Share a photo of your astiankuivauskaappi. Is it as great as it seems? I’d like to put one in my American kitchen.

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1. It is just as great as it seems.

2. https://preview.redd.it/onkd6pht1woe1.jpeg?width=2250&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=e5fbe46655534250adf6378eb8926e695b9433e0

   It’s just extra space for all the moomin cups really

3. Yes.

4. https://preview.redd.it/0kpl48rm2woe1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1f4d21d4c3f957d78dc87a19c5545ce440510613

   I have it at home in Ukraine

5. You can get a drying rack in the States and see if you like it first. Here’s mine.

   https://preview.redd.it/h6btrhmw4woe1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f793ec0e0a19ef9c7e9c0ac97bb134e8d2722cf3

6. If you have dishwasher then it doesnt get much of use. If you wash your dishes by hand then its great.

7. One of the many smart Nordic household staples that makes you wonder how the hell no one else figured it out.

   I’m in a densely populated city where every bit of space costs a fortune and still they afford space off the counter for a dish rack.

   On that note: Built in closet and storage units also could save a lot of space compared to bringing your own closets.

8. https://preview.redd.it/pzxiycgi5woe1.jpeg?width=3024&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ae861c10bfa93511727e2ec367f70fb0fc9e2dd8

   Empty at the moment, dishwasher is running. But yeah, it’s necessary. And excellent.

9. I think that this was great when we washed all dishes by hand. Now that I have dishwasher I could live without. So how often do you wash something by hand? I think that the bottom shelf could be finnish way and rest just normal shelves.

10. By all means do, but bear in mind: if the water around where you live is hard (has a high calcium and magnesium content), then drying dishes in a rack like this will leave them streaked and spotted with limescale. In the Nordics we usually have soft water, so this works well for us.

11. Drying racks and drying by hand seems very counterintuitive after growing up with the cabinet

12. Yes, it’s great. Even though we have a dishwasher. Sometimes you just need to rinse stuff and put it there to dry.

13. When I moved to Finland, I though I wouldn’t use it much, since I was used to always dry by hand. Now I’m never going back.

14. Just- a word of warning, there might be more calcium in your tap water and that shit is gonna stain your plates if you don’t wipe them. Which of course makes the dish drying cabinet useless.

15. https://preview.redd.it/sb6tha89ewoe1.jpeg?width=2902&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=a88f81b4d923465cb7257881fa92a40129137c26

16. IIRC Finns tried to sell/promote astiankuivauskaappi to Americans way back then but it never became a thing.

17. It is that amazing.

18. When I was first introduced to this I was astonished, It’s life changing and you should definitely get one. Just make sure your tap water isn’t rich in calcium as it would stain your dishes if you don’t wipe them.

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