Grouping Olive Oil Bottles On A Platter: a house log

If you have marble or granite in your kitchen (and even if you do not) keeping oil rings from seeping into your counters is certainly an essential war to wage when it comes time to cook. But we are too lazy for all that obsessive wiping and worrying, so we devised this especially straightforward “system” to keep any oil that drips down the bottle well away from our counters once and for all:

Yes, it is simply a plain white square dish placed under our bottles, so even if we do not thoroughly wipe them before setting them down, they are sure never to drip on our beloved granite counters again. We like to keep things that we use so frequently right out on the counter at arm’s reach, so it is truly a pleasant solution to not only keep oil rings at bay, but also to assist three disparate bottles look tied together and polished. Gotta enjoy how one dish-turned-oil-bottle-tray = instant organization.

The best part is that it is a dish we already had laying around so the cost of this straightforward upgrade was zero dollars and zero cents. So that is our intro to a totally new category that we are calling “Straightforward Upgrades.” Do you folks like the idea of fast and affordable ideas that you can implement in a snap? We are all about DIYing something fabulous, but sometimes switching something out or slapping something down is all it takes to add function and beauty to your home. Do you have any of your own straightforward upgrades up your sleeves? We’d enjoy to hear what types of swift fixes make your home a better place!