Not-Paper Towels: A Cute Tea Towel Roundup

on April 8, 2009 at 4:00 PM

Celebrate giving up paper towels (even if you slip up every now and then) with a cute tea towel for your kitchen. You'll save trees and bring joy to your surroundings.

Here's a roundup of my favorite kitchen dish towels:

I'm Not a Paper Towel, $13.99 at ModCloth

Ice Cream Lollies Tea Towel, $14 from Mr.PS

I Wish We Had IKEA Tea Towel, $12 at Skinny Laminx

Ferm Living Tea Towel, $19 at 2Modern

HAPPYsthlm Park Tea Towel, $22 at Rose and Radish

Paper Towel Tea Towel, 10 GBP at Design Museum Shop

DIY Alternatives:

Make tea towel pillows
Make the perfect tea towel

About the author Sheri Reed

is a writer and the Entertainment, News & Sports editor for The Stir. She loves a good film, watches lots of good TV and follows Ryan Gosling's every move because she has to -- for work.

Filed Under: going green, green guide, kitchen

Comments (6)

cjsix

on Apr 8, 2009 at 5:55 PM

Walmart just got 3 new tea towels(dish towels) in.They come in sets of 3 and say"i'm not a paper towel"/reduce reuse recycle/the other is plain I think..They are $5.00 for the set of three.

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jennbec1

on Apr 8, 2009 at 7:12 PM

I've tried to give up paper towles before...unsuccessfully. lol. We lasted about a week. I may give these a try tho. Thanks!

LuminousMom

on Apr 8, 2009 at 11:03 PM

adorable!

I was thinking about making a line of dishtowels with some cute sayings on them. I just learned how to make my own blocks for ink block printing so I thought I could do some dishtowels. We'll see.. Now that more people are becoming eco-friendly I might just give it a try! I was always nervous nobody would buy them,

HeadMutha

on Apr 9, 2009 at 10:39 AM

We stoppped using paper towels last year. One of the best decisions we ever made! Love your cute tea towels, makes me want to get some new ones!!

Midnite00

on Apr 9, 2009 at 1:47 PM

I'm trying to give up paper towels (I have the others in my house just keep getting them for cooking in microwave and the biggest problem cat mistakes!!) but they last a long time. I have cloth napkins they don't like as much as I do so Now I have a good idea for them to have some that can be all theirs!

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on Feb 6, 2012 at 3:28 AM

In England 19th century ladies embroidered their tea towels for decorative usage during tea time to cover food. And since 19th century tea towels are very famous.. I also like different types of tea towels like Plain Dyed Towels, Embroidered Towels, Jacquard Towels Design, Embroidered Towels for Kitchen.