Before I had kids the dishes were unloaded from the dishwasher to the cupboard where they belong. Ever since Caleb was born and we were washing his bottles through the dishwasher, I've had to lay a towel on the counter for the "plastic things" because they never come out dry. Then once they have air dried they get put away.
I came across this blog where she gives a great tutorial on how to make a cute dishmat {a bathmat for your dishes that don't come out of the dishwasher dry} for her counter. She used a bath towel or some sort of terry cloth for the bottom and then picked out 2 cotton fabric prints that match her kitchen.
I made one for my kitchen {although I cut it down from the size she made so it would fit better and looking at the pictures I think I could make it even a little smaller}.
Ta-Da {as my boys say when they finish something}
So now on to the GIVEAWAY......if you could use a dishmat like this in your kitchen please leave a "comment" on this blog posting. I will leave the comments open until Sunday night and then I will randomly select someone that has left a comment as the winner.
If you are select as the winner I will make you a dishmat. You will get to chose the finished size you would like for your dishmat and the colors for the fabrics so that it will match your kitchen!!
pick me, choose me, love me!!!! :) sounds like it would be washer/dryer safe too!! woohoo! maybe prewash and dry the fabrics. you know how we love pre shrunk....especially when it's jeans :).
ReplyDeleteAfter some research, I discovered the reason for plastic not drying completely in the dishwasher. Apparently, dishwashers rely on stored heat in the dishes to evaporate the water, and since plastic does not retain heat well, the heat dissipates too quickly to dry the plastic items. What dishwashers really need is a fan to blow the water off the dishes, and then this wouldn't be a problem! I'm sure the more expensive models have them, but the rest of us are stuck with wet plastic!
ReplyDeleteyou are supposed to let them dry before you put them away??!?!!? ; )
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