Give Your Kitchen Sink Cabinet a Makeover!
Jan 15, 2009
What's under your sink?
According to a recent report issued by MSNBC.com, many of the usual household items you keep in your cabinet under your kitchen sink may not be as safe or as helpful as you originally thought. Taking a page from the report, which can be found at MSNBC.com, and adding a few tips of our own, here’s the essentials you need to stock or toss to get the most out of your under the sink storage space:
Keep: All-purpose cleaners
Pick ones with an EPA Design for the Environment label, which indicates that the ingredients are as safe as possible for the environment and you.
Keep: Rubber gloves
They protect your hands from hot water and cleaners that can irritate or dry out your skin. Choose ones that reach at least halfway up your forearm like these Latex Gloves from ToiletPaperWorld.com.
Toss: Oven cleaner
The chemicals in it can burn skin on contact, and the fumes hurt airways. Instead, sprinkle a generous amount of baking soda in a cool oven and spray with a mix of water and some liquid soap to dampen. Scrub with fine steel wool.
Keep: Disinfectants
Use these to clean a counter top where you’ve worked with raw meat or poultry. ToiletPaperWorld.com stocks several varieties, including Clorox Anywhere Hard Surface Spray to sterilize your counters or appliances before, after, and during food prep.
Toss: Sponges
Germs breed fast on these when wet, so be sure to store in a separate area. Also, “antibacterial” sponges aren’t a good option either. They’re likely treated with triclosan, an antimicrobial that might irritate sensitive skin and may harm the environment.
I just recently cleaned out all my household cleaning items from under the sink after a similar article that was sent to me from a coworker. I replaced everything with environmental friendly products. I keep a Clorox spray here at the office and at home.
beautiful kitchen
Great！This article is creative，there are a lot of new idea，it gives me inspiration.I think I will also inspired by you and think about more new ideas.
I have been making my own household cleaners for the last 2 years. I use rubbing alcohol if I need anything sterilized. However I still cant avoid bleach in the white laundry.
Your kitchen looks brilliant, love your ideas. My cabinet under the sink is crying out for this!
If you can’t afford to get your whole kitchen remodelled a simple but very effective solution is getting a mexican copper sink installed. It becomes the focal point of your kitchen and can change the whole look. It really does work wonders!
Nice Post. I liked it.
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This article is very informative to all readers. Having a safe and 100% germ free is the best place to live in. I maintain the kitchen that way to avoid disease may cause for my kids.