I have been living in furnished apartments and houses for several years. This means that I have often been using the plastic things that my landlord chose to supply. My most recent move was to what must be the least furnished of the four different places in question. Rather than a plastic garbage can, I found that there was no garbage can. Rather than a plastic dish drainer I found that there was no dish drainer.
The garbage can required quick thinking. A moving box had to fill in for the first evening. The next day, I found a store that sells used metal containers. I bought the perfect sized metal canister for the equivalent of about two bucks. I made a handle on the top using a wine cork and a screw.
The dish drainer hasn’t presented itself yet. Stainless steel drainers are available, but they are expensive and the ones that I have seen in the shops are Chinese and not that sturdy looking. We have been resorting to using a towel on top of the drain board. It works, but it precludes leaving the dishes to air dry. I am thinking about building a simple version of the IKEA drainer pictured here…
