007Wifey2007
    I think I went to World Market one day and just bought some darker cloth napkins (the ones that most people just display with a circular napkin holder on the table) and we just placed them in a basket in the middle of our dining room table and we just grab one when we sit down for dinner and if they get dirty, we toss them in the laundry. 
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  • pixy_stixpixy_stix member
    Cheapo washcloths from Target.  They live in a basket on the counter, or in the linen closet.  When dirty they get tossed in a wire mesh trash can on the floor until they are laundered.
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  • adhdfashionadhdfashion
    I have regular kitchen towels in a drawer in the kitchen. I also have a smaller drawer full of cloth napkins. That you would use at a fancy dinner. But I use them everyday! :) Actually my guest always comment " Oooooh  fancy" LOL Because no one uses them anymore except at Christmas and Thanksgiving. 
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  • ElloPoppetElloPoppet

    I have like 20 cotton dish towels from Ikea, I think they go for about 50 cents to $1 apiece now. They live in a stack on my kitchen cart. The dirties go on the floor (temporarily!) or into the whites bin, which lives in Max's room (small house, and his changing table towels go in the same bin).

    I also have like 60 MF towels from the automotive section of Costco for general household use. They live in a plastic ikea bin in my bedroom closet. I also have t-shirt rags & other misc. items in another cleaning stuff bin.

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  • livalil319livalil319

    I have some birdseye/flannel snapping ones that i made, a bunch of cheapo washclothes and dishtowels, and some "fancy" cloth napkins from somewhere...

    Most are in drawers in the kitchen. The snapping ones are on the old paper towel roll hanger. Still need to get some sort of mesh bag to dump the dirties in. For now I usually toss them into the washing machine with the lid left open. 

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  • andrealynn0707andrealynn0707 member
    We just use wash cloths. 
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  • Zoe'sMamaZoe'sMama

    I bought a package of 24 bar towels from Home Depot and a few packs of kitchen rags (washcloth size) that were on clearance at Krogers. I like having 2 different sizes, depending on the need. They live in a basket next to the sink (where my paper towels used to live. Dirties go in another basket (with a plastic liner) on the floor next to the garbage can.

     

     

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  • Teacher_2_b_in_3Teacher_2_b_in_3
    My favorites are flour sacks from target.  They are a lot like a flat diaper.
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  • tmp-178885312508083tmp-178885312508083

    I bought a pack of birdseye flat Gerber diapers for my kitchen.  Love them for kitchen/cleaning uses of all kinds.  I keep them in a cupboard (although hopefully I can get my BIL to build me one of those cute "towel houses".  After I clean the kitchen each night I put all the towels in a little bin I keep by the washing machine in the laundry room.  I use them for pretty much everything except....TMI....dog vomit.  I just CANNOT do it (and yes, I change cloth diapers every day!), so keep a roll of paper towels around for JUST that. 

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