I have a tip for those of us that still like to do dishes by hand. I was tired of looking at the bottle of dish soap on my sink, so I decides to get a cute pickle dish with 3 sections at the dollar store and place my sink items I use every day in it. I also got a lemon squirt bottle for my dish soap. That way you don't waste as much and no big bottle at your sink. You can use ketchup/mustard any refillable smaller bottle.
I know I could put it under my sink, but, with everyone using the sink, it's easier for us. I hope some one can use this idea!
By Donna from Foymount, Ontario
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I really like this cute and simple idea! Love this sort of thing. Thanks for sharing.
Darlene, St. Louis, MO
Good idea.
What a great idea. I'm going to scrounge around in my cabinets and see what I can find to do the same thing! Thanks!
Great idea. I going to look for a pickle tray too. We just moved into a farmhouse and love cute ideas like this.
Thanks All I hope you all found just the right pickle tray!
Donna, Foymount
Thumbs up! I see we use the same dish sponges. :)
Karen in Salem Oregon
Speaking of something to hold your dish soap, I took an empty bottle from the hand sanitizer type soap and filled it with Dawn Dish Soap. All I have to do is stick my sponge under the spigot, push down and get a little bit of soap on the sponge, enough for hand washing several things. The advantage of this style dispenser is that I don't have to pick it up and squirt soap, I can just add the soap to the sponge one handed while still holding the item to be washed in my other hand.
Ha! I just read the tip under this one in the newsletter. Evidently I'm not the only one who thought of this.
What a great idea! Will be going to the Dollar store my next trip in to town.
I my dish washing liquid in a pump bottle. It is so much more convenient to give it a tap than to have to lift up a bottle of dish soap upside down every time I want some. It probably saves on the amount used too. You can use one you buy or recycle one from pump-type hand soap or other similar bottle.
I also put my cooking oil into a squeeze bottle (recycled dish soap bottles) for use when I only want 1 T. of oil in a fry pan, for example, making oil so much easier to dispense. A pump bottle could also work. But if one wants to measure out more than, say, 1/4 c. of oil, it would be easier to just pour it from the original container.
I really liked your sink tray idea! My sink always looked cluttered, I don't know why I didn't think of that! Thanks Diva53d
I also must say thank you to Halstein & GalThomas for their great ideas on reusing pump bottles for dish liquid & cooking oil, cudos for such frugal & easy to use ideas!
Luv ya!
1cheapdiva
Great idea, but I have don't have enough counter space, so I have to put mine in the cabinet under the sink. :(
I like it! I think I'll go buy one from Dollar Tree and spray paint it oil rubbed bronze just to jazz it up. Thanks for the tip!
Oh, I just love this idea... the width in the back of my sink wasn't large enough for this idea but I still love the idea!
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