Every Friday, we’re cleaning out a different area of the house. We’re being smart and keeping it simple so that we feel like we’ve accomplished a little home organization every single week.
Home Organization Week # 3: Kitchen towels and cleaning rags
What I’m noticing about this project is that everything is related. As I complete one area, it points to another area that needs doing.
I received a new set of kitchen towels for Christmas and as I was switching out old towels for new, it made me realize how ratty-tatty and stained all of the old towels were.
Home Organization Week # 3: Kitchen towels and cleaning rags
- Sort through all kitchen towels.
- All stained and ratty-tatty, beyond repair become cleaning rags.
- Extend the life of a towel by trimming the edges and sewing a new hem.
- Kitchen wash cloths got the same examination and since I had bought new “paper towels”, otherwise known as kitchen wash cloths, the formerly white wash cloths (they were 50 shades of grey now) went into the rag bag.
- Next, before adding the kitchen towels and wash cloths to the rag bag (cleaning rags), sort through all of the rag bag rags.
- Just how many cleaning rags does a household need? Those got pared down, too.
- Cleaning rags that were too whole ridden or beyond use, went into the donation bag.
- According to the Goodwill spokesperson, they accept cleaning rags. If they don’t end up selling them at a retail store, they head to one of their outlet stores and from there are sold by the pound (to be sold to a salvage company – nothing goes to a land fill).
That’s it. My kitchen towel drawer is empty by laundry day, so I may get one more set of kitchen towels. The kitchen wash cloths do look much better, and better yet – don’t have a bad smell!
Now, it’s your turn. This took one evening – then I celebrated with a glass of wine when I was done!
How are your kitchen towels and wash cloths? Do you call it a rag-bag?
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Kitchen and bath towels are some of those items that I don’t really “see” until they look disgusting. Right now, mine aren’t too bad–last year I decided I was embarrassed at the state of my kitchen linens and bought some new ones. But I do have too many “rags” so I may need to get rid of those. Good info about Goodwill. I think most animal shelters love donations of old towels.
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Kris,
I hadn’t thought of donating towels to animal shelters and that is wonderful suggestion, too. Even old “embarrassing” towels can be useful. I know what you mean about not really seeing the towels – and other parts of the bathroom and kitchen – if I wear my reading glasses into those rooms, I really SEE what’s happening – or not – terms of cleaning, state of towels, paint chips or food splatters. It’s best when my glasses remain off and I am clueless – LOL!!
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Thanks, Kris!
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I love your colorful cloths in the basket mounted on the wall! We only use paper towels to clean up doggy accidents; the rest of the time we use cloth and it’s so nice not to buy paper towels but about once a year! My cloths, however, need a bit of tossing and re-vamping, so thanks for the inspiration!
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