Late to this thread, but leaving 2 kitchen cleaning items I almost bought didn’t during a trip to twentytwentyone last week. The dish cloth actually looks very useful - mops up well but dries quick. Cat sponge just silly and amusing!
On the topic of having a clean home, does anyone have any YouTubers to recommend that are both educational AND fun? I’m very clean but also very messy. I can’t seem to ever declutter and I feel like I’ve absorbed all the content in my sphere. I do like Marie Kondo.
This over-the-sink dish rack is everything to me!!! So east to maintain and it’s adjustable depending on how many dishes you need to dry or if you need more room in your sink.
Love the grape tip Haley. This drying rack has been a favorite purchase. I like that it can roll up. I usually leave it folded in half over my sink. Live it for washing vegetables
I love grapes and that tip will be put into play this evening. Another grape tip: after they have been cleaned, fill a cup or bowl with grapes and freeze them. Tasty and easy treat to cool you down
3. This is a cleanliness tip but obsessed so wanted to mention: I recently bough a dorai home sink caddy for my bathroom (could also be used in a kitchen) to place my soap, toothpaste and floss on and it's fabulous! It's made of a mineral that can hold up to 150% of its weight in water so drips evaporate almost instantly! https://doraihome.com/products/sink-caddy
My twin and I have amassed a grotesque amount of familect, to the point that I’m legit scared of people seeing an open text message thread between us. One time I accidentally texted a friend “Mornin yunelaggio” (will not explain) and I almost died of shame!!! Also my girlfriend and I have somehow started saying almost everything in a fake British accent (I believe it started with me trying to say “you’re wrong” like John Lennon) and I didn’t even notice how bad it had gotten until I was around some other friends and one of them was like “are you speaking... in an accent?” Anyway!!
We have a very large and deep single basin sink in our kitchen. Filling it up to wash dishes feels like a waste of water even if we're only filling it up a quarter of the way. We got this little wash basin (with drain!) from Joseph Joseph and love it. It sits in our sink (has little feet so the bottom doesn't get gross) and we use it for things that need hand washed. I also really like using it to wash out my son's bibs.
Once our toddler gets a little older it feels like the perfect thing for a little hand wash station for him or a way to have him start to help wash up his dishes after meals.
For some reason I don’t understand what everybody is freaking out about re the oyler essay... felt very flat and iterative to me?? And the emotional honesty was kind or illusionistic or gimmicky idk... wanted to like but feel like I’ve read this kind of disaffected fish out of water thing so many times before
this is a GOATED 15 things. Say Anything an all-timer, one of the very best movies ever made about helicopter parenting. i need to rework the essay I wrote about that movie many months ago. I have no thoughts on kitchen sink optimization because I live with five other people so whatever I do will prove hopeless but I eagerly anticipate what others have to say!
Had same feeling re: fake accounts! I respected it but felt it lacked soul. Sounds not unlike Lauren Wilford's tweet you linked!! I think I agree with her take on the cruise piece to an extent but also great writing is sometimes worthwhile for its own sake. Doesn't matter whether she's "saved" by her own ability to observe a weird experience—there's value and pleasure in the observation itself (to me)
The recent discovery of Dawn EZ-Squeeze has been life changing. No longer fumbling to open a top with wet hands when more soap is needed and no longer get inevitable gunked up soap crust at the opening. Could also put your soap of choice in afterwards.
Late to this thread, but leaving 2 kitchen cleaning items I almost bought didn’t during a trip to twentytwentyone last week. The dish cloth actually looks very useful - mops up well but dries quick. Cat sponge just silly and amusing!
https://www.twentytwentyone.com/products/marna-sitting-cat-kitchen-sponge
https://www.twentytwentyone.com/products/niwaki-fukin-dishcloth
On the topic of having a clean home, does anyone have any YouTubers to recommend that are both educational AND fun? I’m very clean but also very messy. I can’t seem to ever declutter and I feel like I’ve absorbed all the content in my sphere. I do like Marie Kondo.
Not youtube but @strugglecare on tiktok (+ her audiobook).
I tried resisting this oxo refrigerator organizer set, but caved and I don't regret it! https://a.co/d/hr6M1u5
The beverage mat and the egg storage container are the absolute best. The mat saves so much space!!
Taking my friends who just moved here to IKEA today and would love bathroom/kitchen storage recs for myself!! Will check the thread.
This over-the-sink dish rack is everything to me!!! So east to maintain and it’s adjustable depending on how many dishes you need to dry or if you need more room in your sink.
https://food52.com/shop/products/7258-five-two-over-the-sink-drying-rack?sku=22658&utm_source=googlepmax&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=18542493252&utm_adgroup=&utm_content=&gclid=Cj0KCQjwi46iBhDyARIsAE3nVraD-dqIRogeVHVU-rtgavrIeTcGPxxalQrUmZIJaZGpq3wLks3zb9YaAiYWEALw_wcB
Love the grape tip Haley. This drying rack has been a favorite purchase. I like that it can roll up. I usually leave it folded in half over my sink. Live it for washing vegetables
https://a.co/d/e3xEJEA
“now Avi can visit me in prison” lol
Also, congrats (?) welcome back (!)
I love grapes and that tip will be put into play this evening. Another grape tip: after they have been cleaned, fill a cup or bowl with grapes and freeze them. Tasty and easy treat to cool you down
Spacing saving recs for the kitchen:
1. I've cleared up counter space by sticking the power strip underneath a cupboard using a command strip
2. These mug racks save space and look great with cute mugs hanging from them: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08BZTVFVL/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
3. This is a cleanliness tip but obsessed so wanted to mention: I recently bough a dorai home sink caddy for my bathroom (could also be used in a kitchen) to place my soap, toothpaste and floss on and it's fabulous! It's made of a mineral that can hold up to 150% of its weight in water so drips evaporate almost instantly! https://doraihome.com/products/sink-caddy
Great recs!!
welcome back haley! i hope you’re doing ok ^^💖
Thank you Vicki! ❤️
My twin and I have amassed a grotesque amount of familect, to the point that I’m legit scared of people seeing an open text message thread between us. One time I accidentally texted a friend “Mornin yunelaggio” (will not explain) and I almost died of shame!!! Also my girlfriend and I have somehow started saying almost everything in a fake British accent (I believe it started with me trying to say “you’re wrong” like John Lennon) and I didn’t even notice how bad it had gotten until I was around some other friends and one of them was like “are you speaking... in an accent?” Anyway!!
hahaha
We have a very large and deep single basin sink in our kitchen. Filling it up to wash dishes feels like a waste of water even if we're only filling it up a quarter of the way. We got this little wash basin (with drain!) from Joseph Joseph and love it. It sits in our sink (has little feet so the bottom doesn't get gross) and we use it for things that need hand washed. I also really like using it to wash out my son's bibs.
Once our toddler gets a little older it feels like the perfect thing for a little hand wash station for him or a way to have him start to help wash up his dishes after meals.
https://us.josephjoseph.com/products/washdrain-washingup-bowl-white-green
I also have this and it's great for soaking orchids or watering several plants at once!
For some reason I don’t understand what everybody is freaking out about re the oyler essay... felt very flat and iterative to me?? And the emotional honesty was kind or illusionistic or gimmicky idk... wanted to like but feel like I’ve read this kind of disaffected fish out of water thing so many times before
I agree!! It was enjoyable enough to read (she's a good writer!) but it didn't break through to anything resembling actual truth to me
Definitely get how someone could feel this way about it!! I just really appreciated it on a craft level
what did you like about her craft? genuinely curious!
this is a GOATED 15 things. Say Anything an all-timer, one of the very best movies ever made about helicopter parenting. i need to rework the essay I wrote about that movie many months ago. I have no thoughts on kitchen sink optimization because I live with five other people so whatever I do will prove hopeless but I eagerly anticipate what others have to say!
also Lauren Oyler is brilliant. I thought Fake Accounts was a neat piece of social observation but was way too long-winded as a novel. i enjoyed this Twitter thread about the Harpers essay: https://twitter.com/lauren_wilford/status/1648097008656236545?s=20
Had same feeling re: fake accounts! I respected it but felt it lacked soul. Sounds not unlike Lauren Wilford's tweet you linked!! I think I agree with her take on the cruise piece to an extent but also great writing is sometimes worthwhile for its own sake. Doesn't matter whether she's "saved" by her own ability to observe a weird experience—there's value and pleasure in the observation itself (to me)
Hahaha ok lol I need to read this essay!!
I will send it to you!!
I have almost no counter space and getting one of those hanging wire fruit baskets (like this: https://www.amazon.ca/Fox-Run-5211-Hanging-Baskets/dp/B000HM8HD8/ref=asc_df_B000HM8HD8) is my fav kitchen addition. I love putting stuff in it and having produce out in the open makes me a lot more likely to eat it before it goes bad!
The recent discovery of Dawn EZ-Squeeze has been life changing. No longer fumbling to open a top with wet hands when more soap is needed and no longer get inevitable gunked up soap crust at the opening. Could also put your soap of choice in afterwards.