hi sadie..

Well, this may not be very helpful, as I keep mine on the counter as well. I really love this holder from BB & Beyond. It's a one handed tear.

I'm wondering if having to open a cabinet door to get to the papertowel is a good idea...I would think my hands would be wet which may cause getting the cabinet door wet..just a thought.

KA:)

Sorry, I don't have pictures, but we keeps our on a paper towel holder (upright) at the corner of our sink. My mom has one that hangs under the upper cabinet next to her sink (which we had in our old house, too!).

I like the way hers is because it's off the counter (more space!) and never gets moved around, and never gets dripped on. It's one of those holders that lets you pull one towel, then stops automatically to let you rip the towel off one-handed.

I wouldn't want it on the door under the sink because then when you need to dry your hands, you have to open the sink cabinet with wet hands to get the paper towels.

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I try to keep mine on a holder (upright) under the sink. . . Never works. Husband is very tall and he takes them out every morning (and took them off the door holder too). I will probably put them in the back of my island facing the sink in the next go round. Not particularly attractive but totally off the counter and no one will see it unless they are good enough friends to be washing dishes! Otherwise it will be out all the time, or I will be putting it away every morning!

For us, I think this is the best solution, although I can't really even express how much that even bothers me! Unfortunately, my husband thinks that organized is everything within reach all the time and I have 3 boys so I have just accepted that no one will ever put it where it belongs but me!

Here is a link that might be useful: built in paper towel holder

i have committed to less use of paper towels.Still need them..in our pantry, which is not a walk-in but has some depth and a door, I fastened one vertically onto the wall area-before the shelves start..the roll slides down onto the holder like the vertical toilet paper holders.It is there when I need it, but out of the way for the most part.
I have a stack of tea towels from travels that are washed and folded in a drawer-better fabric for drying anyway...and it's fun to see what scene will be on the dishwasher or stove handle this week.

I keep mine on the counter to the right of the sink in the holder linked below. It is not only beautiful (IMHO!), but actually functions very well. My mom admired mine so much, she wanted one, too (happy birthday mom, last year!). Michael Aram has recently added a new paper towel holder to his line in his Black Orchid design that is quite lovely.

FYI, I've had the pleasure of meeting Michael Aram in person a few times and he is as nice as can be!

PS Between in-store sales, discounts, and coupons (Bloomingdale's), and gift cards, I've been able to add to our "collection" at some pretty good prices. :-)

Here is a link that might be useful:

I keep mine in the top pot drawer.
I try not to use them too much.
If my hands are wet, I use a towel.

I am weird...I really don't like looking at those rolls of paper towels out in my kitchen. In my old house, I had the holder on the inside of my sink cab. I plan to do that in the house we are building as well. I use cloth dishtowels for drying my hands.

It used to be on the BS before in the same location, but now it's attached to the underside of the cabinet next to the sink.

My paper towel holder is attached to the inside if the cabinet door under the sink. Like many other posters, I am also trying to use lots less, so I use a dish towel for drying my hands. I have the holder attached to the cabinet door with 3M tapes so I didnt have to drill holes in the door. You may want to try this to see if you like having it there.

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KA:)

We only use PT for greasy things. We don't like much on our countertops, so we've always liked keeping it put away.

Our old house we did exactly what EllenMel did.

This house we just moved into we put it in the upper cabinet to the left of the stovetop.

I have a little niche that is under and behind our blind corner cabinet where I had DH install a paper towel holder. The paper towels are out of sight unless I want them to be seen, and if I do, I just pull the on the roll until a sheet can be seen.

I originally was going to install an under-the-counter niche, as posted above, but I really didn't have the space to sacrifice. This set-up works well for us, and we don't go through as many paper towels as we used to when the roll was always laying around.

Now you see it--

Now you don't!

Shelayne, I LOVE the corner niche!

I was thinking of getting a shorter wall cab next to the sink and adding a valance below it to mostly hide the paper towel holder. We use a regular towel to dry our hands though, but in our current kitchen it is still annoying to open the sink cab to get the paper towels.

I don't. Just sayin - you don't have to of course. But it's a potential option, jettisoning them altogether. I find it remarkably easy to get by with just washable towels. Even grease - no biggie, that's what soap's for. I try to reserve one towel for really nasty stuff like that though.

Sometimes I relent when my mother visits as she seems to think it's a personal affront that I don't use them. When she leaves I stick the roll in the back of the wardrobe she uses while she's here, ready for the next iteration. I stick the tissues there too. ;)

I have the paper towel holder on the counter. I like having it portable, particularly because I have pets who make occasional messes (you pet owners out there, you know what I mean!). I can carry the paper towel holder to the mess. I have the one called the "Perfect Tear" paper towel holder for about $20. It allows a one-handed tear, which I think it essential, and has a nice ratcheting mechanism which prevents the roll from unravelling, also essential (to me).

Here is a link that might be useful: Perfect Tear Paper Towel Holder at BB&B

Hi...

Mine usually sits on the island next to the napkin holder.

It has a handy loop on top that makes it very easy to grab with one finger and move wherever I need it. To get it (and/or the napkin holder) out of the way sometimes, there's storage room in a cabinet below the island.

HTH

I have a simple human holder attached in my cabinet. I posted a picture if you search "Finished Modern Kitchen." It is a one tear holder that works great. I love having the towels out of sight, but still easy to access.

Cup shelf, by sink, over where the dish rack of drying knives usually is. (Sorry 'bout that, mother-in-law!)

The tricky question is where do you put the compost bin for the used ones?

left of sink.

sadiebrooklyn - Glad you posted this, I am looking for similar ideas. Others showed in-cabinet options, and here's another similar photo from a Louise Brooks kitchen. I like this one better than others I've seen because it's not too wide; but I wonder if it's easy to replace the paper towels. I aim to use less and do use dishtowels, but they are handy when I'm cleaning the floor from my 1 and 2 year old kiddos! :-)

shelayne - Love your idea and the blind corner implementation! Very creative, I'm going to look into this.

Here is a link that might be useful: Louise Brooks Kitchen - Papertowel Holder

I keep mine in one of my upper cabinets. I don't use them for much. Mostly to wash windows.

I've cut back on their use to very little. It's a green thing. Right now they are in a vertical holder on the counter, but I'm planning on stashing them away in the new kitchen.

My all-time fav place to store them is in Firsthouse's stunning kitchen. Check out the island cubby. Genius!! I wish I had room for this. But then again, they'd probably be used more if they were so accessible for little hands.

Here is a link that might be useful: Firsthouse's gorgeous kitchen and towel storage

We keep a roll standing on end in the appliance garage. We've never used paper towels much. When I do use them, it's usually to clean up a mess (i.e. dog or cat throw up.) I prefer having an easy to grab roll to bring to the clean up spot instead of having to guess how many sheets to rip off.