Do you have a dish rack in your kitchen?

kouiii

I noticed that in most personal pictures (so not for a magazine or an open-house) of kitchens, there is no dish rack on the counter-top. I've always wondered if people would just hide it before taking the pictures or if they simply don't use one.

Do you use a dish rack in your home? If no, do you just dry everything in your dishwasher or right away with a dish towel?

EmmieB

Yep. It's a doozy, too, and it's always out. We have no dishwasher so it's almost always full. or just been emptied.

You can see it in use:

http://embrita.blogspot.com/2011/11/gratitude.html

;-) 

Rock-n-Voll

Oh those photos are always staged. I mean, who in real life has fruit in a vase and nothing but fresh flowers and a cheese board on the counters?

That said I do know some people who don't have a dishrack and I have no idea what they do with wet dishes. Ours is always out and in use.  

EmmieB

I should add that in our loft, where we had a dishwasher, we had one that was mounted and folded away when it wasn't in use. If I shot the kitchen from the right angle, you didn't see it.

hannikan

Yep, we have and use one. You can see it to the right of the sink. We have a dishwasher but I don't put things like pots and pans in there. I hand wash plenty of stuff and I also use the rack as a holding cell for rinsed stuff that needs to go in the dishwasher when I haven't put clean stuff away yet, too.

mrscerruti2be

We have a small one in our sink.  I only hand wash our knives and pots and pans.  I have a silicone thingy I take out to dry wine glasses.  I really hate stuff on my counters, so I like the in sink one even if it is small.

hannikan

Yeah, I wish ours fit in the sink but it's *just* too big.

Passanie

Yep. We have one in our sink that's always there.

sm23

Yep, we have one on our counter and it is always out and almost always full...

My IL's don't have one but they rarely cook so most of their dishes are dishwasher-friendly. Or, if they have a big family/holiday meal that produce a lot of dishes, my MIL just spreads a kitchen towel on the counter and puts the washed stuff on there. Somebody is either drying them right away or I think she stops mid-dishwashing to dry and put away when the towel is full...

EmmieB

sm23:

my MIL just spreads a kitchen towel on the counter and puts the washed stuff on there. Somebody is either drying them right away or I think she stops mid-dishwashing to dry and put away when the towel is full...

I have done that. 

Mrs.BoomBoom

We have one...but only since Q.  As soon as he's eating off regular dishes, it's gone!  Dishes go into the dishwasher or they go onto the towel and get dried and put away right away.

hannikan

Mrs.BoomBoom:

Dishes go into the dishwasher or they go onto the towel and get dried and put away right away.

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Mrs.BoomBoom

hannikan:

Mrs.BoomBoom:

Dishes go into the dishwasher or they go onto the towel and get dried and put away right away.

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Oh yeah, but you have to remember I don't do dishes...haven't since 2004!  I make the messes.  DH does all the cleaning.

hannikan

Mrs.BoomBoom:

hannikan:

Mrs.BoomBoom:

Dishes go into the dishwasher or they go onto the towel and get dried and put away right away.

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Oh yeah, but you have to remember I don't do dishes...haven't since 2004!  I make the messes.  DH does all the cleaning.

Nice! FIL always did the dishes, too. He actually did most of the cooking, too. DH can't do dishes unfortunately because he can barely reach the sink. He dries for me.

EmmieB

Mrs.BoomBoom:

We have one...but only since Q.  As soon as he's eating off regular dishes, it's gone!  Dishes go into the dishwasher or they go onto the towel and get dried and put away right away.

get him some kidishes - they're made of duralex so they're unbreakable (and we've tested them) and when he outgrows them you can use them as salad/side/dessert dishes. then those can go in the dishwasher and you can nix your dishrack :-)

pink.dutch.tulips

yes and its usually filled w/ sippy cups as i DO NOT put them through the dishwasher.

if anyone was going to photograph my kitchen though (HORRORS !! at the mere thought of that !!) i'd hide that thing in a nanosecond .....

Mrs.BoomBoom

EmmieB:

Mrs.BoomBoom:

We have one...but only since Q.  As soon as he's eating off regular dishes, it's gone!  Dishes go into the dishwasher or they go onto the towel and get dried and put away right away.

get him some kidishes - they're made of duralex so they're unbreakable (and we've tested them) and when he outgrows them you can use them as salad/side/dessert dishes. then those can go in the dishwasher and you can nix your dishrack :-)

We're close...right now it's his cups rather than plates that are filling the rack

melgrady

I need a dish rack for all of Rosie's bottles and parts. For the moment I just lay everything on a towel to air dry. I could never post a picture of the current state of our kitchen because it is so crowded with bottles and appliances. I used to think our kitchen was a mess the first year of marriage and now I wish we had that kitchen back. Stupid tiny apartment kitchen!

EmmieB

Mrs.BoomBoom:

EmmieB:

Mrs.BoomBoom:

We have one...but only since Q.  As soon as he's eating off regular dishes, it's gone!  Dishes go into the dishwasher or they go onto the towel and get dried and put away right away.

get him some kidishes - they're made of duralex so they're unbreakable (and we've tested them) and when he outgrows them you can use them as salad/side/dessert dishes. then those can go in the dishwasher and you can nix your dishrack :-)

We're close...right now it's his cups rather than plates that are filling the rack

ah. we use regular glasses for him - these:

http://www.forsmallhands.com/kitchen/serving-clean-up/first-glasses-set