Apartment Therapy San Francisco | Look!: Extra Space for Drying Glassware

Look!: Extra Space for Drying Glassware

As the post-party glow of a long weekend wears off, we're left staring at a MASSIVE pile of dishes. Being a dishwasher-free two-person household, we get by with a small counter-top drying rack most of the time with little complaint. But these summer barbecue-heavy weekends kill us and totally screw up our standard wash-and-load method. Lucky for us, Martha gave us a nifty little tip for adding some extra space to dry our glasses. Jump below for the details...

Grab a dishtowel and a few pairs of chopsticks. Line up the chopsticks and stick your glasses (or anything else, really) on top. Ta-da! The air circulates, the glasses dry and you don't have to pile scary amounts of heavy bowls on top of your precious glassware....

Comments (14)

wah! thank you!

posted by amt230 on July 7th 2008 at 12:27pm
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OMG, i needed this tip. I'm too cheap to by a dish drying rack and the glasses always get washed by hand.

posted by protogarrett on July 7th 2008 at 12:29pm
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Chopsticks aren't a bad idea... but I generally just use the knives I've just washed.

posted by alina on July 7th 2008 at 12:33pm
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SUCH a great idea! Thanks Martha & AT...

posted by lakegeneva3 on July 7th 2008 at 2:10pm
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So simple yet so genius! Thanks for the tip. I will definitely be using this one. :)

posted by mrsmc on July 7th 2008 at 2:25pm
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Martha as in Ms Stewart?

posted by quiltmaster on July 7th 2008 at 2:25pm
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Bodum Pavina FTW! Best (albeit delicate) glasses ever. There's something to be said about an ice cube that can last for 2 hours (or more) outside of the freezer.

posted by chrisr on July 7th 2008 at 2:41pm
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Shayna! We have the same Bodum IKEA glasses :)

posted by sallyTV on July 7th 2008 at 4:24pm
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Ahem, Bodum & IKEA glasses.

posted by sallyTV on July 7th 2008 at 8:38pm
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How funny. I was just on Crafting a Green World reading about recycling takeout bamboo chopsticks. This is a good one.

posted by whytephoenix on July 8th 2008 at 5:03am
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Yes, that would be Ms. Martha Stewart...

Sally- Apparently great minds think alike, eh? That's so funny!

posted by shayna r on July 8th 2008 at 6:55am
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Looks like my dish rack every nite after dinner :D

Except I tend to stack even higher with more precarious pyrex glass items. I secretly enjoy the challenge and yes even the occasional disapointments I hear from the livingroom ....*!cRasH!*

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